Custodial Supervisor

Job Purpose

The primary role of the Custodial Supervisor is to coordinate and mentor Monticello's custodians to promote guest friendly behaviors and efficient service.

Essential Functions

• Serves as the departmental lead to frontline custodial staff member.
• Schedules staff to perform routine custodial services and coordinates special event support with the Director of Facilities, Construction, and Planning, and the Events team.
• Approves time off requests, timesheets, writes/conducts annual reviews for all custodial staff.
• Provides leadership and coaching on cleaning and delivering exemplary guest service by leading by example, self-performing housekeeping services and filling in shifts as needed.
• Ensures that Custodial staff maintain the cleanliness of Foundation facilities to the highest standards on a daily basis.
• Ensures that custodial staff promptly receive all Foundation-wide memos and updates by posting on staff bulletin board and by email.
• Performs routine facility inspections for the spaces cleaned and maintained by the custodial team, coordinating housekeeping and maintenance services when necessary.
• Creates, schedules and supervises needed deep-cleans and long-term cleaning projects in various areas around the Foundation during the appropriate seasons.
• Places orders with various vendors when needed.
• Schedules custodial team and cleaning contractors for regular operations and special events.
• Organizes and provides custodial staff breaks, ensuring equity of breaks, adherence to Foundation guidelines, and optimal service to visitors.
• Provides for safety training and instruction for custodial staff.
• Consults with the Director of Safety and Security on any questions related to OSHA.
• Works with the Director of Facilities, Construction, and Planning, to review, code and approve purchases.
• Supports the budget process and helps monitor operating budget needs.

Compensation

$25.34 - $28.50 per hour

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Supervisory skills, including team building and staff mentoring.
• Valid Driver's License.
• Ability to use basic cleaning supplies and equipment.
• Knowledge of Material Safety Data (OSHA MSDS) and bloodborne pathogens.
• Safe driving record (verifiable).
• Exemplary guest and customer service skills.
• Ability to interact with diverse populations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Outlook.

Physical Demands and Work Considerations

• Must be able to work a flexible schedule including occasional weekends, evenings, and holidays.
• Evening and after-hours required for special events.
• On-call duties.
• Monticello is located on a mountaintop. Walking on uneven ground and steep inclines necessary.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lb. unassisted.

Education And Experience

• A high school diploma or equivalent.
• A minimum of two years of experience in housekeeping or another service industry is required.
• Four or more years of experience in housekeeping, including the ability to demonstrate use of cleaning equipment and supplies, with experience in a leadership or supervisory capacity, is highly preferred.
• Experience supervising preferred.

Benefits

• Excellent benefits package (including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) retirement savings plan plus 6% match, life insurance, and more!).
• Fitness club membership discount.
• Discount in the Monticello Café, gift shop, and Monticello online catalog.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – free for employee and dependents.
• $500 employee referral bonus.

About The Thomas Jefferson Foundation

The Thomas Jefferson Foundation has a twofold mission of preservation and education, and was incorporated in 1923 to preserve Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Today, the Foundation seeks to bring history forward into national and global dialogues by engaging audiences with Jefferson's world and ideas, and sharing the history of everyone, enslaved and free, who lived and labored at Monticello. Monticello is recognized as a National Historic Landmark, a United Nations World Heritage Site, and a Site of Conscience.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply!