**Job Ref**:ELI2569

**Branch**:The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne

**Location**:The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne, Eastbourne

**Salary/Benefits**:£11.45 per hour, plus a share of the service charge - £600.00pa *

**Contract type**:Permanent

**Hours**:Full Time

**Hours per week**:35

**Posted date**:09/05/2024

**Closing date**:22/06/2024

The Grand Hotel in Eastbourne are recruiting for a dedicated

**Linen Porter/Floor Assistant**

to join their busy Housekeeping team.

**When you join us**:

- You will be working within the Housekeeping team, clearing the corridors and linen storage rooms of dirty linen and rubbish throughout the day.
- You will be responsible for making sure the required linen stock levels within the linen storage rooms.
- You will be assisting the Room Assistants and Assistant Housekeepers in their task of cleaning, room preparation, cleaning terraces, balconies, setting up extra beds and furniture, removing and fitting curtains and cleaning ceiling lights.
- You will also be cleaning public area including hoovering, dusting and deep cleaning.
- You will be working day time shifts, 35 hours per week, over five days, which will include weekends.

**What we need from you**:

- To be polite, well presented and personable.
- To have good customer service and interpersonal skills essential, enabling you to work efficiently within a close team.
- A good command of the English language, both written and verbal
- To be physically fit as a lot of manual handling involved
- To possess the ability to work under pressure and deal with multiple tasks at the same time
- Enthusiasm to learn and the ability to hit the ground running with a smile on your face is essential.

Standing majestically along the Eastbourne seafront, The Grand Hotel is the only 5-star coastal hotel in the South East. The grandeur inside is typified by the breathtaking great hall, 152 bedrooms/suites and two award winning restaurants. A favourite with families, quality and service is paramount whether you are taking a dip in the outside pool, having afternoon tea or indulging in a spa treatment.

**The Hotel**:
Affectionately known as 'The White Palace', The Grand Hotel in Eastbourne has a well-earned reputation for excellence. With over 150 rooms, an award winning restaurant and 17 fully equipped meeting rooms, the hotel is able to cater for every occasion.

**Why work at The Grand Hotel**:
As an accredited Investor in People, we are dedicated to the development of our staff. Many of the team started out in junior roles, but have been offered training and promotional opportunities as their skills have grown. We are very fortunate to have a large percentage of long-term team members able to offer their experience and expertise to the next generation of hospitality professionals - this could be you

**Benefits**
To support our staff we offer:

- Meals are provided by our talented kitchen team
- We have amazing recognition awards for exceptional customer service
- Reduced price stays in all of our hotels - where you are treated like a guest no matter who you are
- service charge is dependent on sales performance and not guaranteed