POSITION SUMMARY
The Housekeeping Attendant serves as a member of the Housekeeping Department which ensures that guest rooms are clean, sanitized, organized, and welcoming. This is a year round position.
This role cleans and stocks guest rooms and common areas of the organization in a timely, efficient, and cost-effective manner, while ensuring cleanliness, décor and beauty standards are met throughout all Kripalu facilities. This role supports the Kripalu team and other departments in ensuring the best-overall guest experience possible.
The ideal candidate works well and effectively with others, has a good work ethic, and takes pride in the work they do.
SCHEDULE
This is a full time position, primarily weekends
Available shifts.
7:30am to 4pm
3:00pm to 11:30pm
ACCOUNTABILITIES/Responsibilities
- Cleans, prepares, and details all areas of our guest rooms and dormitories, including bathrooms, making beds, and vacuuming
- Picks up trash, disposes and recycles.
- Vacuums and dusts public areas.
- Performs duties in accordance with defined safety standards, MA Health and Safety Guidelines, and Close Personal Contact Services standards.
- Performs duties in a manner that ensures guest security, privacy, and confidentiality.
- Reports any damage or missing supplies in guest rooms, public bathrooms, or common areas to supervisor.
- Prepares cleaning carts and stocks closets.
- Assists with cleaning public bathrooms; clean and sanitize toilets, sinks, walls, and floors, re-stocking supplies.
- Performs all other duties and special projects as assigned by management.
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Demonstrates commitment to valuing equity, diversity and contributing to an inclusive environment.
- Possesses strong core ethics, integrity, and values consistent with Kripalu's organizational principles.
- Builds effective relationships, identifies internal and external customer expectations, sees issues from their point of view; offers practical, mutually beneficial recommendations, solutions, and ideas.
- Willingness and ability to be agile in work, supporting across own department as well as across the organization as needed.
- Demonstrates the knowledge and abilities necessary to perform required job elements to established standards, remaining current regarding development and trends in areas of expertise.
- Embraces experiences as learning opportunities.
- Accepts responsibility for personal and professional learning and growth.
- Models the values of Kripalu including service, presence, inquiry, compassion, practice, and integrity.
BENEFITS (Start Day One of Employment)
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vacation, Sick, & Personal Time, Paid Holidays
- Vision
- 403b Retirement Plan
- Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts
- Company Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Company Paid $50,000 Life Insurance Policy
- Free Meals in the Kripalu Dining Hall
- Discounted Purchases in the Kripalu Shop and for Healing Arts Services
- Yoga Classes, and the opportunity to participate in Kripalu Programs
MINIMAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Preferred experience in housekeeping or other service-oriented occupation.
- Able to use all Housekeeping cleaning products
- Ability to work on feet and walk long distances for extended periods of time.
- Ability to understand basic instruction in English with a desire to learn more.