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SUMMARY: Supervises and coordinates activities of room attendant/room cleaners engaged in cleaning and maintaining premises of hotel by performing the following duties.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Support the Director of Housekeeping in all activities to run the department: Select, staff, recruit, hire, and train qualified housekeeping candidates.
Schedule the cleaning of the room carpets, upholstery, and draperies as needed, along with deep cleaning projects and window cleaning as necessary.
Schedule cleaning for lobby area, public restrooms, telephone areas, hallways, entrances, elevators.
Schedule cleaning for periodic major cleaning projects including carpet shampooing, cleaning of walls and baseboards, cleaning of windows, elevator doors and tracks.
Schedule cleaning of all meeting rooms after a completed function.
Schedule deep cleaning of all meeting rooms on periodic basis including carpet shampooing, cleaning of walls and baseboards, cleaning of windows, etc.
Confirm all housekeeping staff members have arrived or find substitutes for absence employees.
Prepare room assignment for the attendants, distribute room assignments and keys and inspect rooms.
Orient and familiarize new personnel with hotel facilities and operating hours.
Train by instruction and practice, both formally and on-the-job; and update staff on any new laws or regulations necessary to safely perform their tasks.
Maintain good performance and productivity levels by setting quality standards following hotel procedures and policies.
Maintain high quality of housekeeping standards in: a) the guest rooms; b) linens and uniforms; c) lost and found; d) laundry; and e) janitorial department and night cleaners.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
A high school diploma and one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. Fluent in foreign language as determined to be a necessity in order to communicate with housekeeping employees.
REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance.
The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 15-25 pounds.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee may be exposed to cleaning fluids and chemicals necessary to perform housekeeping duties.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
(Please note: management reserves the right to change, modify, and/or alter any of the duties listed above to meet business demands).