Evening Turndown Housekeeper

Housekeeping at a city business hotel in Umlazi is steady work with room to grow into supervising. If you learn fast and don't mind being shown things twice, you'll settle in within a few weeks.

The site is in Umlazi; early starts mean public transport timing matters, so check your route before applying. Weekend work is on a roster, so you won't be on every weekend.

• Work through a room list, marking rooms clean on the housekeeping board
• Vacuum, dust and check the minibar in each room
• Report maintenance faults like dripping taps or broken lights
• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers
• Clean bathrooms, replace towels and restock guest toiletries

• Friendly and polite if you meet guests in the corridor
• Grade 10 or matric
• Honest, since you work in guests' rooms alone
• Quick and thorough, with a target of about 14 to 16 rooms a shift
• Available on weekends, holidays and in peak season

• Experience with industrial laundry machines
• Speaking a foreign language for tourist guests

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

• Mention seasonal availability for December and Easter. Coastal and lodge properties hire heavily before those peaks.
• If you worked in a star-graded hotel, say which grading. It tells them the standard you already know.