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Executive Housekeeper
Role summary
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The Executive Housekeeper leads all housekeeping operations, ensuring guest rooms, public areas, linen services, and back-of-house spaces meet Shangri-La’s luxury standards. Requirements typically include a degree or diploma in hospitality management and several years of progressive housekeeping experience, preferably in a five-star hotel or resort. Strong knowledge of cleaning procedures, hygiene standards, budgeting, inventory control, and quality inspections is expected. The candidate should be an organized and hands-on leader with excellent communication skills, the ability to train and motivate diverse teams, and confidence managing staffing, schedules, departmental costs, and guest concerns. Resort experience, attention to detail, and a service-oriented attitude are particularly valuable.
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 Shangri-La Boracay
Shangri-La Boracay is a luxury beachfront resort operated by Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, one of Asia’s leading hospitality groups. Located in a secluded area of Boracay, the resort combines tropical surroundings with upscale accommodation, restaurants, leisure facilities, and personalized guest service. Its culture emphasizes warm Asian hospitality, professionalism, teamwork, sustainability, and high international service standards. Employees typically work in a multicultural environment and may receive benefits such as meals, uniforms, training, accommodation or housing assistance, service charge, medical coverage, and travel-related privileges, depending on the position and employment terms. The resort serves leisure travelers, families, groups, and events, so colleagues are expected to be flexible, guest-focused, and comfortable working in a fast-paced island operation. Shangri-La also offers career development opportunities across its hotels and resorts worldwide.