Hotel housekeeper

Reporting to: Management team/hotel manager

Your role: At a glance

To clean all areas of the hotel thoroughly, with the key aim of enhancing the guests’ experience by having excellent standards of hotel cleanliness at all times.

  • To provide excellent customer service.
  • To adhere to all Wetherspoon standard operating procedures (SOPs) and company policies, to maintain a clean, safe and legal workplace.

Essential requirements:

All of the training which we provide will teach you everything you need to know to succeed, but there are a few essential requirements you’ll need to start:

  • Be aged 18 years or over.
  • Have a proof of right to work in the place where you will be based (UK or ROI).
  • Have a bank account in your own name in the place where you will be based (UK or ROI).
  • Be able to converse in English and to understand the language to complete training and other duties associated with your job role.
  • Have a fixed place of residence within reasonable travelling distance of your place of work.
  • Basic computer literacy.

About you:

  • Demonstrate passion and enthusiasm in your role and show commitment to your hotel and to Wetherspoon.
  • Have the ability to manage time and prioritise tasks, with good organisational skills, to ensure that each shift runs smoothly and efficiently.
  • Be able to work unsupervised and to remain calm when working in a fast-paced environment.
  • Have a friendly nature and the ability to develop good communications skills.
  • Be honest, trustworthy and respectful.
  • Adhere to the housekeeper’s uniform standards.
  • Receive regular feedback from the management team and achieve any actions agreed on.

A day in the life:

  • Work as a team throughout the business to achieve the company’s mission statement: ‘To have by far the best CQSMA standards in the pub world, to be the best company to work for and, by doing these things, to be the most profitable.’
  • Deliver consistently high standards of cleanliness, quality, service, maintenance and atmosphere (CQSMA).
  • Be welcoming to customers – interact, say ‘hello’; just as important, say ‘thank you’ and ‘goodbye’.
  • Fulfil any reasonable requests from guests to ensure their satisfaction. Encourage guest loyalty by consistent good performance.
  • Respond to any guest feedback in a positive and helpful manner, seeking support, if required. Feed back all complaints to the management team.
  • Be aware of, and knowledgeable about, all promotions, events and pricing in your hotel, in order to provide information to guests.
  • Create and work to daily job lists from the room status, arrivals and departures list.
  • Take pride in maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness by adopting our ‘clean as you go’ philosophy.
  • Service bedrooms and all other areas of the hotel in line with our SOPs.
  • Complete daily, weekly and monthly tasks as required (eg flipping mattresses, cleaning curtains and lampshades).
  • Reset lighting to the current standards.
  • Store all laundry correctly and complete relevant documentation.
  • Adhere to stock control procedures – maintain security of stock at all times. Manage stocking levels of all point-of-sale material and other items, as required.
  • Provide immediate report of any security issues, safety hazards, accidents, incidents or maintenance issues.
  • Carry out any reasonable task as requested by the management team to meet the needs of the business.

Training and development:

  • Complete the housekeeping training programme, including ongoing associated online training, within the stated time frames.
  • Attend and actively participate in regular team meetings and training sessions.
  • Generate and share ideas for improvements in your pub and across the company.
  • Work as a buddy to support and train new housekeepers.
  • Embrace change in your hotel and Wetherspoon.
  • Strive to achieve everything you can on the Wetherspoon action plan.

Career opportunities:

As a housekeeper, you are not expected to manage, motivate or lead the team; however, if you would like to progress in Wetherspoon, our award-winning training programme offers you the skills and knowledge which you will need to proceed and succeed. Speak to your manager about the opportunities available to you; these may include:

  • Wetherspoon apprenticeship academy
  • Cross-training into a different role (bar/kitchen)
  • Team leader training programme
  • Shift leader academy
  • Management academy
  • People management academy
  • Pub manager academy

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