Head Housekeeper

Paris, France Shore Based Villa Permanent
- Posted Date
- 12 Aug 2025
- Locations
- Paris, France
- Department
- Shore Based Villa
- Function
- Gouvernante
- Type
- Permanent
- Positions
- 1
- Experience
- 5 - 7 years
- General
- Criminal Records Bureau Check (UK Only), Full Driving License (International)
- Recruiter
- English
- French

**EXPERIENCED HEAD HOUSEKEEPER / HOSPITALITY MANAGER POSITION**

PROVEN PREVIOUS SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE ONLY

**About the Property**

The appartment is located in Paris. It is privately owned.

They evolve around different properties in Europe.

The position is LIVE OUT (but there is a possibility of a **LIVE IN** if needed)**.**

**The project**

For this specific position, we are aiming to find someone with deep Operational skills such as Housekeeping, Service and Laundry Skills as well as Excellent Managerial skills in order to be able to supervise and assist a team of 3 Housekeepers, liaise with the Chef and the Butlers.

For this purpose, you are on the one hand a real Leader, you are not only willing to control and supervise but you are also hands-on. This is a must. On the other hand, you are comfortable taking over on higher and various duties like organizing events with florists or doing floral arrangements by yourself, organizing caterers or if you have the right skills, decorating yourself or purchasing some goods for the home, for the family's well-being.

You are very well organized and you are capable of cross managing to develop your legitimacy as a manager and your relationships with you team as a leader.

In order to do all this, and to have a good general overview, you will have to liaise with the family's calendar and their PA based on their attendance in Paris or in various properties. As a Hospitality Manager, you will actually be the main contact in between all the properties's managers and the family.

The workload will be less intense in the absence of the owners, and a little more intense in their presence obviously. Flexibility is hence a key factor in this case, however, the family is extremely fair in terms of adjusting your total working hours over the period of a month.

You will be in-charge of doing and supervising all departments including the housekeeping, the service and the laundry.

For the Housekeeping:

- You will be in-charge of vacuuming/cleaning floors, carpets, surfaces, etc.
- You will be in-charge of making the beds, changing linens, setting up the bedrooms and bathrooms, etc
- You will be in-charge of cleaning/sanitising bathrooms, showers, toilets, sinks, and counter-tops
- You will be in-charge of replenishing toiletries, towels, supplies, etc
- Ensuring the main areas as corridors, living rooms are always dusted, tidy and well organised in accordance to the owner's habits.

For the Laundry:

- You will be in charge of all the household linen when the family is in their appartment - such as towels, bathrobes, bath mats, bed sheets, pillowcases, kitchen cloth, table cloth, etc.
- You will be in charge of washing them and cleaning them, removing possible stains, drying them, etc.
- You will also be in-charge of ironing the linen, checking that they are in a perfect state before folding them in wardrobes or putting them on hangers in the dressings
- You will be in charge of deep cleaning the wardrobes and the dressings
- You will be in charge of putting/changing the bedsheets on all the beds, depending on the frequency given by the owners. The beds must always be immaculate and in a perfect state
- You will also be in charge of contacting the dry cleaners for specific clothes that can not be washed by hand or in a washing machine but need specific treatment and ask them to come and collect them. You will organize the dry cleaners and you will keep the track on pick ups and deliveries.
- ** Wardrobe Management**: Obvisouly, you will carry these tasks with your team and it will be your duty to train them in this regard.
- Record and sort clothes that are being delivered to the appartment
- Make photos and edit in Photoshop to match inventory records with each hanger **TBC ???**:

- Maintain electronic records for all clothes **TBC ???**:

- Organizing and managing wardrobes depending on whom the clothes belong to and always maintain the way of storing them. The storage must alsways be identical.
- Be able to locate and arrange clothes quickly
- Pack and unpack luggage, it if quite obvious to do so without being told.

For Table Service: (when needed and when the owners, family and guests are in the appartment) - with the assistance of the Butlers.
- You will be in-charge of meal services
- Setting up and cleaning the dining table, ceramics, cutlery, etc, before and after the meals
- Serving the food and drinks as requested by the owners in a discreet & professional manner
- Ensuring a discreet execution of 'Meal Service' without being noticed by the owners, behind the scenes

Additional Elements:

- You would be in-charge of **Cupb