Lejla Pecanin

**-** ******* ****.

East Elmhurst, NY 11370

Phone: 347-***-****

Email: ad3eaq@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: Looking for Housekeeping position that will make use of my diverse set of skills to create a positive environment within household or larger hospitality company.

EXPERIENCE: Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations

01/2023-Present (Housekeeper to the Consul General of Canada In New York, NY

Perform tasks in the Official Residence of the Consul-General of Candada maintain it in representative state;

Care and management of all state assets in the Official Accommodation, including representational crystal, silver, china and alcohol;

To assist with the organisation of functions and events, greeting of guests and coordination with catering provider;

To provide coffee/tea; service at dinners, lunches, receptions and other events;

Report maintenance issues and liaise with Consulate on maintenance issues;

Supervising contractors at the Official Residence;

Cleaning - Full range of cleaning tasks including but not limited to dusting, vacuuming,mopping, laundry;

Other duties as required from time to time and directed by the Consul General as necessary

4/2020-12/2022 On call Housekeeper to Southampton as needed and NYC private residence Responsible for the overall cleanliness and sanitation of the residents' and guests’rooms, bathrooms and common areas including scrubbing, mopping, vacuuming, polishing, dusting, windows. Making sure to restock toilet paper, paper towels, soaps, linens washed, ironed and changed. Organizing, hanging clothes, folding dusting and overall utilizing space.

2/2019-3/2020 Housekeeper at 19 Dutch Street, NYC-Greystar Management

Performed tasks to ensure the overall cleanliness and proper appearance of vacant apartment homes, leasing and management office, amenities such as gym and two floors of resident’s lounge. Overall enhance and maintain property appeal.

7/2017-12/2018 On call housekeeper with private families and part time Housekeeper at Oasis Day Spa.

12/2014-6/2017 Family of Jeff and Deborah Bailey, New York, NY 10028 Housekeeper/Babysitter/Dog Walker

Worked in an large UES apartment for the working family of 4 and children ages 9&10

•Daily cleaning whole apartment that consist of dusting, vacuuming, mopping,

•Bathroom shower scrubbing, changing towels, emptying trash cans, kitchen tops, dishes

•Daily laundry, changing bed sheets, linens, clothes, school uniforms-ironing

•Picking up and dropping of children to the different school activities

•Preparing snacks, sometimes quick dinner for children

•Dog walking twice a day.

04/2013-10/2014 Family of Dan and Rachel Rocker, New York, NY 10011 Housekeeper/Cook

Worked with family of 4.

Maintaining large 5 stories townhouse with chores such as:

•Dusting, mopping, vacuuming, cleaning bathrooms, kitchen tops,

•Laundry washing, ironing, bed linens washing/changing,

•Cooking from scratch mostly healthy meals, once per week

Overall deep and light cleaning as needed, space organizing, taking initiative to new needed projects, good judgment of time and priorities since extremely large household.

09/2011/-9/2012 Family of Steven and Meg Kayman, New York, NY 10003 Housekeeper/Cook

A year of extensive experience within the big household that requires day to day maintenance such as deep to light cleaning, cooking dinners, babysitting, shopping groceries, coordinating and adapting to any daily changes that would occur.

Duties to maintain a three story townhouse include:

•Dusting, mopping, vacuuming, cleaning and safe disinfecting numerous bathrooms, laundry washing, bed sheets changing, indoor and outdoor plant maintaining, watering, and sweeping.

•Cleaning sensitive leather living room couches and chairs

•Vacuuming and washing carpets removing hand stains

•Organizing closets to better utilize the space.

•Organizing parent’s office including document and paper filing.

•Daily straighten child’s room including rearranging toys, art projects, etc.

•Washing windows from inside out, cleaning and dusting various blinds

•Cleaning baseboards and moldings throughout the house.

•Maintaining outside of the house, taking out garbage canisters on pickup days.

•Daily grocery shopping and dinner preparation for family and occasional guests.

•Pre-planning and researching different international recipes that would suit taste of meat eater and vegetarian.

•Request repair services and wait for repair workers to arrive.

•Daily dog walking, feeding and playing with.

Babysitting to 6 year old child would require:

•Picking up from school, daily activities or summer camp.

•Meal preparing, washing clothes, playing, reading to occasional baths.

8/1999-3/2011 Administrative Assistant, NY

Over a decade of extensive work in various profit and non for profit organizations and companies as an administrative to an executive assistant.

Special Skills: •Good communication

•Excellent attention to details

•Ability to work independently and in a team

•Good home cook, Italian, French, Greek and Eastern European cuisine for vegetarian and meat eater

•Child and pet friendly and ability to care for elderly

•Good working ethics and discretion

Education: Plaza Business Institute, Queens, NY

1997 Associate Degree in Business Administration

G.P.A 3.7, Dean’s list

Languages: English, Bosnian or Serbo-Croatian

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