Guesthouse Housekeeper

Housekeeping at a game lodge in Bellville is steady work with room to grow into supervising. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is in Bellville (Western Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Weekend work is on a roster, so you won't be on every weekend.

• Load, wash, dry and press linen in the hotel laundry
• Report maintenance faults like dripping taps or broken lights
• Keep your trolley stocked and neat before each shift
• Clean lobby, lifts and public toilets through the day
• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers
• Vacuum, dust and check the minibar in each room

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

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

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