The Southern Hotel
428 E Boston St
Covington, LA 70433
Telephone (844) 866-1907
Website www.southernhotel.com
Managed by Tandem Hospitality Group
Job Description
This position will be require supervising, training and inspecting the performance of assigned Housekeeping staff ensuring that all procedures are completed to the established standards. This person will assist where necessary to ensure optimum service to guests.
Job Responsibilities
- Supervise staff in the performance of all daily procedures to ensure they are completed to standard
- Maintain complete knowledge of and comply with all departmental policies/service procedures/standards
- Prepare and distribute assignment sheets to assigned staff and review priorities
- Inspect guest rooms, guest corridors, elevator foyer area, vending area, service area including linen closet, staff restroom and storage area
- Inspect public areas/bathrooms, restaurants, offices and service areas after being cleaned by respective personnel, using designated checklists
- Assist staff with their job functions where needed to ensure optimum cleanliness and service standards for guests
- Knowledge of proper cleaning techniques and chemical handling, and use of equipment
- Computer mathematical calculations
- Ability to perform job functions with attention to detail, speed and accuracy
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of guest information and pertinent hotel data
- Ability to ascertain departmental training needs and provide such training
- Ability to direct performance of staff and follow up with corrections when needed
- Ability to input and access information in the property management system/computers
Job Requirements
- Prior housekeeping experience
- Excellent customer service skills
- Move, bend, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing up to 50 pounds without assistance
- Stand or walk for an extended period or for an entire work shift. Requires repetitive motion.
The Southern Hotel
Hotel with 42 Rooms
The Southern Hotel is located in the center of charming Covington, Louisiana.
In the quaint town of Covington, Louisiana, located just across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans, the Southern Hotel’s vaunted history of hospitality began in 1907. Established as a physical and spiritual retreat where visitors would re-energize amidst the area’s cool breezes, piney woods and mineral springs, the hotel hosted guests for more than 50 years.
From its original opening on June 1, 1907 until the 1960s when it ceased operation as a hotel, the Southern Hotel was an integral part of the Covington community. It hosted Sweet Sixteen parties, wedding receptions, anniversary dinners, and was a favorite for honeymooners. During the fifty years in which the building housed other businesses and then stood vacant for a time, it was still, in the collective memory of the town of Covington, the old hotel.
When the hotel’s new owners purchased the property in 2011, they were motivated by a desire to return the building to a modern interpretation of what it once was. After a two-year meticulous renovation and restoration, the hotel reopened on June 1, 2014, 107 years to the date from its original opening. The lobby of the hotel is now affectionately described as “Covington’s living room,” and is once again a beloved gathering place. From the furniture in the guest rooms to the artwork in the common areas, the hotel honors Covington’s legacy as an artists’ community by showcasing the work of many local artists; its two suites are named after Walker Percy, who was from Covington, and Thomas Sully, a Louisiana architect; and its meeting room is the Olympia Room, named after the local fifty-year-old Mardi Gras Krewe, and it displays the Krewe’s artifacts and memorabilia for the public to see.
The hotel's restaurant, The Gloriette, is led by Chef Steven Marsella and features local and French-inspired cuisine, all in the warm and vibrant environment of the newly designed space.
A family-owned business, the hotel is committed to elevating the art of hospitality and providing guests with an experience that is rooted in the past, connected to the community around it, and celebrating all of the elements of a good life—good food and drink, comfort and communion, creativity and culture.