Lodge Housekeeper (Game Reserve)

Guests at a boutique guesthouse in Pretoria West will never meet you, but they will judge the stay by your work. Good for someone who wants to build a solid track record they can put on their CV.

The work is in Pretoria West, Gauteng, so you'll need a reliable way to get there every day.

• Vacuum, dust and check the minibar in each room
• Load, wash, dry and press linen in the hotel laundry
• Clean bathrooms, replace towels and restock guest toiletries
• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers
• Clean lobby, lifts and public toilets through the day
• Work through a room list, marking rooms clean on the housekeeping board

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

• Experience with industrial laundry machines
• Previous hotel or guesthouse housekeeping experience

• 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.