Guest Room Attendant (Lodge)

Check-out to check-in in under an hour, room after room, at a boutique guesthouse in Hammarsdale. It suits someone who likes knowing exactly what a good day's work looks like.

This post is in Hammarsdale (KwaZulu-Natal). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Most weeks are 45 hours, in line with the BCEA.

• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers
• Report maintenance faults like dripping taps or broken lights
• Clean lobby, lifts and public toilets through the day
• Vacuum, dust and check the minibar in each room
• Work through a room list, marking rooms clean on the housekeeping board
• Strip and make beds to the hotel's standard, hospital corners included
• Load, wash, dry and press linen in the hotel laundry

• Honest, since you work in guests' rooms alone
• Available on weekends, holidays and in peak season
• Quick and thorough, with a target of about 14 to 16 rooms a shift
• Friendly and polite if you meet guests in the corridor
• Physically able to push trolleys and turn mattresses
• Well groomed

• Meals on duty from the staff kitchen
• Uniform supplied and laundered
• Staff accommodation at remote lodges

• 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.