Retail Opportunity: Housekeeper

housekeeper Current Vacancies

2007-01-25:

A housekeeper, or housekeeping manager, is responsible for organising the staff in a hotel to ensure that all the rooms are kept clean, tidy and welcoming.

The housekeeper encourages teamwork and aims to keep staff morale high.

A big part of the role is to draw up shift rosters and allocate the daily cleaning duties for the room attendants.

Recruiting and training staff would also be part of the job.

Housekeepers prepare and manage budgets, buying in supplies economically and keeping records of expenditure.

Shift work is common, including weekends and public holidays. Part-time work may be possible.

Housekeepers work in all kinds of hotels and residential establishments, from small hotels to holiday centres, luxury health spas and private London clubs.

There may be opportunities to move into a related job, such as front-of-house manager or training manager.

Once in the industry, related work such as domestic services management at a hospital, or facilities management at a university, may provide opportunities.

Some housekeepers become self-employed and run their own small hotel.

For people who live in, there may be a reduction in salary to cover rent and living expenses.
A senior housekeeper may earn up to 22,500. (Permalink)