Custodian (Bedford GAINS)

The Salvation Army • Brooklyn, NY

20h

About The Position

Under the supervision of the Program Director, the custodian is responsible for maintaining the center premises and its equipment in a clean, safe, healthy, and comfortable condition inside and outside. Under the supervision of the Director, the custodian employee is responsible for maintaining the center premises and its equipment in a clean, safe, and comfortable condition.

Requirements

• Related experience in general custodial duties, such as cleaning, repairing, and painting.
• Ability to read and write in order to follow written work schedules.
• Ability to keep simple inventory of supplies on hand and as needed.
• Maintain cooperative relationships with other staff, children, parents, and visitors to the center.
• Ability to maintain facility in a clean environment
• High School graduate or High School Equivalency diploma.

Responsibilities

• Follows individual work schedules provided by the Director to indicate specific responsibilities and the time scheduled for them.
• Cooperates in total staff effort designed to improve the center’s service.
• Participates in periodic individual conferences and regular staff meetings as scheduled by the Director.
• Cleaning Sweep, mop and wax floors of classrooms, offices, halls, kitchen and bathrooms and center so that they are kept in clean and sanitary condition.
• Clean all bathrooms including fixtures, urinals, toilets, washbowls and wall tiles.
• Clean stairs, walks, play yards and roof as needed.
• Remove garbage and trash, clean containers.
• Care for cleaning equipment used.
• Keep cots clean.
• Dust wash down walls
• Clean and replace bulbs, clean light fixtures.
• Weekly and tri-monthly cleaning of range hood, if any and its parts as required by the City Division of Fire Prevention.
• Assists with food service as needed.
• Keep inventory and distribute sanitary supplies as needed.
• Unpack and store supplies.
• Inform Director of needed sanitary and cleaning supplies, repairs and replacements of cleaning equipment.
• Repair and paint play equipment and furniture as needed.
• Make other repairs in center.
• Move children’s equipment to and from outdoor play space.
• Move large furniture indoors as indicated.
• Place and pick up cots as needed.
• Other related duties as assigned, consistent with the above as well as other programmatic duties.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees