Guesthouse Housekeeper

You'll turn rooms around at a boutique guesthouse in George so every guest walks into a room that feels new. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

The work is in George, Western Cape, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day. Hours are mostly Monday to Friday, with the odd Saturday in busy months.

• Keep your trolley stocked and neat before each shift
• Clean bathrooms, replace towels and restock guest toiletries
• Report maintenance faults like dripping taps or broken lights
• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers
• Strip and make beds to the hotel's standard, hospital corners included
• Vacuum, dust and check the minibar in each room
• Work through a room list, marking rooms clean on the housekeeping board

• Well groomed
• Physically able to push trolleys and turn mattresses
• Friendly and polite if you meet guests in the corridor
• Honest, since you work in guests' rooms alone
• Grade 10 or matric
• Available on weekends, holidays and in peak season

• Previous hotel or guesthouse housekeeping experience
• Speaking a foreign language for tourist guests
• Experience with industrial laundry machines

• Uniform supplied and laundered
• Share of the service charge or guest tips
• Meals on duty from the staff kitchen

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