Housekeeper - As Needed

About the Role

Responsible for maintaining the cleanliness of the facility and ensuring that visitors, residents, families, and staff have a positive impression. Additional duties include cleaning of common areas, project cleaning, and seasonal cleaning duties as assigned. Weekly cleaning and laundry in resident’s rooms.

Responsibilities

• Provide consistent and quality work to the residents and staff
• Maintain a clean and orderly work area and cleaning cart
• Follow job routines and instructions according to the assigned housekeeping schedule
• Assure resident apartments and laundry are clean and sanitized as scheduled
• Maintain inventory for daily needs and notify supervisor of supply issues
• Assist in keeping all common areas neat, clean, and safe
• Follow the daily schedule to ensure all tasks are accomplished in a timely manner
• Cleaning duties include but are not limited to:
  • Vacuuming hallways, elevators, and furniture
  • Washing inside glass doors and windows
  • Sweeping and/or mopping floors
  • Cleaning and stocking supplies in restrooms
  • Dusting
  • Rubbish/trash removal
  • Washing/polishing woodwork and baseboards
  • Seasonal duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of housekeeping/cleaning experience
• Ability to make responsible choices and decisions and act in the resident’s best interest
• Ability to motivate oneself and work independently
• Ability to be flexible and work with other staff and residents
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to read, write, spell, do basic math, speak, and understand English
• Knowledge of cleaning chemicals
• Strong work ethic

Physical Requirements

• Frequently perform tasks such as:
  • Bend and squat to the floor to pick up debris, trash containers, and use cleaning tools and products
  • See objects within 35 feet to monitor work areas
  • Interpret colors to read warnings, labels, wires, etc.
• Continuously perform tasks such as:
  • Move, push, pull, and/or lift objects weighing 10 to 25 pounds
  • Use hands and arms for simple grasping, pushing, and pulling to sweep, mop, use containers of cleaning solution/chemicals, etc.
  • Walk, stoop, bend, lift, and carry objects
  • Walk and/or stand for prolonged periods of time
  • Speak clearly and make self-understood in face-to-face interactions
  • See objects closely to read directions, instructions, chemical warnings, etc.
  • Hear normal sounds and voices with some background noise to receive verbal instructions, answer telephones, communicate with others, etc.

Work Environment

Works indoors in a climate-controlled environment the majority of the time.

Schedule

Shifts are generally assigned, but the employee must have the ability to work various shifts, weekends, holidays, evenings, and/or overnights. This position will be on a rotating schedule which includes weekends.