Housekeeper

**Heritage Meadows, an Independent Living senior community, is seeking a knowledgeable and qualified Housekeeper**. **We are proud to offer the highest quality engagement, dining, and health support services, and a team that truly cares for our residents. We are always looking for compassionate, teamwork-oriented professionals to join our team.**

**Position Summary**:
Each team member at Brightwater is responsible for assisting their department in striving to meet or exceed the standards of excellence that have been set. The Housekeeper is vital for establishing the community’s reputation for quality as well as for promoting the safety, health, comfort, and sense of well-being for residents, visitors, and staff.

Brightwater Senior Living maintains an emphasis on the highest standards in effective and efficient housekeeping methods. Housekeepers will be expected to clean resident suites and community common areas, while maintaining and completing daily, weekly, monthly, and annual tasks.

**Role Qualifications**:

- Maintain resident, employee, and community information in strict confidence (with community management or other employees as necessary).
- Perform a variety of cleaning activities such as vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, dusting/polishing and sanitizing.
- Clean resident suites and common areas according to schedule.
- Launder resident linens and towels.
- Ensure all resident suites are cared for and inspected according to standards.
- Protect equipment and make sure there are no inadequacies.
- Notify management of any damages, deficits and disturbances.
- Check stocking levels of all consumables and replace when appropriate.
- Adhere strictly to rules regarding health and safety and be aware of any company-related practices.

**About us**
Brightwater Senior Living Group is a management company that oversees senior living communities across North America. At Brightwater, our goal is to lead the way in innovation for tomorrow to enrich the lives of seniors today by providing seniors and families with hospitality and healthcare experiences that are unrivaled.

**Why we do what we do**
We know that the most important moments in our residents’ lives are the ones that make them feel at home. We continue to create services and amenities designed to help seniors live life THEIR way, and never ask them to change who they are to fit into our communities. We design spaces that adapt to their lives, their needs, and their choices.

**What we value**
Everything our team members do, everything our team members say, and the way our team members act is a direct reflection of the Brightwater brand. We know how important it is to show admiration, have integrity, and work as a team to strive for both excellence and innovation. We expect our team members to take ownership of their role and show stewardship in the way they manage human, material and fiscal resources that have been entrusted to our care. We also encourage the complete well-being of our team members by valuing the time required for regeneration and rejuvenation.

**Our communication philosophy**
We pride ourselves on creating an environment that facilitates open and transparent communication with our team members, our residents and our families. Our team is available to listen, support and serve the needs of all team members through direct and ongoing dialogue, and we believe that this respectful, open-minded dialogue makes us stronger in what we do and how we do it. We make every effort to ensure team member’s suggestions, ideas, opinions, and concerns are heard, and we reward team members for creation of ideas that improve any aspect of our community.
- Brightwater Senior Living is an equal-opportunity employer and strives to provide an environment in which human dignity prevails. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, perceived race, color, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, creed, religion, age, marital status, family/parental status, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, source of income, receipt of public assistance, status as a veteran or current or future military status. Brightwater Senior Living does not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics._

COVID-19 considerations:
**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Casual

**Benefits**:

- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Cambridge, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Cleaning: 1 year (preferred)