Houseperson, Housekeeping Jobs

Company Description

Fairmont Palliser

Centrally located in downtown Calgary, Fairmont Palliser is the city’s premier, landmark hotel. With 407 elegantly appointed guest rooms, Fairmont Palliser is truly the place to be. Join us in delivering the iconic Calgary experience.

Houseperson, Housekeeping

Create the experience before the guest has even arrived. As a Houseperson, the organizational support you provide to the Housekeeping team will ensure our guest rooms are well equipped and that our guests Feel Welcome from the minute they step into their room.

What Is In It For You

• Ability to make a difference through our Corporate Social Responsibility activities, like Planet 21
• Employee benefit card offering discounted rates in Accor worldwide
• Learning programs through our Academies
• Opportunity to develop your talent and grow within your property and across the world!

What You Will Be Doing

• Responding to and completing all Housekeeping guest request calls.
• Complete quarterly projects such as mattress turnings.
• Adhere to Health & Safety policy and ensuring safe work practices are followed at all times.
• Organize and maintain inventory
• Being a team player in assisting the Housekeeping Attendants to ensure guest rooms are prepared efficiently
• Report any suspicious activity to the Manager on Duty.
• Maintain floor cleanliness standards in all public areas by using floor-cleaning equipment such as extractors, bonnet buffers
• Report any maintenance concerns as well as guest issues.
• Adhere to Health & Safety policy and ensuring safe work practices are followed at all times.
• Offer professional, friendly and engaging service to all guests and responding timely to any special requests
• Adhere to procedures of key control.
• Maintain supplies and reports any shortages in supplies promptly
• Ensure that supplies are well stocked and cleanliness is maintained to standard in public washrooms and fitness areas by completing daily walk throughs.
• Adhere to Fairmont brand Housekeeping standards in all tasks.

Qualifications

Your experience and skills include:

• Previous Housekeeping/cleaning experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of commercial cleaning equipment an asset.
• Ability to work cohesively as part of a team with minimum supervision
• Must possess outstanding guest service skills with a professional presentation.
• Warm and caring personality; previous housekeeping experience an asset
• Property Manager knowledge an asset.
• Must be physically fit in order to lift items that weigh a minimum of 25 kg.
• Must be flexible in terms of working days and hours
• Ability to anticipate and focus attention on guest needs, being professional and welcoming

Additional Information

Your team and working environment:

• Must be legally eligible to work in Canada. The hotel is unable to assist candidates in obtaining Canadian work authorization.
• Fairmont Palliser is committed to an employment equity program that includes special measures to achieve diversity among staff.

Our Commitment To Diversity & Inclusion

We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.

"Why work for Accor?

We are far more than a worldwide leader. We welcome you as you are and you can find a job and brand that matches your personality. We support you to grow and learn every day, making sure that work brings purpose to your life, so that during your journey with us, you can continue to explore Accor’s limitless possibilities.

By joining Accor, every chapter of your story is yours to write and together we can imagine tomorrow's hospitality. Discover the life that awaits you at Accor, visit https://careers.accor.com/

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