domestic housekeeper
Education:
No degree, certificate or diploma.
Work setting:
- Work in employer's/client's home.
- Urban area.
- Rural area.
- Cleaning service company.
Tasks:
- Sweep, mop, wash and polish floors.
- Dust furniture.
- Vacuum carpeting, area rugs, draperies and upholstered furniture.
- Make beds and change sheets.
- Distribute clean towels and toiletries.
- Clean, disinfect and polish kitchen and bathroom fixtures and appliances.
- Handle and report lost and found items.
- Provide basic information on facilities.
- Pick up debris and empty trash containers.
- Launder clothing and household linens.
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning duties.
- Wash windows, walls and ceilings.
- Address customers' complaints or concerns.
Security and safety:
- Bondable.
- Criminal record check.
- Driver's validity licence check.
Transportation/travel information:
- Own transportation.
- Own vehicle.
- Willing to travel.
- Willing to travel regularly.
- Valid driver's licence.
- Travel expenses paid by employer.
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Ability to work independently.
- Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Tight deadlines.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Physically demanding.
- Attention to detail.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Walking.
Weight handling:
Up to 13.5 kg (30 lbs).
Personal suitability:
- Punctuality.
- Client focus.
- Dependability.
- Efficient interpersonal skills.
- Excellent oral communication.
- Flexibility.
- Initiative.
- Judgement.
- Organized.
- Reliability.
- Team player.
- Values and ethics.
- Patience.
- Honesty.
Screening questions:
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?.
Employment terms options:
Evening.
Experience:
1 year to less than 2 years.
Employment terms options:
- Flexible hours.
- Morning.
- Day.
Financial benefits:
- Bonus.
- Gratuities.
- Mileage paid.
Other benefits:
- Learning/training paid by employer.
- Team building opportunities.
Support for persons with disabilities:
- Provides auditory accessibility accommodations (for example: transcription software, teletypewriters, etc.).
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for persons with disabilities .
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities.
- Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities .
Support for newcomers and refugees:
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.) .
- Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees .
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees .
Support for Veterans:
Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Veterans.
Support for Indigenous people:
Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers .
Support for mature workers:
- Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination .
- Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers .
- Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example: flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.) .
- Offers phased re-entry options for mature workers who are returning to work after retiring (for example: gradually increasing hours and responsibilities) .
Supports for visible minorities:
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.).
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees.
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural