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ooms Division Manager Natal Midlands, KwaZulu-Natal Salary: R40,000 – R50,000 CTC per month Reports to: Hotel Operations General Manager Position Type: Full-time, Senior Management Applications: Open until filled Nestled in the heart of the Natal Midlands, this luxury boutique hotel and wedding destination offers a distinctive sanctuary of serenity, wellness, and excellence. Renowned for its refined hospitality, the property delivers exceptional experiences across elegant accommodation, award-worthy restaurants, memorable weddings, and bespoke events in one of South Africa’s most beautiful inland regions. We are seeking a highly capable Rooms Division Manager to lead the full guest accommodation experience across Garden Rooms, Deluxe Garden Rooms, Classic Villas, and Signature Villas, with a strong focus on guest experience, accommodation presentation, cleanliness, service standards, and operational Excellence. About the Role The Rooms Division Manager will be responsible for the day-to-day leadership and performance of the Rooms Division, ensuring that all accommodation and guest-stay touchpoints are delivered with consistency, warmth, professionalism, and attention to detail. The role oversees the guest accommodation experience across Garden Rooms, Deluxe Garden Rooms, Classic Villas, and Signature Villas, ensuring consistent presentation, service, cleanliness, and guest care across all accommodation types. This position is suited to a balanced hospitality leader with strong experience across front office, housekeeping, guest relations, reservations, villas, and room standards. A key part of this role will be to drive Excellence across the Rooms Division, ensuring that accommodation presentation, cleanliness, guest interaction, service recovery, and departmental readiness are consistently maintained at a premium boutique standard. The role will report directly to the Hotel Operations General Manager and will work closely with the broader leadership team to uphold service standards, improve guest experience, and ensure operational Excellence across the accommodation side of the property. Direct Areas of Responsibility The Rooms Division Manager will directly oversee: Front Office / Reception Reservations Guest Relations Concierge / guest assistance Housekeeping Laundry / linen control Villa hosts Signature villa butler / host service Porters / guest luggage assistance Night audit / overnight guest support Key Responsibilities The successful candidate will be responsible for: Leading the day-to-day operations of the Rooms Division Driving a culture of Excellence across all accommodation and guest-stay areas Ensuring consistent presentation, cleanliness, service, and guest care across Garden Rooms, Deluxe Garden Rooms, Classic Villas, and Signature Villas Managing front office, reservations, guest relations, housekeeping, laundry, concierge, villa hosts, butler / host service, porters, and night audit functions Ensuring all rooms, villas, public guest areas, and arrival touchpoints are maintained to premium boutique standards Monitoring daily arrivals, departures, occupancy, room readiness, guest requests, and operational flow Providing visible leadership during peak guest periods Supporting and coaching departmental supervisors and team members Ensuring strong communication between front office, housekeeping, guest relations, laundry, and villa teams Maintaining high standards of guest interaction, service recovery, and complaint resolution Conducting regular room, villa, and public area inspections Holding teams accountable for Excellence in cleanliness, presentation, guest care, grooming, discipline, and daily readiness Identifying service gaps, training needs, and operational weaknesses, and implementing practical corrective action Monitoring guest feedback, online reviews, and internal service standards relating to accommodation and guest stay experience Managing departmental productivity, staffing levels, shift planning, and operational readiness Ensuring linen, laundry, amenities, and housekeeping supplies are controlled effectively Supporting a positive, professional, guest-focused Rooms Division culture Reporting operational performance, risks, challenges, Excellence gaps, and improvement opportunities to the Hotel Operations General Manager Candidate Profile We are looking for a hospitality professional who is: Warm; confident, mature, and highly professional Strong in rooms division operations, guest experience, housekeeping, and accommodation standards Operationally hands-on and visible Detail-focused and standards-driven Calm under pressure Guest-focused and service-driven Strong in team leadership, accountability, and follow-through Comfortable working in a boutique, high-touch hospitality environment Able to balance premium guest experience with practical operational discipline Strong at coordinating multiple rooms-related departments and resolving operational issues quickly Emotionally intelligent, especially in guest-facing and service recovery situations Passionate about Excellence, consistency, cleanliness, service culture, and continuous improvement This role is suited to someone who thrives in a boutique luxury environment and takes pride in creating a polished, seamless, and memorable guest accommodation experience. Minimum Requirements Applicants should have: Minimum 8 years’ hospitality experience At least 3 years’ experience in a Rooms Division leadership role Strong experience in front office, housekeeping, guest relations, and accommodation operations Previous boutique, luxury hotel, lodge, or villa-style accommodation experience will be highly advantageous Proven ability to lead supervisors and operational teams Strong guest relations and service recovery skills Excellent communication and leadership ability Strong understanding of room standards, housekeeping quality, guest flow, and operational readiness Ability to work flexible senior management hours according to operational requirements Working Hours and Availabilit y This is a senior operational leadership role requiring flexibility, visible leadership during peak guest periods, and availability over weekends, public holidays, and high-demand hospitality periods. To apply please send your full updated cv with contactable references, copies of qualifications and head and shoulder photo
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