Housekeeping Manager - Glorieta Adventure Camps

Housekeeping Manager - Glorieta Adventure Camps

We are looking for someone with a strong work ethic and a desire to live and work in a close community to serve in the much-needed role of Housekeeping Manager. We are passionate about our mission statement and are looking for a like-minded person who is willing to serve alongside us. Please thoughtfully consider each part of our mission statement, job description, and description of our ministry and community before applying.

MISSION STATEMENT

To inspire Christ-like change through Outdoor Adventure, Authentic Relationships, and Biblical Truth.

COMMUNITY The makeup of our community determines a large part of what it is like to live and work here. We have about 120 people who live on-site year-round, comprised of full-time staff, families, and seasonal staff. Glorieta is a beautiful place with many natural resources but calls for a somewhat remote living.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Title: Housekeeping Manager
  
• Department: Guest Services
  
• Reports To: Director of Guest Services
  

Job Purpose: As the Manager of the Housekeeping department at Glorieta Adventure Camps, one will work toward fulfilling our mission and giving guests a great experience by maintaining the cleanliness of all buildings and upholding, creating, and organizing systems that foster an enjoyable and efficient cleaning process. This includes managing the various types of staff who assist in housekeeping duties.

Overall Responsibility

• Uphold established standards of cleanliness in all guest spaces and manage staff to uphold the same standards
  
• Hire and train full-time staff to grow the Housekeeping team
  
• Take chief responsibility for the inventory, ordering, and management of all cleaning supplies and linens for guest rooms and meeting rooms
  
• Keep the SDS for housekeeping all chemicals updated
  
• Keep cleaning and servicing checklists updated and make cleaning assignments
  
• Coordinate maintenance repairs and pest control for inside the buildings
  
• Schedule team shifts, team 1:1s, summer staff training, deep cleaning
  
• Take chief responsibility for the laundry room and coordinate linen pickup/drop off
  
• Coordinate the creation and update of the Housekeeping App
  
• Keep up with logistics and make requests based on needs
  
• Budget forecasting and managing spending through Expensify and Bill.com
  
• Collect and document bids for outside services
  

Other Duties of ALL Glorieta Staff: We operate year-round. We have guests on the premises almost every day of the year. Serving guests is our number one priority, and therefore ALL staff must participate in guest service in some capacity. Tasks may include cooking, cleaning, facilitating group activities, running retail locations, general maintenance of camp property, and work projects as needed. There are often groups here on weekends and all staff members will be required to work certain weekends as needed.

Character, Education, Abilities, Skills, Experience:

The “ideal†candidate will have:

• Ability to communicate well with team members, staff, and guests
  
• Ability to manage peers, full-time staff, and summer staff in a positive and respectful way when they are helping to clean under one's supervision
  
• Have proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, typing, basic math, basic computer functions, organization, and be detailed oriented
  
• A strong desire to learn new things quickly
  
• A strong sense of self-motivation
  
• A personal relationship with Christ that permeates all aspects of one's life
  
• Previous experience in any of the duties listed is preferred
  
• Good work ethic
  
• Willingness to perform routine tasks regularly and on time, with deadlines weekly and monthly for most tasks
  
• Have a natural ability or strong desire for organization
  
• Willingness to perform many tasks alone
  
• An eye for things that need done and how to make them more excellent
  
• Passion for cleaning, problem-solving, fixing things, making things beautiful, leading by serving, stewardship
  

Work Context: This job will be performed primarily on location at Glorieta, New Mexico.

Travel: Possible infrequent travel to workshop training.

Physical Demands: Ability to lift 60 lbs, sit in office, hike, stand all day, bend, squat, be on hands and knees cleaning, climb stairs, be around strong cleaning chemicals on a daily basis, and be willing to get one's hands dirty.

Work Environment: Most work will be done throughout campus, including indoors and outdoors. This may include working in inclement weather conditions throughout the year.

Training: Guest Services employees will be given opportunity for improvement through appropriate training.

Compensation: Hourly pay including overtime, onsite housing, medical sharing benefit at $0 to employee, 401(k) retirement package after one year, and paid vacation time. See HR and/or potential supervisor for details.

Disclaimer: This Job Description is not a complete description of all that is necessary to do one's job. Also, all camp employees are expected to do what it takes to work as a team, even with other departments, to serve guests. This is not only an expectation but a value that we hold to as an organization. We will help each other get the mission done.