Evening Turndown Housekeeper – Fixed-Term

Guests at a game lodge in Tembisa will never meet you, but they will judge the stay by your work. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

The work is in Tembisa, Gauteng, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Log lost property with the guest's room number and date
• Load, wash, dry and press linen in the hotel laundry
• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers
• Vacuum, dust and check the minibar in each room
• Clean bathrooms, replace towels and restock guest toiletries

• Well groomed
• Quick and thorough, with a target of about 14 to 16 rooms a shift
• Grade 10 or matric
• Physically able to push trolleys and turn mattresses

• Speaking a foreign language for tourist guests
• Previous hotel or guesthouse housekeeping experience
• A hospitality short course or NQF Level 2 accommodation services certificate

• Uniform supplied and laundered
• Meals on duty from the staff kitchen
• Staff accommodation at remote lodges
• Share of the service charge or guest tips

• Write how many rooms you usually cleaned per shift. Head housekeepers care about pace as much as quality.
• If you worked in a star-graded hotel, say which grading. It tells them the standard you already know.