Janitor

Abode, one of the largest and effective nonprofits working to end homelessness in the Bay Area, is seeking a Janitor for our program in Palo Alto, Ca.

About the role

The Janitor performs a wide variety of tasks required to keep all buildings, grounds, and common areas to promote a clean and safe environment. The Janitor will exhibit professionalism and exercise good judgment and discretion when working with residents, staff, and vendors.

The People and Culture: You will be surrounded by some of the most talented, supportive, smart, and kind leaders and teams - people you can be proud to work with. Abode Services regularly recognizes employees’ efforts, seeks employees’ input, and cares for employees as people with lives outside of work. We believe that we make better decisions and provide quality services when our workforce reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate. People of color make up nearly 70% of our workforce and we strive to recruit and retain employees from all backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness of offices, residents’ rooms, and community areas, including all bathrooms and floors.
• Clean, sweep, mop, polish floors; wash windows; wash and sweep walkways, sidewalks, and parking lot areas as appropriate.
• Ensure neatness of dumpster areas, pick up debris on complexes, and empty trash receptacles.
• Sweep, mop, and vacuum residents’ rooms, laundry rooms or common areas.
• Clean all messes and spills or other unsightly or dangerous areas to ensure safety and aesthetics.
• Remove spills/dirt/etc. from exterior walls of the complex as needed.
• Replace light bulbs or inform the Maintenance Technician of the need for bulb replacement.
• Remove bugs and dirt from light fixtures.
• Ensure that all utility rooms are periodically cleaned.
• Periodically wash all resident doors, hand railings, pipes, and counters.
• Clean apartments upon move-out, including refrigerators, stoves, cupboards, counters, walls, windows, doors, floors, bathroom fixtures, lighting, carpets, sweep patios, vacuum/shampoo carpets, dusting, or other items as specified by Property Manager.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED) required.
• Janitorial or housekeeping experience in a commercial or residential setting.
• Use of personal vehicle and proof of valid California Driver's License and current auto insurance, along with a clean DMV record, is required.