Guest Room Attendant (Lodge)

Check-out to check-in in under an hour, room after room, at a conference hotel in Benoni. Bring a calm head on busy days and you'll be fine.

You'll report in Benoni. Relocation is not covered for this one.

• Strip and make beds to the hotel's standard, hospital corners included
• Keep your trolley stocked and neat before each shift
• Clean lobby, lifts and public toilets through the day
• Report maintenance faults like dripping taps or broken lights
• Vacuum, dust and check the minibar in each room
• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers
• Log lost property with the guest's room number and date

• Friendly and polite if you meet guests in the corridor
• Well groomed
• Physically able to push trolleys and turn mattresses
• Honest, since you work in guests' rooms alone

• Speaking a foreign language for tourist guests
• Previous hotel or guesthouse housekeeping experience

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

• Write how many rooms you usually cleaned per shift. Head housekeepers care about pace as much as quality.
• Mention seasonal availability for December and Easter. Coastal and lodge properties hire heavily before those peaks.