What are the responsibilities and job description for the Housekeeping Supervisor position at Volunteers of America National Services?
Come join our awesome team as a Housekeeping Supervisor at The Homestead at Rochester!
The Homestead at Rochester is part of Volunteers of America National Services which serves as the Housing and Healthcare affiliate of the Volunteers of America parent organization.
Housekeeping Supervisor Job Highlights:
- Top benefit packages
- Growth and advancement opportunities
- Flexible schedules
- Pay in lieu of benefits options
- Career scholarships
- Quality training, continuing career education and leadership programs
- Employee discount program
About the job:
Assumes responsibilities for overall housekeeping and laundry duties of the facility.
Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm, occasional weekends
Compensation: $17.00-$21.00 per hour with pay in-lieu of benefits option
Essentials:
Supervises the delivery of housekeeping and laundry services.
Administers personnel functions of Housekeeping and Laundry Departments:
- Interviews and hires department personnel; supervises orientation; counsels and/or disciplines employees on infractions of established rules; terminates employees when needed; conducts exit interviews of department personnel.
- Conducts performance evaluations and recommends wage changes.
- Develops, implements and maintains work routines and staffing schedules.
- Initiates and directs in-service training programs for department staff.
- Monitors monthly department expenditures to budget.
Plans and directs all phases of facility laundry processing:
- Inspects laundry at various stages of processing for cleanliness, implements and demonstrates changes in washing and rinsing formulas or procedures as necessary to produce clean and sanitary wash.
- Establishes and monitors procedures for collecting, sorting, laundering, identifying and distributing residents’ personal clothing.
- Receives, inventories, marks, stores and issues facility laundry to maintain specified level of supply for all departments and residents.
- Arranges for distribution and storage of processed laundry to ensure adequate supply of clean laundry for all departments and residents.
- Performs Laundry and Housekeeping responsibilities as necessary.
- Observes and evaluates operation of equipment and makes minor adjustments; reports machine malfunctions and breakdowns to the Maintenance Supervisor/Environmental Services Director or the appropriate service vendor.
- Recommends purchases or repairs of department equipment to the Maintenance Supervisor/ Environmental Services Director.
- Attends required in-services and completes assigned online modules.
Required Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- High school graduate or equivalent education.
- Minimum of one-year supervisory experience, or three (3) years related work experience.
- Ability to communicate and work effectively with various levels of staff, residents, family members and the public.
- Numerical ability for making various computations in planning departmental objectives, keeping work records and schedules, preparing budgets, requisitioning supplies and monitoring inventory control.
- Adequate strength, endurance and coordination to meet the strenuous demands of such responsibilities as dusting, mopping, vacuuming, scrubbing, and loading and unloading washers and dryers; ability to fold and iron articles of clothing and linen.
- Ability to work flexible hours, such as during a staff shortage or an emergency situation.
- Ability to work in an area subject to heat and humidity.
- Ability to speak, read, write and understand English.
- Ability to utilize computers and other electronic devices for tasks such as timekeeping, in-servicing and documentation
About The Homestead at Rochester:
The Homestead at Rochester offers life in one of the most commonly rated "Best Cities'' in the Midwest. Our center offers the very best care, provided by the very best staff who care for the residents as well as the familial workplace culture. We want our staff to love their work while maintaining a work-life balance, so offering employees paid-time off benefits is a part of our comprehensive benefits package. Join our diverse, involved, and compassionate team and see how we earned our Great Place to Work certification for 4 years running.
Our 2022 Great Place to Work survey results found that 87% of employees said their work has a special meaning: this is not “just a job”.
Take pride in helping others, and join us today!
Volunteers of America National Services requires COVID vaccination for all employees, volunteers and contractors. We care for individuals who are most susceptible to advanced COVID illness and death. We are committed to providing the safest environment possible for those we work alongside, and for those we serve. We have a formal process for, and do consider religious and/or medical requests for exceptions.
At VOANS, we celebrate sharing, encouraging and embracing diversity. Equal employment opportunities are available to all without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $17.00 - $21.00 per hour
Shift:
- Day shift
Work Location: In person
Salary : $17 - $21