Head Housekeeper - Live in available

Burlington Hotel; Arrochar; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hotel group in Scotland is seeking a Head Housekeeper for the Arrochar Hotel. This role involves managing and motivating the housekeeping team to ensure high cleaning standards, financial accountability for the department, and supervision of maintenance coordination. Candidates should have 1-2 years of experience in a similar position and a passion for hospitality. This position offers competitive salaries, personal development opportunities, and discounted hotel stays for staff.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Incentives

Discounted hotel stays

Qualifications

• At least 1-2 years of experience in a similar position.
• Accountability for financial performance against budgets.
• Ability to manage and lead a team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage, motivate, and lead the housekeeping team.
• Ensure highest cleaning standards are met.
• Liaise with maintenance for area upkeep.
• Adhere to health and safety regulations.
• Supervise and train team to meet company standards.
• Provide excellent customer service.

Skills

Strong experience in housekeeping

Ability to deliver great service

Passion for hospitality

Reliability

Willingness to learn

Job description

We currently have an amazing opportunity to join the team as Head Housekeeper at the Arrochar Hotel.

Bespoke Benefits… What’s in it for you?

At Bespoke Hotels, our people are our biggest asset. We focus on engagement and individual development, working with natural strengths and supporting education from a commercial perspective. We create pathways so our people know the direction their careers will head.

We believe that great hospitality can only be delivered by a happy, motivated and engaged team; so this is at the heart of our culture and of our ‘Be-Attitude’ values.

We are proud to provide equal opportunities for our team members, encouraging inclusive and creative culture, providing long-term careers, supporting community and assisting in environmental matters.

At Bespoke, we ensure meaningful relationships with our colleagues, guests and third-party suppliers, positively celebrating diversity and inclusion within our teams, encouraging collaboration and creativity.

We offer competitive salaries, incentives, ample scope for personal development and discounted hotel stays for you, your family, and friends.

Requirements:

The ideal person will have strong experience, ideally at least 1-2 years in a similar position and will have the ability to deliver great service to our guests.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about hospitality, that is reliable and willing to learn as part of this growing team.

Main duties will include:

1. Managing, motivating and leading the housekeeping team to ensure the highest cleaning standards are met, with a keen attention to detail.
2. To be accountable for the financial performance of the department against budgets.
3. Liaise with maintenance to ensure that the physical conditions of all areas under the Housekeeping control are properly maintained.
4. Ensure all heath and safety, fire safety, security and COSSH regulations are adhered to whilst ensuring all records are up to date.
5. To supervise, train and motivate team to achieve Company Standards, and also to comply with relevant legislation.
6. Provide excellent customer service and ensure all staff members are courteous and helpful towards.

Being Bespoke:

Bespoke Hotels was founded in 2000 and has consistently grown to the point where we now manage over 9,500 hotel rooms, 8,000 employees and £815 million of assets.

We stand today as the UK’s Largest Independent Hotel Group, owning a number of hotels and partnering with an ever-increasing portfolio alongside this. Every agreement we have is Bespoke by name, and bespoke by nature. Our properties range from specialist golfing hotels, to award-winning spa resorts and chic city centre properties.

We pride ourselves on a diverse roster and a unique, individualised management style, with over 90 management agreements across the UK, alongside a further 30 management consultancy services, and 100 hotels with sales & marketing services only.