Executive Housekeeper
- Employer
- Give Kids The World
- Location
- Kissimmee, Florida
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- Jun 18, 2019
- Closes
- Aug 14, 2019
- Industry
- Hospitality, Non-Profit
- Category
- Housekeeping, Management
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Career Level
- Manager
Job Title: Executive Housekeeper
Department: Housekeeping
Reports to: Vice President of Operations
OVERVIEW/PURPOSE
Provide leadership and direction in all Village Housekeeping operations in order to provide a clean and safe vacation experience for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Oversee all aspects of the day-to-day routines within the Housekeeping Department, with direct responsibility for the cleanliness, orderliness and appearance of Villas, Public Areas and Laundry. Demonstrates a great attention to details and quick decision making skills in order to provide guests with a perfect storybook experience.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Staff Management
- Collaborate with the Assistant Housekeeping Managers to provide direction, leadership and support to all housekeeping staff that mirror the mission and core values of the organization
- Promote a culture of positive teamwork, high performance and continuous improvement
- Recognize achievements
- Ensure staff members receive timely and appropriate training and development
- Establish and monitor staff performance and development goals, assign accountabilities, set objectives, establish priorities, conduct performance appraisals and administer salary adjustments
Operations
- Develop and implement all housekeeping procedures
- Ensure all safety and security procedures are adhered to
- Receive and prepare work orders for Engineering in a timely and efficient manner
- Conduct inspections of villas and public areas to ensure housekeeping standards are met or exceeded
- Perform opening and closing procedures as needed
Guest Relations
- Respond to guest concerns in a timely and efficient manner
- Review and analyze guest concerns to identify consistent patterns and themes
- Create and implement procedures for thematic guest concerns
Finance & Administration
- Maintain fiscal responsibility (budgeting, payroll, operating expense control) for overall Housekeeping Department
- Prepare reports for management information
- Prepare staff schedules and post accordingly, as needed
All other duties as assigned
PHYSICAL DEMANDS BEYOND NORMAL OFFICE ENVIRONMENT:
- Regularly required to walk, stand, bend, crouch, balance, and be able to use hands/arms to lift and move objects weighing up to 50 pounds
- Able to work in outdoor weather conditions
- Able to work flexible hours to meet the needs of a 24 hour per day, 7 day per week, resort operation
- Ability to work days, evenings, weekends and holidays both on and off property
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Demonstrated effective leader with the ability to train, coach and motivate team members
- Excellent organizational and administrative skills with the ability to manage and execute tasks in a dynamic environment
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse population, including staff, co-workers, volunteers, and leaders by adjusting approaches to meet each group's needs
- Effectively identifies and analyzes problems. Uses creative solutions to solve problems with varying degrees of information
- Demonstrates a high level of attention to detail
- Demonstrates a sense of urgency in situations that require decisiveness, quick response and good judgment
- Ability to initiate actions based on one’s own interpretation or understanding of a situation
- Proven ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality, tact, professionalism and integrity
- Ability to develop and maintain operating budget
- Ability to communicate, understand, speak, read, write English to communicate with departments/guests/vendor participants.
- PC skills including Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) and payroll software
- Ability to operate a motorized vehicle, including battery-operated golf cart
- Valid driver's license and clean driving record
- High School Diploma
- At least 10-15 years of previous housekeeping experience
- At least 5 years of experience managing teams
- Bachelor Degree preferred
- Bilingual in Spanish strongly preferred
Give Kids The World is a drug free workplace.