Laundry Attendant (Hotel Linen Room)

Guests at a beachfront holiday resort in Richards Bay will never meet you, but they will judge the stay by your work. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

You'll be based at a beachfront holiday resort in Richards Bay. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps.

• Work through a room list, marking rooms clean on the housekeeping board
• Vacuum, dust and check the minibar in each room
• Log lost property with the guest's room number and date
• Clean lobby, lifts and public toilets through the day
• Clean bathrooms, replace towels and restock guest toiletries
• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers
• Report maintenance faults like dripping taps or broken lights

• Available on weekends, holidays and in peak season
• Physically able to push trolleys and turn mattresses
• Grade 10 or matric
• Honest, since you work in guests' rooms alone

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

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

• Mention seasonal availability for December and Easter. Coastal and lodge properties hire heavily before those peaks.
• Write how many rooms you usually cleaned per shift. Head housekeepers care about pace as much as quality.