Guesthouse Housekeeper

You'll turn rooms around at a beachfront holiday resort in Randburg so every guest walks into a room that feels new. It suits someone who likes knowing exactly what a good day's work looks like.

This post is in Randburg (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily.

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

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

• Speaking a foreign language for tourist guests
• A hospitality short course or NQF Level 2 accommodation services certificate

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

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