Housekeeping Supervisor (Boutique Hotel)

You'll turn rooms around at a game lodge in Durban Central so every guest walks into a room that feels new. Good for someone who wants to build a solid track record they can put on their CV.

This post is in Durban Central (KwaZulu-Natal). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Load, wash, dry and press linen in the hotel laundry
• 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
• Clean bathrooms, replace towels and restock guest toiletries

• Well groomed
• Friendly and polite if you meet guests in the corridor
• Grade 10 or matric
• Quick and thorough, with a target of about 14 to 16 rooms a shift

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

• Meals on duty from the staff kitchen
• Uniform supplied and laundered
• 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.