Thursday, January 24, 2013

Scott Christian University Hotel Housekeeper Job in Kenya

Hotel Housekeeper

Scott Christian University has just completed phase one of the retreat center. It is currently looking for staff to occupy new vacancies related to hotel industry. To begin with an executive house keeper will be required.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Focus:

To implement the consistent delivery of superior customer service through the Customer Service Programme.
To ensure that the department creates a professional impression to customers and team members.
To review and act on Customer Service Reports relevant to your areas of responsibility to achieve positive and consistent results.
To review and act on customer feedback relevant to your areas of responsibility. This to include customer complaints and compliments.
To ensure routine maintenance is carried out in your areas of responsibility, reporting any damage and wear and tear, ensuring bedroom faults are rectified promptly.
To organize and set up on-going deep clean schedules.

Business Awareness:

To be fully aware of budgeted and actual departmental financial targets. This to include revenue, stock levels, average spends and departmental profits.
To be fully aware of departmental budgeted and actual payroll costs and manage by allocating labour resources in line with forecasted and actual business levels, through productivity ratios and payroll management.
To be fully aware of and control departmental operating costs in line with forecasted business levels.
To control all linen stocks and levels, ensuring linen costs are controlled in accordance with hotel procedures.
To assist with the control of purchasing in department by effective use of S.A.P.

Specific Job Accountabilities:

To ensure efficient stores procedures, ensuring cleaning materials and guest supplies are adequate and stock levels in accordance with hotel business.
To carry out stock takes as required.
To ensure all charges are raised for laundry and dry cleaning services, where appropriate.
To assist with the preparation of Housekeeping budgets.
To update price comparisons of all Housekeeping sundry items.
To maintain good effective working relationships with linen/laundry suppliers where appropriate.

Growing the Business:

To positively approach sales opportunities in order to maximise hotels revenue and exceed budgeted targets.
To suggest promotional opportunities to enhance hotel and department performance.
To ensure all department team members are sales focused.

People Management:

To lead and create a team environment which promotes good employee morale and ensures a high level of commitment and pride in the hotel.
To ensure effective communication with your team by holding regular briefing sessions
To carry out quality planned training and development in a systematic and professional way in order to meet the needs of the business and assist in individual team member’s personal development. .
To set clear objectives for departmental team members, linked with the hotel’s Business plan.
To continuously coach and counsel colleagues.
To review the success of training in meeting objectives.

Controlling the Environment:

To ensure the department operates effectively on a day to day basis, ensuring company standards are met and delivered consistently with attention to detail. This to include ensuring shift controls and procedures are adhered to.
To comply with your responsibilities under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 as detailed in the QMH Fire Safety Management System, a copy of which can be found in each hotel or accessed on the intranet.
To comply with statutory and company requirements for Health and Safety, Food Safety, Risk Assessment, Licensing Laws, Disability and ensure all employment legislation is strictly adhered to and team members are trained accordingly.
To review and co-ordinate action on Hygiene Audits in order to enhance the environment and achieve positive consistent results.

Other:

To act as the Hotel Guest Relations Manager as required, ensuring a professional and friendly service throughout the hotel.
To keep yourself informed of the hotel goals and objectives and those of other departments, maximizing the role you play in delivering the hotel budgeted targets.
To implement an effective key control system in department, thus ensuring the security of all housekeeping keys.
To be fully aware of and adhere to security procedures laid down.
To ensure the department actively maintains and supports Investors in People procedures and practices in order to ensure re-recognition.
To attend training when required.
To be fully aware of and strictly adhere to Fire, Bomb and Health and Safety procedures.

Entry Requirements

Skills

Management: Managing priorities, the ability to listen, stress management, team motivation.
Recruitment
Ability with figures and ability to manage a cost centre
Sensibility to customers and able to deal face-to-face with guests
Ability to deliver training at all levels
Understanding of IT issues in relation to Housekeeping
Attention to detail: working carefully within the minimum time
Team working
The ability to take the initiative
Good physical resilience
Organization and thoroughness: preparing bedrooms in the minimum length of time whilst respecting internal hotel procedures
Discretion: not disturbing guests

Qualifications

Relevant diploma and housekeeping experience.
Fluency English is mandatory

How to apply

Interested candidates who satisfy the above requirements should forward their applications accompanied by a detailed CV, email address, day time telephone contact, name and address of three referees and current /expected salary

The applications should reach the undersigned not later than 8th February 2013.

Human Resource Office
Scott Christian University
P.O Box 49-90100, Machakos
Email address. hr@scott.ac.ke