Housekeeping Manager

To promote a helpful and professional image to the Customer with full cooperation when requiring assistance ensuring a prompt caring and helpful attitude.

To strive and anticipate the customers needs whenever possible to enhance quality service and in turn enhance customer satisfaction.

To give full cooperation to any employees requiring assistance in a prompt caring and helpful manner.  To be flexible in assisting around the Hotel in response to the business and customer needs.

To maintain regular and effective communication with the Team.  Also attend Hotel Meetings when required.

To manage the recruitment of employees scheduling and planning of departmental rosters departmental orientation employees and training schedules.

To assist in creating an environment which promotes employees morale that encourages employees

To deliver Departmental Service Standards aligned to ACCOR Brand Standards.

To help control operating costs within the standards set under the direction of the Rooms Division Manager.

To identify and report hazards and maintenance requirements in the workplace and follow through with other Heads of Department to ensure no defects.

To comply with statutory and legal requirements for fire health and safety within your department.  Check that members of your Department are also aware of these requirements and are working in accordance to them.

Communicates to employees the importance of meeting customer as well as regulatory & statutory needs.

Ensures the availability of resources to carry out all tasks.

Ensures customer requirements are determined and met.

Actively promotes an awareness of customer requirements throughout the organization.

Ensures that responsibilities and authorities are defined and communicated within the organization.

Ensures appropriate communication processes are established.

Determines the necessary competence for employees and provide training or other actions to satisfy these needs.

Ensure that employees are aware of the relevance and importance of their activities and how they contribute to the department objectives.

Understands and is aware of all fire and safety procedures.

Administration

Ensures that all department reports and correspondence are completed punctually and accurately.

Ensures proper control of the keys allocated to the housekeeping department.

Ensures proper handling and control of lost and found.

Ensures proper requisitioning and controlling of supplies.

Ensures proper assignments of work to housekeeping employees.

Ensures effective control of linen (receiving recording and storage)

Monitors through regular inventories and analysis of losses.

Operational

Ensures through effective supervision that all services offered in the housekeeping department are always available and are carried out with the outmost efficiency and courtesy as per the department operations manual.

Liaises with laundry and technical services departments to ensure the smooth flow of linen supplies and repair work.

Liaises with the Front Office on anticipated guest checkins checkouts room assignments and rooming list.

Conducts periodic inspections of all hotel areas to check the cleaning standards.

Ensures the proper ordering of cleaning supplies and guest supplies and to check that they are handled and stored correctly.

Ensures that all rooms are checked prior to the arrival of the guest for 100 readiness.

Ensures that all safety rules emergency procedures and fire prevention regulations are strictly enforced by the employees.

Ensures proper arrangement and maintenance of flowers and plants in the guest rooms and public areas.

Conducts regular housekeeping meetings to keep employees informed of policies and procedures special events further improvement plans and guest comments.

Uses the guest history system to its fullest potential

Financial

Assists the Rooms Division Manager in the preparation of the departments budget.

Ensures that the departments operational budget is in line and costs are strictly controlled.

Ensure manning and competence level of selected employees is sufficient for the department to meet the needs of the organization and customer.

Talent and Culture

Ensures that all employees report for duty punctually wearing the correct uniform and name badge at all times.

Assists in the building of an efficient team of employees by taking an active interest in their welfare safety training and development.

Together with Rooms Division Manager ensures employees evaluations are conducted for all housekeeping employees to review their general performance discuss existing performance and areas of improvements by conducting probationary bimonthly and yearly appraisals.

Monitors the result of monthly Trust You results and maintaining positive feedback by consistently provided quality service to our guests.

Comes up with training plan that will enhance employees performance and motivate them to be more effective in their work.

Ensures that all employees have a complete understanding of and adhere to the hotels policy and procedures.

Training & Quality

Maintain appropriate records of education training skills and experience.

Provide constant coaching counselling and discipline to employees to ensure their capability to meet the needs of the customer and the organization.

Control department forms and records according to the Hotel and Brand Standards for Document Control.

Qualifications :

• Previous experience as Head Housekeeper in a similar sized property
• Knowledge of hotel PMS System Microsoft Office computer applications office equipment
• Ability to perform assigned duties with attention to detail speed and accuracy
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Must possess outstanding guest service skills
• Must be guestoriented enthusiastic with a vibrant personality
• Must have hands on approach
• Must maintain composure at all times and work objectivity in stressful highpressure situations
• Ability to approach all encounters with guests and employees in a professional manner
• Must be a good listener and be able to follow instructions
• Must be a good team player

Education Experience :

Additional Information :

Benefits :

Great talent deserves great rewards so heres just some of what we are able to offer :

Training and development programs

Discount card to be used in Accor hotels worldwide

Complimentary stays in UK hotels (Bonus Breaks subject to T&C)

Meals on duty

Uniforms

Employee Advisory Service

Discounts in shops and Hotels partners (Europcar Merlin Entertainment etc.

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Remote Work : Employment Type :

Fulltime

Key Skills

Hotel Experience,Taleo,Hospitality Experience,Environmental Services,Laundry,Cleaning Experience,Housekeeping Management,OSHA,Sanitation,Team Management,Leadership Experience,Supervising Experience

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1