Lodge Housekeeper (Game Reserve) – Experienced

Check-out to check-in in under an hour, room after room, at a conference hotel in Johannesburg CBD. Good for someone who wants to build a solid track record they can put on their CV.

This post is Johannesburg CBD-based, with most of your time spent at a conference hotel. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Clean lobby, lifts and public toilets through the day
• Clean bathrooms, replace towels and restock guest toiletries
• Log lost property with the guest's room number and date
• Vacuum, dust and check the minibar in each room
• Strip and make beds to the hotel's standard, hospital corners included
• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers
• Load, wash, dry and press linen in the hotel laundry

• 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
• Well groomed
• Grade 10 or matric
• Available on weekends, holidays and in peak season

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

• 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.