Job Description
Essential Job Responsibilities:
The roles and responsibilities of the House Keeper include but not limited to:
- Be responsible for ensuring the highest level of cleanliness and maintenance of guest bedrooms.
- Be able to achieve assigned daily housekeeping tasks and schedules.
- Take initiative to add a personalized experience for guest
- Take ownership of guests’ privacy and belongings, while ensuring exceptional service
- Take charge of floral decoration for the entire hotel and ensure overall consistency of floral decorations across all departments.
- Ensure seamless running of your assigned section of our unique rooms
- Supervise your housekeeping team, including room attendants and house porters, checking to ensure all of our standards are met
- Ensure that the highest standards are maintained at all times
- Ensure that each of our unique rooms, finest linens and amenities are kept in exceptional condition
- Assist the wider housekeeping team where necessary to ensure efficiency and seamless service
- Tend to any housekeeping request.
- Ensure all clean dry toweling is folded to the set standards
- Report any malfunctioning equipment, maintenance requirements to technical services, breakages, soiled/damaged linen to the housekeeping supervisor/manager.
- Carry out any other cleaning duties or reasonable request specified by your supervisor.
- To maintain all equipment in good working order and to keep the working area clean/tidy at all times.
- Maintain high standards of personal hygiene and that the cleanliness of lockers, showers / toilets and changing rooms are maintained to the required standard of the Hotel.
- Clean all service areas when finishing your tasks
- Sweep, vacuum and mop all hallways and stairs in public areas when required
- Rubbish removal from areas cleaned, i.e. offices bins, concierge and reception bins
- Clean, disinfect and dust all surfaces of areas cleaned
- Clean carpets as required, either spot clean or shampoo
- To maintain all equipment in good working order and to keep the working area clean/tidy at all times
- To ensure cleaning signage is in place when carrying out any cleaning task to avoid accidents
- To hand all lost property to the Security Department as per internal procedures
- Know fire and bomb procedures and report anything or anyone suspicious to House Keeping Supervisor
- Report to Security anything which may be a Health and Safety hazard
- To assist in any way that may be necessary to ensure the efficiency and smooth running of the Housekeeping Department
- Contribute in maintaining an excellent level of service in conjunction with the minimum requirement of the Merat Hotel and Suites’ standards at all times.
Knowledge and Experience:
Ideal candidate will have:
- Should possess at least a diploma in hospitality
- 1-3 years previous hotel/resort experience required or similar previous position
- Strong command of the English Language, both written and oral are required
- Excellent commitment to service and teamwork
- Warm and caring personality, previous housekeeping experience is an asset
- Ability to anticipate and focus attention on guests needs, being professional and welcoming
- Be a team player with good communication skills
- Ability to work in a high pressured, physically demanding environment
- Excellent attention to detail