Assistant Executive Housekeeper

Rotana; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Rotana is seeking an Assistant Executive Housekeeper to support the Director of Housekeeping in daily operations and to lead a multicultural team to meet Rotana standards. Responsibilities include supervising cleaning tasks, maintaining room histories, and coordinating repairs with Engineering and Front Office.

The ideal candidate holds a university degree with at least three years of management experience in hotel housekeeping, and is fluent in English.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or higher; fluent in English (written and spoken).
• Minimum 3 years of management experience in hotel housekeeping.
• Knowledge of Micros Opera; strong admin and IT literacy.

Responsibilities

• Inspect work to ensure cleanliness and adjust schedules by operation/occupancy.
• Supervise periodic cleaning and inspect rooms/public areas, identifying improvement areas.
• Coordinate with Engineering and Front Office for repairs and maintenance; maintain records.

Skills

Fluent English

Leadership

Communication

Education

University degree

Tools

Micros Opera

Job description

We are currently seeking for passionate and dynamic guest focused Housekeeping professionals who pride themselves on their ability to deliver extraordinary levels of customer service and provide creative solutions to our guests. As an Assistant Executive Housekeeper you are responsible to assist the Director of Housekeeping in the daily operation of the Housekeeping Department and guide and develop a committed multicultural team to ensure the impeccable Rotana standards are met in all areas. The role involves bringing all the knowledge and standards required to maintain and surpass the guests highest expectations and will include key responsibilities such as

• Inspect work to ensure proper standards of cleanliness and revise work schedules depending on the operation and occupancy
• Supervise periodic cleaning tasks and ensure proper records are kept/ inspect rooms and public areas and point out areas for improvement
• Recommend rooms that need spring cleaning or maintenance in coordination with Engineering and Front Office
• Coordinate repairs and maintenance with Engineering and ensure that proper records are kept for rooms as in a Room History record
• Determine discards of linen/ towels/ blankets and all other worn out items and recommend new purchases as and when needed
• Ensure that uniforms are proper and order new uniforms as and when needed
• Keep an open channel of communication with subordinates and superiors on a daily basis

Education/ Qualifications Experiences

You should be a college university degree graduate with at least three years previous management experiences within the Housekeeping Department of a hotel. Technically you will have fluency in both written and spoken English/ whereby additional language skills would be a definite benefit and knowledge of Micros Opera coupled with administration and organizational computer literacy skills are an essential.

Knowledge Competencies

The ideal candidate will be an exceptionally strong professional with an eye for detail and a passion for high quality hotel keeping. You will be a self motivator/ flexible and creative in order to develop innovative options in the best interest of guests and the hotel and should possess following additional competencies Understanding the BusinessInfluencing OutcomesPlanning for BusinessTeam BuildingValuing DiversityLeading PeopleAdaptabilityDrive for ResultsCustomer FocusManaging Operations