Assistant Director, Housekeeping - FAIRMONT

Rising gracefully above Millennium Park and Chicago's impressive lakefront, Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park is located conveniently near major cultural attractions, the city's business and financial district and world-renowned shopping along the Magnificent Mile. With beautifully appointed, extraordinarily spacious guestrooms and spectacular suites, Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park offers a superior and distinctive array of amenities and services, including phenomenal dining experiences, seasonal pop-ups and luxury event space. 

Assistant Director, Housekeeping
Creating an engaging work environment for colleagues of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is as important as turning moments into memories for our guests. The standards and values you model as Assistant Director, Housekeeping will inspire your team - not only to ensure exceptional guest rooms, public areas and heart of the house areas, but also to grow their careers with Fairmont!

What is in it for you:

• Employee benefit card offering discounted rates in Accor worldwide
• Learning programs through our Academies
• Opportunity to develop your talent and grow within your property and across the world!
• Ability to make a difference in the local community through our Corporate Social Responsibility activities, like Planet 21
• Extensive Benefit Package

What you will be doing:

• Consistently offer professional, friendly and engaging service
• Supervise the day-to-day operation of the department to ensure service standards are followed
• Maintain all guest rooms, public areas and heart of the house areas; ensuring that the highest standard of cleanliness is met
• Monitor labor costs while ensuring effective scheduling and department productivity
• Assist with preventative maintenance programs while working with the Chief Engineer
• Address guest concerns and react quickly; logging and notifying proper departments as required
• Manage the departmental budget in a fiscally responsible manner
• Ensure effective communication, including coaching and performance management
• Attend regularly scheduled departmental meetings
• Follow departmental policies and procedures
• Report necessary maintenance items
• Follow all safety and sanitation policies
• Other duties as assigned

Your experience and skills include:

• Previous Housekeeping leadership experience required
• Computer literate in Microsoft Window applications required
• University/College degree in a related discipline an asset
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal and problem solving abilities
• Highly responsible & reliable
• Ability to work cohesively as part of a team
• Ability to focus attention on guest needs, remaining calm and courteous at all times

Visa Requirements: Successful candidates must be legally eligible to work in the United States.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.

Why work for Accor?
We are far more than a worldwide leader. We welcome you as you are and you can find a job and brand that matches your personality. We support you to grow and learn every day, making sure that work brings purpose to your life, so that during your journey with us, you can continue to explore Accor’s limitless possibilities.
By joining Accor, every chapter of your story is yours to write and together we can imagine tomorrow's hospitality. Discover the life that awaits you at Accor, visit https://careers.accor.com/
 
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