Housekeeping Supervisor – Detailed Job Description | Dubai
Job Overview
We are urgently hiring 2 experienced Female Housekeeping Supervisors to work in a prestigious private palace/UHNWI household in Nad Al Sheba, Dubai.
The ideal candidates should have 7–10 years of professional housekeeping experience, including strong supervisory experience in 5-star hotels, luxury residences, palaces, or private households serving UHNWI/VIP clients.
The Housekeeping Supervisor will be responsible for supervising housekeeping staff, maintaining exceptional cleanliness and presentation standards, coordinating daily housekeeping operations, managing supplies, and ensuring that the principal's residence is maintained to the highest luxury standards.
Position Details
- Job Title: Housekeeping Supervisor
- Vacancies: 2
- Gender: Female
- Location: Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, UAE
- Age: 30–45 years
- Experience: 7–10 years
- Preferred Nationalities: Nepal, Sri Lanka
- Languages: Fluent in English and Hindi
- Salary: AED 3,500–5,000 per month
- Employment Type: Full-Time
- Live-in: Required
- Housekeeping Accommodation: Preferred, but not mandatory
- Urgency: Immediate
- Work Environment: Private Palace / UHNWI Household
Main Duties & Responsibilities
Housekeeping Supervision
- Supervise and coordinate the daily activities of housekeeping staff.
- Allocate duties and responsibilities according to the household's daily requirements.
- Monitor staff performance and ensure all tasks are completed to the required standards.
- Train and guide housekeeping staff in proper cleaning, hygiene, laundry, and presentation procedures.
- Prepare daily and weekly housekeeping schedules.
- Ensure adequate staffing and efficient distribution of workloads.
- Follow up on completed tasks and conduct regular quality inspections.
Luxury Cleaning & Presentation
- Maintain the highest standards of cleanliness, hygiene, organization, and presentation throughout the residence.
- Inspect bedrooms, bathrooms, living areas, dining rooms, corridors, guest rooms, and other designated areas.
- Ensure furniture, fixtures, surfaces, mirrors, floors, and decorative items are properly cleaned and maintained.
- Ensure rooms are arranged according to the principal's preferences.
- Pay close attention to small details such as room presentation, fragrance, lighting, linen placement, and overall appearance.
- Ensure guest areas are fully prepared before visitors arrive.
- Coordinate special cleaning requirements before and after events or gatherings.
Bedroom & Bathroom Management
- Ensure bedrooms are cleaned, organized, and prepared according to luxury household standards.
- Manage bed-making, linen changes, towel replacement, and room preparation.
- Ensure bathrooms are thoroughly cleaned, sanitized, and fully stocked.
- Monitor the condition of towels, bed linen, curtains, upholstery, and other household textiles.
- Report damaged or worn items and coordinate their replacement when required.
Laundry & Wardrobe Support
- Supervise laundry operations and ensure clothing, uniforms, linens, and delicate fabrics are handled correctly.
- Ensure appropriate washing, drying, ironing, steaming, folding, and storage procedures are followed.
- Pay special attention to delicate, luxury, and designer garments.
- Organize linen rooms, laundry areas, and storage facilities.
- Maintain accurate organization of household linens and towels.
- Coordinate with other household staff regarding wardrobe and garment-care requirements when necessary.
Inventory & Supplies Management
- Monitor housekeeping supplies, cleaning products, toiletries, linens, towels, and other consumables.
- Maintain appropriate stock levels and prepare replenishment requests.
- Ensure cleaning products are stored safely and correctly.
- Prevent unnecessary wastage and ensure efficient use of household supplies.
- Maintain basic inventory records and report shortages or damaged items.
Team Coordination
- Coordinate closely with butlers, personal assistants, chefs, maintenance staff, drivers, and other household employees.
- Ensure housekeeping activities do not interfere with the principal's daily schedule.
- Coordinate preparation for parties, dinners, VIP visits, family gatherings, and special occasions.
- Communicate household requirements clearly and professionally to the housekeeping team.
- Address minor staff issues and report significant concerns to the appropriate manager.
VIP & UHNWI Service Standards
- Maintain strict confidentiality, discretion, and professionalism at all times.
- Respect the privacy of the principal, family members, and guests.
- Never disclose private information regarding the household, family, visitors, schedules, or personal matters.
- Understand and follow specific household preferences and protocols.
- Provide service consistent with 5-star hotel, palace, and luxury private residence standards.
- Ensure staff maintain professional grooming, behavior, and etiquette.
- Handle valuable furniture, artwork, personal belongings, luxury fabrics, and household items with extreme care.
Candidate Requirements
- Minimum 7–10 years of housekeeping experience.
- Proven experience in a Housekeeping Supervisor, Senior Housekeeper, Executive Housekeeper, or similar position.
- Previous experience in a 5-star hotel, palace, luxury residence, royal household, or UHNWI/private household is strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of luxury cleaning and housekeeping standards.
- Previous experience supervising and training housekeeping staff.
- Fluent English communication skills.
- Hindi language skills required.
- Strong organizational and time-management abilities.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Professional, well-groomed, and presentable appearance.
- Ability to work independently and manage a housekeeping team.
- Must be trustworthy, discreet, reliable, and respectful.
- Must be willing to work in a live-in private household environment.
- Flexible to work according to the principal's schedule.
Preferred Additional Experience
Candidates with experience in the following areas will have an advantage:
- Palace or royal household housekeeping
- UHNWI/private household experience
- Executive housekeeping
- Luxury hotel housekeeping
- Butler coordination
- Fine linen and delicate garment care
- Luxury furniture and surface care
- VIP guest preparation
- Event and party preparation
- Household inventory management
- Staff training and performance monitoring
- International household service standards
Personal Qualities
The ideal candidate should be:
- Professional and disciplined
- Highly organized
- Detail-oriented
- Discreet and trustworthy
- Polite and respectful
- Well-groomed and presentable
- Patient and calm
- Reliable and punctual
- A strong team leader
- Flexible and adaptable
- Service-oriented
- Comfortable working with VIP/UHNWI clients
Working Environment
The candidate will work in a prestigious private palace/UHNWI household in Nad Al Sheba, Dubai.
The role requires a high level of professionalism, confidentiality, flexibility, and attention to detail. The Housekeeping Supervisor must be comfortable working closely with other household employees and following established household procedures and the principal's preferences.
Benefits & Package
- Monthly Salary: AED 3,500–5,000
- Shared accommodation: Provided
- Live-in arrangement: Required
- Accommodation preference: Previous accommodation experience preferred, but not mandatory
- Duty meals: Provided
- Transportation: Provided
- Medical insurance: Provided
- Yearly air ticket: Provided
- Other benefits: As per UAE Labour Law
- Immediate joining preferred
Important
Only candidates with strong housekeeping supervisory experience and a proven background in 5-star hotels, palaces, luxury residences, VIP, or UHNWI environments will be considered.
This is an urgent vacancy. Candidates available for immediate joining will be given preference.
