Housekeeper

About the role

This position supports a senior living community in Nanaimo by keeping shared spaces and resident apartments clean, sanitary, and welcoming. The role also involves courteous dining room support and helps create a comfortable environment for residents while maintaining a respectful, friendly approach.

What you will do

• Carry out day-to-day housekeeping across the community, including resident apartments, by vacuuming, dusting, and cleaning entryways, common areas, dining spaces, hallways, patios, and private rooms.
• Clean and maintain apartment details such as refrigerators, heat system filters, bed linens, and waste baskets, and replace linens as required.
• Handle deep-cleaning tasks when needed, with attention to areas like carpets, plants, wall art, railings, windows, and lighting fixtures near the main entry.
• Wash and dry all linens using the laundry equipment provided.
• Follow all company sanitation rules and safety procedures.
• Assist in dining service by greeting residents and guests, serving beverages and light meal items, and taking meal orders politely and clearly.
• Deliver meals or trays to resident rooms when necessary, return carts to the kitchen, and help store perishable items properly.
• Clear tables after meals, reset dining areas for the next service, and complete sanitizing tasks for tables and chairs.
• Carry out side duties such as refilling sugar, replacing creamers, and cleaning the coffee maker.
• Take on other related tasks as assigned.

What is expected

• Comfort with basic reading, writing, and arithmetic.
• Ability to speak clearly and effectively in English with both residents and team members.
• Working knowledge of sanitation practices and safe food handling.
• Capacity to remember and manage up to four orders at once.
• Good organization and time management skills.
• Basic computer literacy.

Benefits

• Paid holidays and paid time off.
• Annual anniversary recognition, starting at $500 for full-time employees, depending on role classification.
• Eligibility for an annual scores reward of $500 for full-time staff or $250 for part-time staff, based on community survey outcomes.
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage.
• Employer-matched retirement savings plan / 401(k).
• Tuition reimbursement for U.S.-based communities.
• Benefits enrollment depends on employee classification, and anniversary reward amounts can vary by location.

Additional information

The organization focuses on creating communities where employees can grow at work while helping residents thrive at home. The role offers a supportive workplace, opportunities for advancement, and a healthy work-life balance.