Hourly Rate: $19.51 – Check out the YMCA’s total compensation package (https://ymcagta.org/join-our-team/why-Work-at-the-y#benefits)!
Location: Cedar Glen YMCA Outdoor Centre
Work Hours: 30 hours per week
Employment Type: Regular Part Time Hourly (Existing Vacancy)
Anticipated Start Date: June 29, 2026
Deadline to Apply: June 19, 2026 at 5:00pm
Be the Spark! Join our passionate team at YMCA Cedar Glen where we have been providing our program for over 20 years!
The Housekeeping Coordinator supports the smooth and effective operation of housekeeping services by ensuring the facility remains clean, safe, and consistently guest-ready across all areas. The role helps maintain adequate staffing levels and operational continuity by supporting scheduling and coordinating staffing solutions when gaps arise, while working closely with the Supervisor and external partners as needed. It also plays an active role in translating operational plans into day-to-day execution, staying connected to service delivery to ensure standards of quality, safety, and efficiency are met.
In this role, you will:
- Support the Facility Supervisor in coordinating and overseeing the housekeeping team to ensure effective daily operations, appropriate staffing coverage, and a high-quality guest experience
- Develop and maintain a minimum three-week staffing schedule aligned with operational demands, and coordinate with external vendors to address potential staffing shortages
- Assign daily cleaning tasks through the CampBrain booking platform, including room assignments, meeting space preparation, and dining setups based on meal counts and operational requirements
- Assist the Supervisor with recruitment, orientation, training, performance management, and ongoing development of housekeeping staff
- Oversee and support the accurate completion of hourly payroll using time and labour management systems
- Ensure compliance with Public Health standards and requirements related to cleaning, sanitation, and hygiene across the facility
- Prepare guest rooms for arrival in accordance with daily bookings, including cleaning bathrooms, mopping floors, changing linens, dusting, vacuuming, and bed making
- Perform laundry operations, including collecting, processing, washing, drying, folding, restocking, and distributing linen supplies
- Clean and maintain meeting rooms, corridors, and staff areas through dusting, vacuuming, mopping, surface cleaning, and waste removal
- Clean and sanitize public washrooms, including sinks, toilets, mirrors, and countertops, while restocking supplies and maintaining cleanliness standards
- Execute scheduled deep-cleaning and project work, including carpet extraction, interior window cleaning, laundering of heavy items, and cleaning of walls and ceilings
- Apply Workplace Health and Safety practices and procedures to maintain a safe environment for participants, staff, and property
- Deliver high-quality customer service to participants in alignment with organizational standards and service expectations
- Perform other duties as assigned
You bring:
- Standard First Aid and CPR certification required
- WHMIS and Workplace Safety Core Training required
- Minimum 2 years of experience in administrative tasks; supervisory experience is preferred
- Solid computer skills, including proficiency with Outlook, MS Explorer, MS Excel, guest booking systems (hotel or camp), and facility management applications
- Excellent time management and written and oral communication skills, with the ability to effectively manage administrative duties on a daily basis while balancing housekeeping responsibilities
- Well-developed interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the ability to establish rapport and communicate effectively with members, staff, volunteers, and clients
- Proven ability to work constructively as a team member in a complex organizational setting
- Ability to bring out the best in others and act as a role model to staff members
- Focus on quality, creativity, and innovation
- Flexible availability to work days, evenings, and weekends (and outdoors during all seasons)
- Must have access to a vehicle. YMCA Cedar Glen Outdoor Centre is not accessible by public transit
- Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and building a sense of belonging
What you need to succeed:
- Commitment to the YMCA’s Mission, Vision and Values (https://ymcagta.org/join-our-team/work-at-the-y#culture)
- Focus on the health, safety and wellbeing of all children, youth, and vulnerable people in YMCA programs including understanding legal and moral obligations related to reporting suspected child abuse to Child Protection Services
- YMCA Competencies: Accountable, Relationship-Builder, Improvement-Orientated, Team Player & Leader, Equity and Wellbeing Promoter
Why work for the YMCA?
The YMCA of Greater Toronto is a charity that ignites the potential in people, helping them grow, lead, and give back to their communities. We are committed to helping our employees reach their full potential and are recognized as a great place to work. We offer meaningful jobs and the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of individuals and the health of our communities. See what you can expect from the YMCA here (https://ymcagta.org/join-our-team/why-Work-at-the-y).
Joining the Y means contributing to over 170 years of providing opportunities for people to shine through programs and services, such as health and fitness, licensed child care, camps, employment and immigrant services, education and training, and services for youth, families, and seniors. Learn more in our 2025–2030 strategic plan, Greater Together (https://www.ymcagta.org/strategic-plan), which outlines how we are focused on building communities where people feel healthier and more connected to their neighbours.
The YMCA of Greater Toronto is committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging. We strive to remove barriers to employment and recognize that diverse staff who reflect the communities we work in enrich the experiences of our participants and our team. As an equal opportunity employer, we invite applications from all qualified candidates including racialized people/people of colour, Indigenous Peoples, disabled people/people with disabilities and members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities.
If we can make the recruitment process more accessible for you, please let us know when we reach out about a job opportunity so we can work with you to accommodate your needs.
In keeping with our commitment to safety and child protection, job offers are contingent on the successful completion of a Police Records Check. Within the first four months and every three years thereafter, a Vulnerable Police Records Check is required. Learn more about these checks here (https://ymcagta.org/Join-Our-Team/police-records-check).
The YMCA only considers applicants who are legally entitled to work in Canada. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, due to the volume of applications we receive, we can only contact candidates who are selected for an interview.
Check out the next steps in our recruitment process (https://ymcagta.org/join-our-team/why-Work-at-the-y#interview) and see what others are saying (https://ymcagta.org/join-our-team/work-at-the-y#diversity) about working at the YMCA.
