# HAL - Executive Housekeeper

**Company**: Hollandamericagroup
**Location**: New York, New York
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: fixed term contract
**Category**: Hospitality
**Industry**: Travel

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## Description

Responsible for their assigned ship's onboard Housekeeping Operation in addition to overall cleanliness and hotel condition to include both front and back of house areas, as designated.

Key Responsibilities:

- Consistently achieve guest satisfaction metrics by meeting or exceeding corporate established targets.

- Manage Housekeeping team member satisfaction, setting and achieving measurable goals related to team member engagement, well-being and development.

- Effectively manage the Housekeeping Department's budget, maximizing guest and team member satisfaction while working within established cost budgets.

- Ensure the department meets any Housekeeping specific revenue targets as established.

- Facilitate training for all Housekeeping areas, as per Corporate Housekeeping and ensure implementation, training and records are kept.

- Maintain guest staterooms and suites in good condition, meeting HAL standards and directives.

- Ensure all Housekeeping-assigned front and back of house areas are maintained in good condition, in conjunction with other departments.

- Oversee Laundry areas (Main Laundry & Self-Service Launderettes) to ensure they are maintained in good operating condition, per HAL standards and directives.

- Oversee Tailor shop productivity and service to ensure quality and controls meet HAL standards and directives with set budgets.

- Ensure all team member areas are maintained in good condition and provide related service.

- Ensure compliance with Public Health regulations and provide guidance and monitoring towards meeting these sanitary standards.

- Chair and disseminate information during daily Housekeeping meetings.

- Handle all guest issues and service recovery efforts in a professional manner.

- Maintain Housekeeping departmental tangible assets (equipment, supplies).

- Monitor overtime and approve as needed and provide labor justifications.

- Provide guidance, coaching and discipline as needed.

- Provide input as related to Housekeeping capital equipment requirements.

- Approve weekly Housekeeping, Laundry and Tailor Shop general supplies requisition.

- Approve tailor shop issue and uniforms production.

- Provide Tailor Shop 30-day purchase ('X' report) and 60-day purchase ('L' report) requisitions.

- Responsible for all reporting requirements as designated by Corporate Housekeeping, including but not limited to Laundry, Equipment, Linen Inventory, etc.

- Prepare Handover Report for embarking Executive Housekeeper as per corporate guidelines and provide upon embarkation.

- Conduct weekly walks of Team Member Cabins with Captain and Hotel General Manager.

- Conduct weekly walks of Public Room Areas and Guest Staterooms with Hotel General Manager.

- Represent the Housekeeping department in all meetings in which attendance is required.

- Conduct and/or approve monthly evaluations of all Housekeeping department management and direct reports.

- Approve monthly evaluations of all Housekeeping team members.

- Responsible and accountable for special projects or assignments presented by the Hotel General Manager.

- Responsible and accountable for special projects or assignments presented by Corporate Housekeeping.

- Maintain effective and productive working relationships with staff, peers, managers and officers.

- Follow and adhere to all health and safety procedures, training and requirements.

- Comply with company policy regarding waste separation and environmental compliance.

- Conduct regular training with all departmental team members on food waste separation and environmental compliance as per Global HESS policies.

- Champion the use of the Navigator App experience tools to drive greater onboard revenue and guest satisfaction performance.

- Lead by example in matters of professionalism, ethics, responsibility, integrity, ownership, engagement and personal presentation.

## Skills

### Required
- Leadership
- Training
- Organizational skills
- Public health and sanitation protocols
- Computers
- Software programs
- Excel
- Word
- PowerPoint

### Nice to have
- College or university degree in hospitality management, business administration or related field
- Shipboard experience within the Housekeeping Services environment
- Experience overseeing a commercial laundry operation within a hospitality environment

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