Guesthouse Housekeeper – Permanent

Guests at a boutique guesthouse in Soweto will never meet you, but they will judge the stay by your work. If you turn up on time and finish what you start, you'll fit in quickly.

This post is in Soweto (Gauteng). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Start is planned for the beginning of next month.

• Load, wash, dry and press linen in the hotel laundry
• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers
• Vacuum, dust and check the minibar in each room
• Clean bathrooms, replace towels and restock guest toiletries
• Keep your trolley stocked and neat before each shift
• Work through a room list, marking rooms clean on the housekeeping board
• Report maintenance faults like dripping taps or broken lights

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

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

• 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.