Housekeeping and Laundry Assistant Manager

Spruce Lake; East Stroudsburg (Monroe County); On-site; USD 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Spruce Lake Ministries (Pinebrook) seeks an EVS Housekeeping and Laundry Assistant Manager to supervise housekeeping staff and oversee laundry/linen operations at the retreat center. The role ensures guest rooms and lodges are clean and well-maintained, with attention to safety and quality inspections.

Requirements include 2+ years in housekeeping with supervisory experience, strong communication skills, and flexibility for early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional housekeeping experience.
• 2+ years of supervisory experience.
• Effective interpersonal communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Computer skills including email, basic word processing and spreadsheets.
• Available to work early mornings, evenings, rotating weekends, and holidays.
• Self-motivated, detail oriented and organized.
• Highschool diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

• Oversee housekeeping and laundry operations for the retreat center lodging facility.
• Supervise housekeepers and conduct quality inspections of guest rooms, buildings, and lodges.
• Ensure guest rooms, buildings and lodges are tidy, clean, and well-maintained.

Skills

Supervisory leadership

Interpersonal communication

Computer skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Spruce Lake Ministries encourages persons from a variety of traditions to a deeper faith in God through Jesus Christ. In this peaceful setting in the heart of the Pocono Mountains in northeastern Pennsylvania, Spruce Lake and Pinebrook provide Christian church, family and corporate groups with lodging, meeting spaces and meals for their next event or retreat. Spruce Lake also hosts summer camps, programmatic retreats, and outdoor education programs throughout the year.

EVS Housekeeping and Laundry Assistant Manager (EVS-HAM) is responsible for ensuring that guest rooms, buildings and/ lodges are tidy, clean, and well-maintained through the supervision of housekeepers and quality inspections of guest rooms, buildings and/or lodges. The EVS-HAM is responsible for oversight of the laundry and linen operations of the retreat center lodging facility.

Prerequisites:

• Growing personal relationship with Jesus Christ
• Must affirm and be living/modeling our statement of faith and core values
• Must have a pleasant teachable spirit, team-player attitude, and servant heart.
• Must be responsible, industrious, hospitable, and enthusiastic.

Qualifications

• 2 plus years of professional housekeeping experience.
• 2 plus years of supervisory experience.
• Effective interpersonal communication skills, both verbal and written
• Computer skills including email, basic word processing and spreadsheets.
• Available to work early mornings, evenings, rotating weekends, and holidays.
• Self-motivated, detail oriented and organized
• Highschool diploma or GED

Physical Requirements:

Physical ability and stamina to stand and walk for extended periods of time, lift up to 35 lbs., perform repetitive motions with arms, wrists, shoulders and to bend, kneel and stretch.

Spruce Lake Ministries, Pinebrook or Spruce Lake, does not currently hire anyone who is not authorized to work in the US, nor are we able to sponsor international employees or volunteers.

At the employer's expense, all employment hires are contingent upon completion of FBI Criminal Background fingerprint clearance, PA Child Abuse Clearance and PA Criminal History Clearance.

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