Housekeeping Supervisor

Luxury | History | Cornwall

When constructed in 1779, Bodmin jail was an innovative milestone in prison design with its individual cells and running hot water. Now a four-star luxury hotel, The Bodmin Jail Hotel provides guests with a haven of style and luxury, set within its breath-taking historic surroundings. Located in the heart of Cornwall, this truly unique hotel is now ready for new stories, cherished memories and unlimited possibilities. It’s an iconic building and we are building an iconic team to help shape and deliver the best experience in Cornwall. The opportunities are plentiful as we delight our guests with a fantastic champagne bar and our destination restaurant, The Chapel. For a more relaxed experience our day-time tavern and night-time bistro combined with the adjacent Bodmin jail attraction offers the chance for courtyard dining to soak up all the heritage and intrigue of this amazing property.

Housekeeping Supervisor

We are looking for dedicated, experienced and enthusiastic people who want to be part of a housekeeping team that thrive on delivering first class cleanliness ensuring that we are always spotless and sumptuous in our surroundings. Our team need to have an incredible eye for detail and be relentless in the desire to delight our guests with those added bespoke special touches that makes our experience truly luxury. If you have high energy and enthusiasm that is infectious to those around you and you want to work in an iconic building with an exceptional team then this is the challenge that you have been waiting for.

We want people who can be passionate about our core values of being creative in our approach, loyal with our relationships and memorable in our delivery. People who have hospitality and great service at their core and who can work independently to drive and develop our own exacting standards. This role is the first step into the leadership of the business and will involve collaborative working across departments where together we share in our learning and successes in equal measures, supporting the whole team and the hotel to be the best in Cornwall.

Our backbone of attitudes and behaviours:

• Have a high level of integrity
• Be passionate about attention to detail
• Be resilient to complete the work required
• Be kind and considerate always
• Have confidence to speak out when needed
• Be robust in your approach to feedback and change
• Bring your whole self to work and be proud of who you are
• Remain calm under pressure
• Be collaborative and encourage empowerment and enablement
• Be professional, ethical and honest

To be successful the key qualifications and experience we need or prefer:

• Previous experience of working as a supervisor (preferably 1 year)
• Cleaning or housekeeping experience
• Excellent written and verbal English
• Strong team ethics
• Experience of fast paced environments
• Demonstrable employer loyalty
• Experience of 4- and 5- star hotels (preferred)

In return we offer:

• A strong local hourly rate
• On site benefits with Company rewards and discounts
• Many career and learning opportunities

‘Working at The Bodmin Jail Hotel really is Time Well Spent…’

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