Housekeeping Team Leader

Role summary

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The Housekeeping Team Leader supervises room attendants and housekeeping colleagues, ensuring guest rooms, public areas, and back-of-house spaces meet Rixos and Accor cleanliness standards. Requirements typically include previous housekeeping experience in a hotel or resort, practical knowledge of cleaning procedures, attention to detail, good organization, and the ability to lead a multicultural team. Fluency in English is generally expected; additional languages are an advantage. The successful candidate should be service-focused, dependable, physically fit, and confident in allocating tasks, checking room quality, handling guest requests, training colleagues, and reporting maintenance or operational issues. Flexibility to work shifts, weekends, and public holidays is essential.

About the employer

Rixos The Palm Hotel & Suites is a luxury all-inclusive resort located on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah. It forms part of Rixos Hotels, a hospitality brand operated within the Accor group, known for upscale resorts, extensive dining, entertainment, wellness facilities, and family-oriented guest experiences. The property combines beachfront accommodation with restaurants, bars, pools, a spa, children’s activities, and leisure services. Its workforce is international, creating a multicultural environment with opportunities across housekeeping, food and beverage, culinary operations, front office, engineering, recreation, and administration. Employees are expected to deliver warm, personalized service while maintaining high standards of cleanliness, safety, presentation, and professionalism. The resort environment can be fast-paced, particularly during peak travel periods, but it may offer structured training, internal mobility, staff benefits, and experience with a globally recognized hospitality group.