Summer housekeeper

About the Department

Mount Royal University’s Residence Services is committed to providing a safe, secure and supportive living learning community. We strive to be inclusive, responsive and respectful of the individual. The environment is designed to enhance and develop both the personal growth and academic success of the student and their role as a responsible community member.

Reporting directly to the Housekeeping Coordinator, this position will be responsible for maintaining a clean working and living environment within the Residence Services complexes. The incumbent will be responsible for cleaning and maintaining all offices, common areas and hotel rooms throughout the academic year and summer months. Taking direction from the Housekeeping Coordinator, the incumbent will be assigned daily duties that will involve cleaning throughout the entire complex and results must meet the standards defined by the Coordinator.

This position requires the climbing of stairs, walking of long distances between the West and East residences and the incumbent must be able to operate all equipment such as mops, floor scrubber and buffers, etc. The incumbent will be required to work dates outside of the regularly scheduled work week. The schedule for this position is 9am – 4pm Monday-Friday to offset housekeeping hours in order to accommodate our students and our conference guests.

Some weekend and/or evening work may be required.

Hotel and Student Room Changeovers (70%):

• Servicing hotel and student units on check in/out. This will include bed making and the general cleaning of bedrooms, washrooms, kitchens and living rooms, ensuring that all amenities are in place and in good working condition.
• Reporting maintenance issues as needed and must clean rooms to standards set by the housekeeping coordinator in a timely manner.
• Taking a team‑lead position during our peak conference season (May to August). This will include the inspection of hotel units to ensure that acceptable cleaning standards are maintained and that proper chemicals are being used appropriately.

General Cleaning of Common Areas (20%):

• Sweeping, vacuuming and mopping of all floor surfaces and stairwells.
• Emptying garbage and recycling containers, replenishing paper dispensers and cleaning all toilet and bathroom fixtures.
• Cleaning all glass materials and ledges including high and low dusting and the periodic cleaning of certain areas including wall washing.
• Cleaning common floor surfaces with heavy cleaning equipment and floor scrubbers will be required on a regular basis.

Laundry Room Duties (10%):

• Working in the laundry room operating the commercial washer, dryer and dishwasher machines and ironing and folding all linen products.
• Clean and organize all houseware kitchen kits and other related items.

Other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Cleaning and hospitality experience is required. The incumbent must be able to operate cleaning related equipment (vacuums, floor scrubbers etc) and must be able to physically manage cleaning areas like stairwells.

Salary: $ 21.23 - $ 26.81/ hour

Closing Date: When suitable candidates are found.

A cover letter and resume should be submitted in one .pdf document. Please title your .pdf document as follows: [Last Name], [Requisition Number], [Document Title].pdf (ex. Smith, 999999, CV.pdf).

We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, however, Canadian citizens, permanent residents and others currently legally authorized to work in Canada will be given priority. Please note only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. After the close date, you can check on the status of your application through your Career Centre. New career opportunities arise frequently and are posted as they become available.

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