Job Description
Housekeeping / Cleaning - Full-time
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Housekeeper for dedicated role at a private residence in Ada, MI!
This special opportunity allows you to join a respected home where your exceptional cleaning abilities and careful eye for detail will be truly recognized.
Typical hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Our Unique Benefits
We are intentional about enriching our employment experiences through a unique blend of benefit offerings that include:
- Robust health insurance options with competitive employer contributions.
- 401k retirement plan with a generous employer match of up to 7.5%.
- Paid time off programs include paid time off, paid holidays, and more.
- Professional development opportunities.
- Discounted memberships to MVP Sportsplex.
What You’ll Do
Housekeeping Duties
- Cleans, vacuums, and dusts floors, ceilings, furnishings, hallways, fixtures, lavatories, mirrors, and empties trash containers.
- Washes interior windows at reachable levels.
- Monitors inventory levels of household cleaning supplies and reports needed supplies to supervisor.
- Scrubs floors and polishes as required.
- Cleans interiors of drawers, cabinets, and cupboards.
- In addition to routine housekeeping responsibilities, periodic specific projects related to general residential upkeep will be required, including, but not limited to, scrubbing tile floors, cleaning/organizing drawers, removing window screens to thoroughly clean between windows and screens, etc.
Other Household Duties
- Changes bed linens and towels; make beds as necessary.
- Launders and irons household linens and towels, occasionally personal clothing, and other miscellaneous items as necessary.
- Reports maintenance/repair problems to Property Manager.
- May greet vendors, answer telephone, and accept delivery of packages on occasion.
- Exercises open communications with other household staff.
What You’ll Bring
- Previous housekeeping/house cleaning experience required; experience within a private home is preferred.
- Responsible for work at locations in Ada, Michigan and surrounding area.
- Responsibilities are conducted in a private home(s). While an employer/employee relationship exists, the employee must be genuinely committed to being part of the household staff team whose goal is positively contributing to a respectful home environment.
- Preservation of a quiet and peaceful household atmosphere is essential. Sensitivity to family members’ privacy should be always exercised.
- The employer will provide equipment and cleaning products. If a question arises as to equipment operation or product utilization, the supervisor will provide guidance.
- Must be a responsible, dedicated, and dependable person of the highest integrity; neat and tidy in appearance; organized and reliable; positive in attitude; and one who demonstrates pride in the service he/she provides.
- The family’s privacy is critical, and the highest level of confidentiality must always be exercised.
Essential Physical Demands
- Ability to work at a physically demanding pace.
- Ability to lift thirty (30) pounds to a maximum height of six (6) feet.
- Ability to remain standing on feet for lengthy periods of time; climb steps and stairs; stooping, bending, and kneeling.
- Ability to stand on a small step stool to accomplish cleaning tasks.
- Ability to push/pull vacuum cleaners and operate other household maintenance equipment for lengthy periods of time.