Job Description Assistant Hotel Housekeeper

Job Title

Assistant Housekeeper (Hotel)

Line Manager/ Reports to

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Core Objectives	Responsibility for assisting the Line Manager in managing the overall day to day running of all aspects of the housekeeping, including laundry, staff, public/private rooms and bedrooms, all internal areas and agreed restricted external areas (e.g. main entrance area) and managing the team who perform these roles. Responsibilities include for assisting the Line Manager in all aspects of cleaning, managing laundry, housekeeping supplies in public and private rooms, assessing maintenance needs and liaising with maintenance. The role requires assisting the Line Manager in financial planning and adherence to agreed prices/budgets, and maintaining applicable quality standards and records whilst maintaining responsibility for ordering and obtaining supplies, housekeeping quality control and management of all team members. Responsibility for assisting the Line Manager in ensuring housekeeping compliance to sanitation, hygiene, health and safety legislation, organisational and quality requirements and working policies and procedures.
Main Tasks/duties and responsibilities	Responsibility to staff and direct the team: – to assist the Line Manager to manage the overall day to day running of all aspects of the housekeeping, including laundry, public rooms, private and bedrooms, staff and all internal areas, and agreed restricted external areas (e.g. front door area) and managing the team who perform these roles. – to assist the Line Manager to manage laundry requirement and maintain agreed standards – to assist the Line Manager to manage and maintain general cleanliness in all agreed areas (internal and restricted external) of the hotel – to assist the Line Manager to manage and maintain housekeeping supplies – to adhere to agreed budgets and maintain applicable quality standards and records – for ensuring sufficient team members at all times and within agreed budgets – quality control of all aspects of housekeeping including hygiene and health and safety – assist your Line Manager – meet your targets and those of the hotel as a whole – contribute towards the smooth running of the of the hotel – assist the Line Manager in training and development of the housekeeping team – adhere to statutory obligations and agreed quality and best practice guidelines – understand all aspects of housekeeping services and management and assist the Line Manager to train the housekeeping team to enable them to confidently deal with customer queries etc – manage customers’ housekeeping expectations and deal with and resolve all queries Day to day responsibilities for the team as agreed with your Line Manager to include: – ensuring compliance to sanitation, hygiene, health and safety legislation, organisational and quality requirements and working policies and procedures. – assist the Line Manager to manage the day to day running of all aspects of the hotel housekeeping services – co-ordinate with other department heads – quality management of hotel housekeeping – dealing with lost property in accordance with agreed procedure – assist the Line Manager to investigate and resolve customer housekeeping complaints – effective liaison, support and assistance with the remainder of organisation – assist the Line Manager to allocate workloads to team members – assist the Line Manager to supervise, manage and direct the overall performance of the housekeeping team – subject to agreed criteria, assist the Line Manager in recruitment, training, set action and targets, appraise and manage performance, development, coaching and general support of all housekeeping team members to ensure targets are met – maintaining accurate records and accounts as required and reporting as agreed – set an example for team members of commitment, work ethic and habits and personal character – responsibly use resources and control expenses to operate within budgetary controls – adhere to all organisation policies and procedures From time to time you may be expected to be part of special projects as are reasonably required of your job role. You are responsible for your allocated workload and must meet all targets as agreed with your Line Manager. You must contribute towards the smooth running of the organisation generally.
Hours	Your usual hours will be from 11am to 8pm. However you will be expected to work as and when is necessary to meet the needs of the team and your targets.
Secondary Tasks/duties	The role is part of the whole organisation team and as such requires you to perform such reasonable tasks that are required, as and when necessary, to maintain, promote, develop and expand the business of our organisation and its interests generally. You must carry out your duties to the best of your ability, having consideration for the needs of your colleagues, the organisation and its customers/clients. You must obey all lawful and reasonable orders given to you and comply with the organisation’s rules, procedures and policies
Management / supervisory responsibilities People or equipment	People who report to you You have responsibility for the other team members who will report directly to you Equipment You are responsible for the equipment provided to you for use in your job role and to your team. This means you must ensure that equipment is used in accordance with training provided, all of the organisation’s policies and procedures and the law and using, where applicable, any safety equipment or Personal Protective Equipment provided. You are responsible for ensuring that the equipment used by the team is maintained and can be used/operated at all times.
Essential Abilities/ Competencies of this job role	You need – qualifications sufficient to perform the job role – insert as required e.g. NVQ etc – certification required insert as required – languages as required – insert as applicable e.g. English, Italian – experience in this type of job role – insert as applicable e.g. minimum 2 years – good understanding and proven ability of the hotel housekeeping business and management principles required for the role – leadership with ability to assist in driving and developing a hotel housekeeping team – genuine desire to serve the needs of customers with a strong personal responsibility for achieving customer satisfaction – excellent analytical, interpersonal, organisational and communication skills. – high integrity and honesty in all dealings – ability to work under pressure insert anything else required e.g. Computer software use etc You need to have and maintain (with regular training and updates as necessary) the knowledge, technical skills and qualifications that are necessary to perform your job role to comply with the requirements of the organisation and any applicable rules, regulations (particularly of any professional body) and with any law which applies to your job role.
Special working Conditions	You may be expected to work in accordance with the organisation’s overtime policies Insert following if applicable – The nature of your role will require you to travel within the area that your team covers. However, from time to time you may be expected to travel outside that area as the job role requires INSERT any accommodation information as required e.g. “live in” etc
Salary level	C – £25,000
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Approved by Name

John Smith

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Date approved

10/11/2012

Job Description Assistant Hotel Housekeeper

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