Cleaning Services - Temporary

About the Role

Reporting to a Cleaning Services Manager, the Cleaning Services Temp performs a broad range of cleaning services necessary to maintain the college campus or facility in a clean and orderly condition for effective use by students, faculty, and the public. Maintains areas of buildings in a clean, safe, and sanitary condition. Provides information and otherwise assists students, faculty, and the public using campus facilities.

Responsibilities

• Dust mops and sweeps floors. Wet mops and polishes floors. Gathers and disposes of rubbish, paper, and debris; empties and washes refuse containers from interior and exterior locations. Services soap and paper dispensers and similar fixtures. Cleans chalkboards, trays, and erasers. May make up beds with linens. Maintains areas of buildings in a clean, safe, and sanitary condition. Works effectively and harmoniously with college students, faculty, fellow employees, and community members.
• Dusts walls, desks, furniture, light fixtures, Venetian blinds, cabinets, ceilings, lockers, telephones, and other building accessories.
• Vacuums and spot cleans carpeting. Shampoos, cleans, and treats carpeting. Refinishes and seals hardwood floors. Uses floor sealers, floor finishes, and floor dressings correctly. May operate equipment such as carts, scrubbing machines, and extractor cleaning machines. Correctly chooses and safely uses cleaning materials, machines, tools, and power cleaning equipment.
• Reports any problems, needed repair items, or safety situations to any Cleaning Services supervisor. Safely moves, sets up, and adjusts desks, tables, and other furniture and equipment as required. Locks and secures assigned areas.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and communicate verbally and in writing in English.
• One year of cleaning and/or maintenance experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of cleaning supplies and equipment uses.
• Demonstrated adherence to safety standards.
• Proficiency in Google/Microsoft Office applications applicable to position responsibilities.
• Demonstrated ability to be detail-oriented and thorough; skilled at anticipating and preventing potential problems and handling a wide variety of tasks with efficiency and accuracy.
• Strong commitment to a quality work product.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate verbally, in writing, and electronically.
• Effective interpersonal skills as evidenced in the ability to collaborate with a variety of constituencies.
• Demonstrated commitment to justice, equity, inclusion, and diversity.
• Demonstrated skill in adapting to and performing work effectively in high-volume, high-accountability, confidential environments with multiple and changing priorities.
• Effective organizational, logistical, time management, and planning skills with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks/projects simultaneously.
• Ability to self-motivate and work independently.
• Ability to provide effective leadership and training and to work effectively and professionally across functions, disciplines, levels, and with diverse groups.

Preferred Qualifications

• Successful completion of a Cleaning Services course.
• Six months of recent full-time cleaning service experience.

Pay

$17.87 per hour

Duration: 6 months
Employment Status: Non-Exempt, Part-Time, Up to 40 hours per week