Housekeeper - Weekend

About the role

Berea College is seeking a full-time custodian to work in assigned buildings, performing daily cleaning and maintenance tasks, supervising student crews, and handling minor maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Performs inspection of facilities in regard to cleanliness, sanitation, maintenance and general condition.
• Reports needed repairs to Facilities Management.
• Strips and refinishes all tile floors, extracts all carpets.
• Performs regularly scheduled cleaning and maintenance of entrances, windows, stairways, elevators, public restrooms, and public areas.
• Performs regularly scheduled cleaning of classrooms and meeting rooms.
• Maintains assigned equipment in clean and operable condition.
• Removes trash from buildings.
• Strips and refinishes all tile floors, extracts all carpets.
• Supervises, trains, and schedules student staff during school year and summer.

Requirements

• Education required to ensure success in this position: High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience Required To Ensure Success In This Position: Up to one year related experience.
• Special Skills, Knowledge And Abilities: Ability to handle tools and equipment common to the housekeeping trade; ability to respond to after-hours calls; flexibility in scheduling of hours; ability to comprehend and follow OSHA rules for handling of chemicals and blood-borne pathogens; positive attitude; must be able to initiate and maintain good customer and co-worker relationships in a team environment; ability to follow oral and written instructions and communications; valid Driver’s License.

Qualifications

• Physical Requirements: Ability to negotiate stairs and ladders; ability to bend, stoop and perform pushing and pulling motions repetitively; ability to lift and carry up to twenty-five pounds frequently and fifty pounds occasionally; exposure to dirt, dust, and cleaning fluids; occasional outdoor work such as sweeping entries and cleaning windows.

Skills

• Ability to operate the following vehicles or equipment: Car; Custodial equipment (buffer, carpet cleaner, auto scrubber, vacuum).

Benefits

Berea College offers a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees and their families including health care, dental, vision, retirement, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability and an Employee Assistance Program. The benefit package also includes access to the Child Development Laboratory for children of College Staff, ages 6 weeks to 6 years, Seabury Center Membership, Staff Development Funds and Tuition Reimbursement. Eligible staff employees also receive paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave. Part-time employees who work an average of twenty-four hours per week over the course of a year, receive benefits on a pro-rated basis.

Our Unique Culture

Berea College strives to be a place where people with various Christian interpretations, different religious traditions, and no religious traditions work together in support of Berea's Great Commitments. Our fourth great commitment, The Dignity of Labor, promotes learning and serving in community through the student Labor Program, honoring the dignity and utility of all work, mental and manual, and taking pride in work well done. Student Labor Supervision includes scheduling, assigning, and approving student work, developing students' workplace acumen, and providing tangible work experience.

Our Culture

Berea College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status. Berea College is also the only institution in Kentucky to receive the 5-Star Rating from Money Magazine, 2025. Washington Monthly has named Berea College the #1 Best College in the nation in its 2025 College Guide. Berea College appears in their rankings as #1 College (overall): Best College for your Tuition (and Tax) Dollars, #1 Best-in Class College, #1 Liberal Arts College and #1 Best Bang for the Buck Southern College.

Founded

Berea College was founded in 1855 and is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls more than 1,500 students from 46 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment, and most are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only ten federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College is also the only institution in Kentucky to receive the 5-Star Rating from Money Magazine, 2025. Washington Monthly has named Berea College the #1 Best College in the nation in its 2025 College Guide. Berea College appears in their rankings as #1 College (overall): Best College for your Tuition (and Tax) Dollars, #1 Best-in Class College, #1 Liberal Arts College and #1 Best Bang for the Buck Southern College.

Contact Information

To learn more about Berea College, visit our website at www.berea.edu. For more information about the Labor Program Office, please see the following link: Labor Program Office.