Housekeeping Manager

Various sites across Africa

Key Responsibilities:

  • Establish and maintain a system of housekeeping that ensures all accommodation is appropriately prepared and maintained for clients.

  • Inspect and verify that client facilities have been prepared in accordance with approved checklists.

  • Formulate checklists for use by subordinates to ensure standardised and effective performance of responsibilities and provision of quality accommodation.

  • Oversee the planning of task and employee work schedules.

  • Monitor and report on equipment utilisation.

  • Manage the activities of laundry attendants engaged in examining and sorting articles to be cleaned, according to colour, fabric, dirt content, and cleaning technique required.

  • Manage and oversee the laundry operations to ensure achievement of service standards.

  • Inspect contents (furniture, fittings and linen) of accommodation to identify replacements, if required.

  • Manage housekeeping and laundry consumables and update stock control registers and balance records with daily usage of items.

  • Assist with the scheduled stocktake responsibilities with regard to consumables and fixed assets.

  • Establish and monitor the implementation of duty rosters to ensure that hygiene and other health and safety issues are appropriately managed.

  • Regularly inspect accommodation, housekeeping, laundry and ablution facilities for conformity with health and safety policies, procedures and checklists to ensure compliance with legislative requirements and Company standards.

  • Investigate complaints about services or equipment and take all necessary corrective action.

Key Requirements:

  • Hospitality diploma.

  • 7 years' hospitality industry experience

  • At least 2 years in a supervisory or managerial role.

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