Assistant Executive Housekeeper

Job Title: Assistant Executive Housekeeper

Reports To:Executive Housekeeper

Summary: The Assistant Executive Housekeeper supervises and coordinates activities of room attendant, house attendant, public area cleaners and floor supervisors. He/she assists in the leading and directing of the day–to–day operations of all housekeeping and laundry functions under the direction of the housekeeping manager, by performing the following duties.

Duties and Responsibilities include the following.

Other duties may be assigned.

• Assigns team members their duties, and inspects work for conformance to prescribed standards of cleanliness.*
• Prepares and distributes the room assignment sheets.*
• Maintains clear and efficient communication and coordination with the front office and other departments of the hotel.*
• Schedules the cleaning of the room carpets, upholstery, and draperies as needed, along with deep cleaning projects and window cleaning as necessary.*
• Schedules cleaning for lobby area, public restrooms, telephone areas, hallways, entrances, elevators.*
• Schedules periodic major cleaning projects including carpet shampooing, cleaning of walls and baseboards, cleaning of windows, elevator doors and tracks.*
• Schedules cleaning of all meeting rooms after a completed function.*
• Schedules deep cleaning of all meeting rooms on periodic basis including carpet shampooing, cleaning of walls and baseboards, cleaning of windows, etc.*
• Inventories cleaning supplies & linen stock to ensure adequate supplies.*
• Provides support to the executive housekeeper in all areas of housekeeping operation, such as staff training, coaching, counseling and also enforces to the hotels standard operating procedures.*
• Ensures all meeting room functions are properly set up according to the requests indicated on the meeting room/event function sheets.*
• Ensures guest rooms are properly secured and that proper key control procedures are utilized by the housekeeping staff.*
• Advises manager, deskclerk, & admitting personnel of rooms ready for occupancy.*

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Supervises ten or more employees in the housekeeping department. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications:

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.

Language Ability:

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.

Math Ability:

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer

Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of spreadsheet and inventory software, and hotel room management system.

Education/

Experience:

Two to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and…