Job Title: Housekeeper
Job Ref.: ABJ2026600574
Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Description
- To provide cleaning, housekeeping and laundry services for the ICRC delegation and residences. Maintain a clean, hygienic and comfortable environment, and support household operations through the replenishment of food stocks and cleaning consumables, as required.
- The incumbent is expected to understand and apply basic hygiene principles and safe housekeeping practices.
Responsibilities
Cleaning and Housekeeping:
- Clean and disinfect bathrooms and ensure that high standards of cleanliness and hygiene are consistently maintained.
- Empty waste bins, ashtrays and shredders, where applicable, and ensure proper waste segregation and disposal.
- Clean and maintain water dispensers, ensuring that water bottles and reserves are replenished or replaced when necessary.
- Safely move movable furniture, where necessary, to clean underneath and behind it, ensuring all items are returned to their original positions.
- Complete the daily housekeeping checklist and promptly report any outstanding cleaning tasks, maintenance issues or hygiene concerns.
- Washes residents’ clothes, bed linen and towels twice a week, or according to the established household schedule.
- Handles residents’ personal belongings carefully and respects their privacy.
- Reports any damaged clothing, linen or laundry equipment to the line manager.
Your Profile
Educational Qualification and Experience:
- Secondary education with 1 year experience
- Previous experience in housekeeping, cleaning, laundry or a similar position is desirable.
- Good command of spoken and written English.
- Basic knowledge of hygiene, cleaning procedures and the safe use of cleaning products is desirable.
What We Officer
- Rewarding work in a humanitarian and multicultural environment.
- Competitive employment package with medical insurance and ICRC pension plan.
- In-house training opportunities for personal development.
- Fixed Term contract. (Maternity Cover 4months)
- The opportunity to join an ICRC talent pool, be considered for future assignments elsewhere, and experience different contexts, fields, and challenges.
Application Closing Date
18th November, 2026; 16:30hrs.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply below USING APPLY ONLINE NOW BUTTON
And…
Send their Curriculum Vitae, Letter of Motivation, and Certificates to:ABJ_Recruitment_Services@icrc.orgusing “ABJ2026600574 Housekeeper ABJ” as the subject of the email.
Note
- Applications intended for this role that disregard the online application Ms Form will not be taken into consideration)
- Late applications will not be considered.