Building Attendant Base

Municipality of Chatham-Kent•Chatham-Kent, ON

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent has an opening for two (2) permanent part-time Building Attendants in the Housing Services division. This position acts as the municipal public housing “eyes and ears” of the building. Building Attendants are required to live on-site in a unit designated by the Municipality. The main purpose of the position is to act as a conduit to the Municipality for any tenant issues, daily walk-through of the building (and around outside of building occasionally, as weather permits) to identify any issues and reporting all issues to the Tenant Relations Manager. This position also assists the Building Maintenance Supervisor in terms of reporting maintenance issues and monitoring the fire alarm systems. In the event of a fire alarm, the Building Attendant will assist in evacuating the building and following fire alarm municipal procedures.

Requirements

Able to understand basic oral and written instructions
Able to provide brief oral and/or written incident reports when required
Good communication skills; personable and positive attitude
Able to demonstrate ability to maintain confidentiality; required to sign a Confidentiality Agreement with the Municipality
Must meet tenancy requirements for building location
Willingness to attend all corporate training as required
Physical capacity to attend to all job responsibilities
Building Attendants should be available on site most of the time during the week
As a general guideline, Building Attendants should be on site at least every second weekend
Building Attendants who are away on weekends must ensure that the visual Fire Code checks are completed in their absence
Basic computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email and internet (or other similar software programs)
Must be 18 years of age or older to obtain a vulnerable police check

Responsibilities

Demonstrate Chatham-Kent’s core values and competencies
Reporting disturbances to the Tenant Relations Manager and/or police (Including filing incident reports with the supervisor where appropriate)
Reporting tenant complaints to supervisor
Daily building walk-through, confirming that doors required to be locked are locked
Showing vacant units (for applicants with appointments scheduled by Tenant Relations Manager and/or her/his designate)
Logging rent payments received (cheques or money orders)
Assisting on lock outs (i.e. letting tenants with misplaced keys into their units)
Change elevator to service mode for scheduled move-ins/move-outs
Other duties as assigned/authorized by the Tenant Relations Manager, Manager, Housing Assets or Director of Housing Services
Reporting maintenance problems to the Manager, Housing Assets; reporting on vandalism to the Manager, Housing Assets
Assisting with monthly fire alarm testing
Monitoring fire alarm systems (Fire Code checks) in apartment buildings only: Visually check fire alarm panel re AC power lamp lit
If AC lamp not lit, press “lamp test” to verify power connection
If no power connections, check fire alarm AC breaker or call Manager, Housing Assets
Visually check fire alarm panel for trouble signals; if any lamp/s besides the AC power on-lamp are lit, note lamp description and advise Manager, Housing Assets immediately
Check Exit Lights in apartment buildings only –ensure are illuminated and not damaged; report any issues to the Manager, Housing Assets.