Public Area Cleaner (Hotel)

Check-out to check-in in under an hour, room after room, at a city business hotel in Soweto. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

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

• Load, wash, dry and press linen in the hotel laundry
• Clean bathrooms, replace towels and restock guest toiletries
• Strip and make beds to the hotel's standard, hospital corners included
• Keep your trolley stocked and neat before each shift
• Vacuum, dust and check the minibar in each room
• Clean lobby, lifts and public toilets through the day
• Do evening turndowns, closing curtains and setting out slippers

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

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

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

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