Location: | Madagascar / Sierra Leone |
Finance: | Personal Support, Voluntary (Unpaid) |
Duration: | Full‑time, Less than 3 months, 3 to 12 months |
Activity: | Health & Medical, Hospitality, Practical & Technical, Prayer & Spiritual |
Posted: | 21 Oct 2024 |
Closes: | Open-ended |
Volunteer Housekeeping Staff
The Housekeeping Staff work as a team to ensure excellence in cleanliness and hygiene of the Hospital and public ship areas, led by the Housekeeping Team Leader.
What You Will Contribute
• Responsible for the cleanliness, disinfectant, and general tidiness of the ship’s hospital, public areas, offices, and laundry facilities.
• Empty waste baskets and dispose of trash.
• Inform the team lead of any supplies or equipment that need to be replaced or restocked.
• Keep housekeeping closets organized and stocked.
• Report routine maintenance requests as well as any breaks, damages, or safety issues to the team lead.
• Responsible for laundry services; collection, separation, washing, drying, ironing, folding, and delivery. (Note: hospital laundry is subject to regulated handling.)
• Clean, organize, and sanitize public areas of the vessel.
• Attend and participate in departmental devotions and all meetings called for by the community.
• Regular working hours are 8 am to 5 pm (day shift) or 7 pm to 7 am (night shift), Monday – Friday.
• All staff are subject to rotating on-call, evening, overnight, and weekend hours as needed.
• Due to ever-changing staffing levels and field service demands, all staff may be reassigned to temporarily fill other roles within the Stewards department as needed.
Please mention OSCAR when responding.
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