Team Leader: Housekeeping (Post Level 18): Housing and Residence Affairs - South Campus - Bloemfontein at University of the Free State

Duties and responsibilities:

• Ensure quality of housekeeping services.
• Conduct inspections in residences as required by line management.
• Formal inspection once a week.
• Pay attention to detail and deep cleaning issues and report to Senior Housekeeping Manager.
• Constant communication with Senior Housekeeping Manager.
• Ensure staff adhere to the additional cleaning procedures according to the COVID19 SOP.
• Monitor misuse of furniture in residence/s and communicate to line manager.
• Report faulty firefighting equipment to line management.
• Send maintenance concerns to Senior Housekeeping manager on a daily basis.
• Manage personal hygiene, wear of uniforms and the use of PPE in respective residences.
• Accompany contract workers where applicable.
• Mix and hand out detergents to cleaning staff.
• Weekly meetings with line manager.
• Take minutes of meetings.
• Execute extra hygiene and deep cleaning tasks in appointed cluster.
• Supervise Houseman on daily basis.
• Plan tasks for Houseman in advance.
• Plan tasks in advance for recess cleaning and communicate to Senior Housekeeping Manager.
• Administer all cleaning detergents and equipment in a responsible way.
• Adhere to all Occupational Health and Safety processes and regulations in working environment.
• Perform maintenance as and when applicable.
• Corrective steps with regards to inspections, audit reports and swab reports.
• Provide feedback about corrective steps to Senior Housekeeping Manager
• Conduct inventory count and monitor misuse of furniture in residence/s.
• Conduct inventories count timeously.
• Report maintenance and pest control concerns to Senior Housekeeping Manager where and when applicable.

Inherent Job Requirements:

• Grade 10 on NQF Level 2.
• Relevant experience related to the duties and responsibilities.

Recommendations:

• Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in a colour code cleaning system.
• Colour coding cleaning system certificate (attach a copy).