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Housekeeping Team Leader
Role summary
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The Housekeeping Team Leader supervises daily room-attendant and public-area cleaning operations, ensuring guest rooms and facilities meet Accor’s cleanliness and presentation standards. Requirements typically include previous housekeeping experience, ideally in a hotel or resort, strong organisation, attention to detail, physical fitness, and the ability to lead and train team members. Candidates should communicate professionally, manage room priorities, inspect completed work, report maintenance issues, control supplies, and support smooth cooperation with Front Office and Engineering. Flexibility to work weekends, public holidays, early mornings, and busy seasonal periods is expected. A positive attitude, reliability, guest focus, and knowledge of workplace health and safety are important.
Can I work in Australia?
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How it works
How it works: Only Core Skills list jobs (chef, cook, hotel manager) can be sponsored, at AUD 79,423 a year or more; waiters and room attendants are not on the list.
Watch for: The Far North Queensland (Cairns) regional agreement lists waiter, bar and housekeeping supervisors and night auditors, with a pay floor 10% lower.
Official source: Federal Register of Legislation: Core Skills Occupation List for the Skills in Demand visa (Migration (Specification of Occupations, Subclass 482 Visa) Instrument 2024, LIN 24/089, compilation of 7 November 2025). Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in Australia
Usual for Australia, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Island resorts rent staff a room in a staff village at low cost; city hotels vary |
|---|---|
| Meals | Island resorts: staff dining at low set prices or 20% off; city hotels vary |
| Flights | Varies by employer |
| Service charge | None; tipping is not expected; casuals get 25% extra and weekends earn penalty rates (by law) |
| Contract | Permanent, part-time or casual; probation of up to 6 months is common; sponsored visa up to 4 years |
| Leave | Full-time and part-time: 4 weeks' leave, 10 paid sick days, paid public holidays (by law); casuals none |
| Income tax | Residents: 0% to AUD 18,200, 15% to 45,000, 30% to 135,000, 37% to 190,000, then 45%; plus 2% Medicare levy |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About Accor
Accor is a major international hospitality group operating hotels, resorts, and serviced residences across more than 100 countries. Its portfolio includes brands such as Sofitel, Pullman, Novotel, Mercure, ibis, Fairmont, Raffles, Mövenpick, and many others. Accor provides accommodation, food and beverage, meetings, wellness, and guest-experience services to leisure and business travellers. The company promotes internal mobility, professional development, inclusion, and sustainable hotel operations through its global Heartist culture. In Australia, Accor manages properties in major cities, regional destinations, and resort areas, including tropical North Queensland. The role is likely to involve supporting high housekeeping standards in a busy resort environment, where teamwork, guest satisfaction, efficient room turnover, and care for the surrounding destination are central to daily operations.