Public Area Cleaner (Hotel)

Housekeeping at a boutique guesthouse in Richards Bay is steady work with room to grow into supervising. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

You'll be based at a boutique guesthouse 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
• Load, wash, dry and press linen in the hotel laundry
• Keep your trolley stocked and neat before each shift
• Report maintenance faults like dripping taps or broken lights
• Vacuum, dust and check the minibar in each room

• Available on weekends, holidays and in peak season
• Grade 10 or matric
• Well groomed
• Quick and thorough, with a target of about 14 to 16 rooms a shift
• Honest, since you work in guests' rooms alone
• Friendly and polite if you meet guests in the corridor

• A hospitality short course or NQF Level 2 accommodation services certificate
• Previous hotel or guesthouse housekeeping experience

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

• 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.