Guesthouse Housekeeper – Immediate Start

Check-out to check-in in under an hour, room after room, at a game lodge in Pretoria East. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

You'll be based at a game lodge in Pretoria East. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Load, wash, dry and press linen in the hotel laundry
• Strip and make beds to the hotel's standard, hospital corners included
• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers
• Clean bathrooms, replace towels and restock guest toiletries
• Keep your trolley stocked and neat before each shift
• Clean lobby, lifts and public toilets through the day
• Vacuum, dust and check the minibar in each room

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

• Experience with industrial laundry machines
• A hospitality short course or NQF Level 2 accommodation services certificate
• Previous hotel or guesthouse housekeeping experience

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

• 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.