Guest Room Attendant (Lodge)

Check-out to check-in in under an hour, room after room, at a conference hotel in Tembisa. Someone who likes a bit of variety, but also likes doing things the right way, will enjoy this.

This post is Tembisa-based, with most of your time spent at a conference hotel.

• Load, wash, dry and press linen in the hotel laundry
• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers
• Keep your trolley stocked and neat before each shift
• Work through a room list, marking rooms clean on the housekeeping board
• Strip and make beds to the hotel's standard, hospital corners included
• Log lost property with the guest's room number and date
• Clean lobby, lifts and public toilets through the day

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

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

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

• 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.