Job Details
**The Hot Springs Convention Center is seeking a Housekeeping Team Lead to assist the Housekeeping Manager in managing the cleaning staff. The hours for this position will vary, based on conventions and events booked into the Convention Center and Bank OZK Arena and will often include evenings, weekends and some holidays. Ideal candidate will have experience in housekeeping large facilities, basic computer skills, excellent customer service skills and strong team leading skills.**
**Job Summary:** The Housekeeping Team Leader receives and executes instructions from management in the absence of the Housekeeping Manager, serving as the department second in command during a particular shift. This employee's other duties include cleaning the interior and exterior of the Convention Center, and maintaining them in an orderly condition.
**Specific Job Duties and Responsibilities:**
* Receives and executes instructions/directions from management. In the absence of the Housekeeping Manager, the Shift Leader serves as second in command.
* Cleans hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, stairways, offices, artwork and other work areas.
* Sweeps, scrubs, waxes and polish floors, using brooms, mops and powered scrubbing and waxing machines.
* Cleans rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture and draperies, using vacuum cleaner and other devices.
* Dusts furniture and equipment.
* Greets guests in a courteous, professional manner.
* Polishes metalwork, such as fixtures and fittings.
* Washes walls, ceilings and woodwork.
* Washes windows, door panels and sills.
* Empties wastebaskets, empties and cleans ashtrays.
* Collects trash in such areas as hallways, corridors, storerooms and any other area indicated by management. Transports trash and waste to disposal area.
* Replenishes bathroom supplies.
* Cleans and refreshes meeting areas before, during and after meetings.
* Performs duties and functions as assigned by management.
* Sets up chairs, tables and stands according to function specifications.
* Following functions, breaks down equipment and furniture for storage or use in additional functions.
**Minimum Experience, Skills or Education Required:**
* High school education or equivalent preferred; one to three years experience preferred.
* Specific Vocational Preparations preferred, which include an occupationally significant combination of vocational education, apprentice training, on-the-job training or essential experience in less responsible jobs, which lead to higher jobs, or serving in other jobs.
* Must have developed language skills to the point to be able to read and understand instructions, safety rules and be able to communicate these instructions to others.
* Must be able to judge readily observable, functional, structural or compositional characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.
* Must be able to use body members, tools or special devices to work, move, guide or place objects or materials. This would involve some latitude for judgement with regard to precision attained and selection of appropriate tool, object or material, although this is readily manifest.
* Must be able to use hands to lift, carry or pull objects that may be heavy.
* Must be able to interpret simple room layout drawings.
* Must be able to work outdoors in all kinds of weather.
* Must be able to learn simple procedures and techniques.
* Must be able to perform routine or the same task over and over again.
* Must be able to stand or walk for varying lengths of time, sometimes for long periods.
* A valid Arkansas Driver's License is required for this position since employee may be required to drive company vehicle to other sites that fall under the Visit Hot Springs umbrella to perform housekeeping duties.
**Physical Demands:** Lifting 50 lbs. With frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds. Reaching. Handling. Fingering. Feeling. Seeing. Climbing. Balancing. Stooping. Kneeling. Crouching. Crawling.
**Working Conditions:** This employee works both inside and outside the work activities occur inside and outside in approximately equal amounts. This position may require work during nights, especially for overnight building turnovers, weekends and holidays. There may be sufficient noise, either constant or intermittent, to cause marked distraction.
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