Location
Melrose, Scottish Borders | United Kingdom
Job description
Alfa Leisureplex Group has an opportunity for a Housekeeperto join the team at The Waverley Castle Hotel, Melrose.
Housekeeper working hours:
As aHousekeeper you will work30 hours per week, including weekends with an hourly rate of£11.00 – Regardless of age, which will be increasing to £12.00 an hour in April 2024!
Being a Housekeeper:
Your main task as a housekeeper will be maintaining cleanliness and hygiene standards in the bedrooms and public areas of the hotel. This will include changing of linen and towels as well as reporting anything out of the ordinary to the Head Housekeeper.
We are an employee-owned company, what does this mean?
- Bi-annual tax free dividend due to our employee owned status (over £1,000 last full year)
- Funding for any relevant training courses to aid your development
- Job Security – our employee owned status provides better job security, as we can't be sold to another company
- Support and continuous development opportunities
- Competitive occupational sick pay scheme
- Fantastic discounts on our holidays and hotel stays
- Employee assistance programme - Health Assured
- Length of service rewards
- Free employee meals whilst on duty
- Build your pension – we have a pension scheme in place that the Company contributes towards
- Reward and engagement programs
Our ideal candidate:
Essential Skills:
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent customer service skills
- Ability to learn new skills quickly
- The ability to be flexible and keep calm under pressure
Desirable Skills:
- Experience in a similar role
- Knowledge of the travel, tourism and hospitality industry
- Passion for the industry
The Alfa Leisureplex Group is one of the UK’s most highly respected coach holiday and hotel companies with a consolidated turnover of over £60 million per year. We are the UK’s only employee owned Travel Company and our brands include Leisureplex Hotels, Alfa Travel, which includes Alfa Scotland.
Leisureplex Hotels own and operate 24 hotels in the UK’s most popular seaside locations. We have a combined bed stock of 2,050 rooms and achieve strong all year round occupancies due to our sister brand Alfa Travel, Alfa Scotland plus our links to other coach operators and group organisers. We also cater for Self Drive guests and direct hotel bookings.
As an employee owned business with over 900 employee partners, we see our people as our most valuable asset in growing our business and continuing to provide a high quality service to our customers.
If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be successful in this Housekeeperrole click‘apply’ today. We’d love to hear from you!
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