Night Cleaner

Canadian Hostelling Association; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fun team environment

Laid-back atmosphere

Free hostel stays within HI Canada"

Discounted activities

Growth opportunities

Sustainable not-for-profit

Job summary

HI Vancouver Downtown is seeking a dedicated Night Cleaner to join our hostel team in Vancouver. You will work a 7.5-hour overnight shift around 22:00, helping maintain interior and exterior cleanliness and support a safe, welcoming environment for guests.

You will collaborate with a tight-knit team, bring positive energy, and take pride in the hostel’s cleanliness as a core guest experience element.

Qualifications

• People who like to move and roll up their sleeves as you’ll spend 6-7 hours cleaning each day.
• You’ll need to enjoy working as part of a team and bringing your positive energy and humour to work every day.
• You’ll also have times where independence is required, which is a great time to jam to those Spotify tunes.
• You’ll need to take pride in whatever you do. Our Housekeeping department has one of the most important tasks in our hostel, and we need teammates who understand that.

Responsibilities

• Working a 7.5-hour overnight shifts starting generally around 22:00. Reporting to the Housekeeping Supervisor, the Night Cleaner ensures that the hostel is kept clean by performing housekeeping duties at night.
• Responsible for ensuring the safe and secure environment our guests expect during the nighttime hours.
• Ensure all common areas, washrooms, showers and hallways are cleaned to our standard. Follow the hostel cleaning schedule.
• Communicate regularly with the Housekeeping Supervisor and the Night Auditor to ensure rooms are cleaned as needed.
• Perform laundry duties such as collecting linens and towels, washing, folding, and putting them away.

Job description

Come join the fun, life-loving team at HI Vancouver Downtown! Whether it’sfor summer, winter - or both - you’ll have a bunch of friends to explore all ofwhat Vancouver has to offer! From its quiet spot just off the West End's Daviestrip, you can easily walk to the beach, Stanley Park and English Bay, you’llfind like-minded teammates to create lifelong memories at our hostel. We workhard, but make it look easy with our relaxed atmosphere and we offer shiftsthat help you make the most of your time with us.

What's in it for you

• Have fun with a tight-knit group of colleagueson and off shift
• A laid-back, casual work environment that is alot less stuffy than working in a hotel.
• Tons of opportunities to experience ourdestination on your time off as you become a local expert—free and discountedactivities, free hostel stays within the HI Canada network and more.
• Being part of a not-for-profit organization thatembraces sustainable tourism.
• Room for growth and discovery! Many of ourleaders started out on the front lines, and we’re eager to promote from withinand provide opportunities to try out different roles.

What you will be doing

This job is more than a housekeeping cart and a list of rooms to clean, it’sabout being part of a team and interacting with like-minded travellers who arelooking for local adventure. Work as a team to maintain the interior andexterior cleanliness of the hostel.

• Working a 7.5-hour overnight shifts startinggenerally around 22:00. Reporting to the Housekeeping Supervisor, the NightCleaner ensures that the hostel is kept clean and by performing housekeepingduties at night.
• Responsible for ensuring the safe and secureenvironment our guests expect during the nighttime hours.
• Ensure all common areas, washrooms, showers andhallways are cleaned to our standard.
  Follow the hostel cleaning schedule.
• Communicate regularly with the HousekeepingSupervisor and the Night Auditor to ensure rooms are cleaned as needed.
• Perform laundry duties such as collecting linensand towels, washing, folding, and putting them away.

What we look for

• People who like to move and roll up theirsleeves as you’ll spend 6-7 hours cleaning each day
• You’ll need to enjoy working as part of a teamand bringing your positive energy and humour to work every day.
• You’ll also have times where independence isrequired, which is a great time to jam to those Spotify tunes.
• You’ll need to take pride in whatever you do.Our Housekeeping department has one of the most important tasks in our hostel,and we need teammates who understand that, and are keen to be part ofdelivering a great experience to our guests every day.

Join our community

If everything you read above got you excited, you'll be a great fit for ourteam. Whether you're on a working holiday and this will be a short stop on alonger trip, or you're looking to stay connected to the hostel lifestyle byworking among travellers, this is the kind of place for you.

Our team is made up of people from all over the world who are bound by ourshared desire to discover new places. You recognize that what draws you toVancouver is what draws our guests here, and you're committed to working with ateam of like-minded people to share the best of Vancouver and the accessibilityof travel with the world.

Whether this is just a short stop on your backpacking journey, or you arelooking to join a community of folks committed to travel, there is a spot foryou at HI Vancouver Downtown where you can belong.

As part of our standard hiring procedure, successful candidates will besubject to comprehensive background checks. These checks may include employmentverification, reference checks, educational qualifications verification, andcriminal record checks where applicable.

About HI

We love travelling. To us, travel isn’t just about going places, it’s alsoabout meeting people, discovering cultures, eating new food and most of all,learning how people do things differently than we do back home.

We believe that through hosteling, we become more conscious about the worldaround us; and we can even make the world a better place. Our mission is tobuild a community of conscious travellers who share a greater understanding ofpeople, places and cultures through our network of hostels and people.