Lodge Housekeeper (Game Reserve)

Check-out to check-in in under an hour, room after room, at a city business hotel in Umlazi. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

This post is in Umlazi (KwaZulu-Natal). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. You'll start with a short induction before working on your own.

• Report maintenance faults like dripping taps or broken lights
• Strip and make beds to the hotel's standard, hospital corners included
• Log lost property with the guest's room number and date
• Keep your trolley stocked and neat before each shift
• Clean bathrooms, replace towels and restock guest toiletries
• Work through a room list, marking rooms clean on the housekeeping board
• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers

• Friendly and polite if you meet guests in the corridor
• Physically able to push trolleys and turn mattresses
• Available on weekends, holidays and in peak season
• Well groomed

• Experience with industrial laundry machines
• Speaking a foreign language for tourist guests

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

• Mention seasonal availability for December and Easter. Coastal and lodge properties hire heavily before those peaks.
• If you worked in a star-graded hotel, say which grading. It tells them the standard you already know.