Assistant Director of Housekeeping

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Director, Housekeeping, responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:

• Consistently offer professional, engaging and proactive guest service while supporting fellow Colleagues
• Treat each and every Guest as a unique individual.
• Anticipate Guests’ needs with thoughtful and personal touches.
• Resolve Guest problems and never saying “no” without offering an alternative.
• Be an ambassador for the Brand, Hotel, Community and Colleagues.
• Be guided by Fairmont core values; respect, integrity, teamwork and empowerment.
• Lead and coach the Housekeeping team towards achieving exceptional guest service and employee satisfaction results.
• Ensure that the property provides well-furnished and maintained guestrooms, public spaces, and employee areas.
• Develop departmental policies and procedures by which the highest possible degree of cleanliness, maintenance, and aesthetic value is achieved.
• Organization of all areas of responsibility to ensure superior service standards are maintained at all times, while meeting budgeted payroll expenses/costs.
• Ensure the effective utilization and productivity of all employees including staff planning, hiring, training and development, "stepping out of the box" where possible.
• Responsible for the development of all training programs within the Housekeeping department and ensure their proper implementation through the leadership team.
• Provide expense and capital expenditure recommendations and reports. This includes the annual Rooms Division profit plan submission.
• Prepare monthly reports on preventive housekeeping maintenance and analyses of loss/usage per occupied room on every major expenses category, including, but not limited to, labor, chemicals, guestroom supplies, linen, laundry and contract cleaning.
• The applicant is expected, through excellence in record keeping, professional purchasing and inventory controls, to forecast future expenditures, including any potential enhancements in the rooms, or public space areas.
• Make recommendations to the Director of Rooms for capital expenditure and special maintenance programs in all areas of the hotel.
• Participate and has extensive knowledge of Health and Safety initiatives. Constantly seeking out creative ways to improve service and increase business volumes.
• Develop and maintain close and effective working relationships with all supporting departments, particularly with the Laundry, Front Office Manager, Chief Engineer and Director of Food & Beverage.
• Ensure strong departmental focus is kept on recycling of any guest amenities and products.

Qualifications:

• University degree or Hotel Management Diploma preferred.      
• Minimum 5 years previous experience in a Housekeeping Management capacity.                                                                         
• Strong organizational and administration skills.               
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.        
• Ability to work in a fast paced, changing environment.          
• Proven leadership, developer and delegation skills with an ability to lead employees to achieve the department goals.       
• Excellent problem solver and decision maker.                   

Physical Aspects of Position (include but are not limited to):

• Sitting 6-8 hours a day.
• Light Activity