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Vacancy

Assistant Head Housekeeper

Location

Chesford Grange

Department

Front Office

Salary

£17,000 pa

Closing Date

15-06-2010

Contact Email

hallen@qhotels.co.uk


Job Description

YOUR BRIEF:

To help manage all aspects of the cleaning and laundering for the hotel bedrooms and public areas, ensuring high standards of cleanliness and that the company image are maintained at all times

AS ASSITANT HEAD HOUSEKEEPER YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

· Ensuring that our guests experience includes nothing but the highest levels of cleanliness and hygiene throughout their stay is an essential aspect of this role

· Helping to train and develop new and existing staff

· Taking on responsibility for certain aspects within the department and taking overall responsibility for the department in the absence of the Head Housekeeper.

· Ensuring that a percentage of rooms are visually checked to ensure standards are maintained, even though the hotel follows a self-checking system of cleaning rooms.

TO BE A ONE OF A KIND ASSISTANT HEAD HOUSEKEEPER:

· Teach room attendants everything you know - inflict knowledge

· Assist other’s in their department, if workload allows.

· Say hello to any guests or colleagues you meet as you walk around the hotel - SMILE

· Encourage the conservation of energy and recycling at every opportunity

· Actively encourage new ideas to help continually improve the housekeeping department.

YOUR TALENTS:

· You will have a proven track record of supervising a large housekeeping team, through a previous role in a large hotel (150+ rooms)

· Ideally you will know your way around Front Office Based IT Systems

· You will be flexible and adaptable

· You will be confidently able to talk to anyone and everyone

IN RETURN:

We offer free meals on duty, free leisure club membership, free car parking, employee incentive schemes and generously discounted staff rates at other QHotels.

After being part of the team for six months you are able to join the Companies contributory pension scheme and you will also be able to enjoy a complimentary two-night stay for two after your first year, every year.

QHotels believes strongly in the training and development of its employees and offers a wide range of opportunities from in-house training courses and NVQ support, to funding of a variety of external courses.

OUR PLACE:

Chesford Grange is an enchanting venue, steeped in history with the original house dating back to 1902 when it was a family home. With its stone entrance, red roofed turrets and black and white paneling you are beckoned into a warm and friendly welcome as soon as you walk through the doors.

INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR TEAM?

Contact: Harry Allen, HR Officer, hallen@qhotels.co.uk or telephone 01926 515136

We welcome all applications, however we can only consider applicants eligible to live and work in the UK for this role.