10th January, 2025
About Us:
YHA Australia
offers unique, affordable, and sustainable accommodation across Australia. We are a for-purpose, membership-based organisation and have provided curious travellers with quality short-stay accommodation for over 80 years. Our mission is to help create a more open and accommodating world where life flourishes.
YHA Melbourne Central is an affordable accommodation provider based in Melbourne CBD. The property consists of 75 rooms with 244 beds offering both shared and private spaces to a diverse range of guests. It is a stone's throw away from premier attractions like the Eureka Skydeck, Melbourne Aquarium, and Federation Square, not to mention the graffiti-adorned laneways teeming with bustling cafes, bars, and eateries. This property is an ideal launchpad for your Melbourne and Greater Victorian travel journey.
About the role:
Responsibilities include team leadership, upkeep of communal areas, bathrooms, and guest rooms, managing inventory, and maintaining the pristine condition of our property.
We want to meet housekeeping leaders who will challenge the normal and who can make a difference, you may be a Housekeeping Manager in your current role but don't let that stop you from applying!
What are we looking for:
- Previous leadership experience in housekeeping or cleaning, leading and motivating a team of housekeeping staff to deliver exceptional results.
- Good time management skills and the ability to work well under pressure
- Flexible availability 24/7 roster including night shifts, weekends and public holidays
- Excellent communication skills verbal and written
What’s in it for you:
- Contribute to a positive guest experience by ensuring a clean and welcoming environment
- Access to benefits and discounts across the YHA national network of properties.
- Professional development and career opportunity support across the YHA organisation and network.
- Yearly social events to the snowy mountains and other locations for team building and fun!
- We embrace diversity, celebrate the cultural holidays that are important to you.
- Wellbeing support for you and your immediate family through the Wellbeing Gateway platform, part of our Employee Assistance Program
- Good people tend to know good people, so if you know someone with the skills and values we are looking for, we have a great candidate referral program.
Our Culture:
At YHA, you can expect to be treated with dignity and respect. We’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace environment.
- Gender Balance – empowering our people to access and enjoy the same opportunities to build great careers at YHA, regardless of gender or gender identity.
- Indigenous Australians – provide more opportunities for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, organisations, communities, and customers to engage with our business.
- Accessibility – improving the accessibility (physical or otherwise) of our properties, workplaces and digital platforms for team members, contractors, and guests with a disability.
- Flexible Working – supporting and empowering our people to balance their work and life commitments through a flexible working culture; and
- Pride – enabling our LGBTQIA+ community to be their authentic selves and grow at YHA
We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.
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