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Chief Steward
Role summary
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The Chief Steward oversees the hotel’s stewarding operation, ensuring kitchens, equipment, utensils, storage areas, and service spaces remain clean, safe, and properly organized. Requirements typically include hotel or restaurant stewarding experience, knowledge of sanitation and food-safety standards, supervisory ability, physical stamina, and willingness to work shifts, weekends, and holidays. The successful candidate is expected to lead and schedule the stewarding team, control supplies, coordinate with culinary and food-and-beverage departments, maintain hygiene standards, reduce waste, and support smooth kitchen operations. Strong communication, attention to detail, reliability, and the ability to work under pressure are essential.
Can I work in the Philippines?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: The employer files a work permit (Alien Employment Permit) after a local-first job notice, then a 9(g) visa; hotels get permits for specialists, not line staff.
Watch for: From 11 November 2026: job notice online, decision in 10 working days. Filing is online only, at the labour department's central office, since 2026.
Official source: Bureau of Immigration: Pre-arranged Employment Visa (9G). Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in the Philippines
Usual for the Philippines, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Not in city hotels; island resorts (Boracay, Siargao) may give shared staff quarters |
|---|---|
| Meals | Duty meals in the staff canteen |
| Flights | Senior packages only |
| Service charge | All of it shared equally among staff except managers (by law); the amount varies by hotel |
| Contract | Probation up to 6 months (by law); foreigners' contracts follow the permit, 1 to 3 years |
| Leave | 5 days after 1 year; 10 regular holidays; 13th-month pay (by law) |
| Income tax | 0% to PHP 250,000 a year (about USD 4,000), then 15% to 35% |
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 Hilton
Hilton is a global hospitality company operating hotels and resorts across many countries and well-known brands, including Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Conrad, DoubleTree, Hampton, and Waldorf Astoria. The company provides accommodation, dining, meetings, events, and guest experiences for business and leisure travelers. Hilton is recognized for its service culture, international career opportunities, structured training, and emphasis on hospitality standards. In the Philippines, Hilton properties employ professionals across front office, food and beverage, culinary, housekeeping, engineering, sales, finance, and guest services. Employees generally work in a team-oriented environment where cleanliness, guest satisfaction, safety, and operational consistency are important. Benefits may include meals, uniforms, service charge, discounts, training, and career development, although these vary by property and employment contract.