Custodian

Job Description

Africatown Community Land Trust (ACLT) seeks a highly organized and flexible cleaning professional that takes pride in positively contributing to the maintenance and upkeep of a safe and healthy work and living environment. The successful candidate will take pride in their work and have experience in best cleaning safety practices for disinfecting, sanitizing, and operating heavy duty janitorial equipment for high-volume traffic areas access by the community members, community guests (residents), and employees. This is a full-time position reporting to the facilities and maintenance manager. This position works primarily at the Benu Community Home and may need to travel to other off-site facilities.

ABOUT US

Africatown Community Land Trust is working for community ownership of land in the Central District. This can support the cultural and economic thriving of people who are part of the African diaspora in the Greater Seattle area. The Africatown Community Land Trust board is comprised of real estate professionals, business executives, entrepreneurs, business professionals and long-time community members from the Central District.

MISSION

To acquire, develop, and steward land in Greater Seattle to empower & preserve the

Black Community.

VISION

Vibrant and thriving black communities through land ownership.

VALUES

Ownership

Promoting, Increasing, and protecting/supporting individual and collective ownership of land and businesses

OpportunityPromoting, increasing, and protecting/supporting opportunities for well-being.

Community Collaborative Partnerships

Build community, collaborate, and partner with others around shared values to maximize and accelerate impact.

Cultural Heritage Preservation Acknowledge, honor, promote, and celebrate the Black legacy in Seattle.

InnovationTakes initiative to identify creative solutions towards continuous improvement of existing processes and brings new ways of approaching the work culturally.

Globally Connected Intergenerational Wealth Creation

ACLT's work is locally rooted but globally connected to create mutual enrichment benefits.

Racial Equity & Social Justice

Leading with and centering the needs of the Black community in asset ownership, equitable distribution of wealth, opportunities, and access historically denied by systems of oppression.

ABOUT THE POSITIONS ACLT'S Benu Community Home is open seven days a week, including evenings and weekends. The Benu Community Home provides transitional housing to Black Men that may suffer from mental illness, substance disorder, co-occurring disorders, or other trauma related issues. The custodian role is important to help us provide a safe and clean environment for community guests. This position will collaborate with the Facilities and Maintenance Manager and Operations Manager to ensure the facility is clean and sanitize daily and ensure building areas are properly maintained. This position may be exposed to biohazardous materials such as blood, feces, vomit, urine, etc. The position performs a variety of light and heavy cleaning activities including scrubbing, stripping, waxing and buffing floors, cleaning and resupplying restrooms, vacuuming, and shampooing rugs and carpets, dusting and polishing furniture, and cleaning glass surfaces. Incumbents collect and remove trash from the building. Other responsibilities include maintaining and sanitizing cleaning equipment and laundering cleaning towels. The position is responsible for securing fire doors. Custodians may move furniture, set up meeting rooms, and perform other duties as assigned. Most custodians routinely work on night shift.

Typical Duties

Contribute to the efficient provision of extra cleaning services by completing routine cleaning tasks on schedule, troubleshooting and reporting problems when needed, and performing extra duties as assigned.

General Cleaning

Empty waste and recycle (replace can liners as needed or per safety guidelines)

Managing cleaning supply inventory and request replaces to avoid shortages

Police the outside the facility to remove trash

Provide assistance with meeting room set-up

Clean and wipe reception area, elevator, foyer, stairwells, kitchen and food prep area, vacant guests' rooms, offices and conference rooms, etc.

General dusting and spot cleaning of doors, windows, floors, and carpeted areas

Clean exterior of microwaves in the kitchen and guest area

Other duties as assigned

Restroom Cleaning and Sanitation

Restock all paper products (toilet tissue, paper towels, seat covers)

Empty waste receptacles

Clean, sanitize, and disinfect sinks, toilets, and mirror

Dustmop and wet mop floors

Monthly topcoat scrub floors

Kitchen

Clean, sanitize, and disinfect hard surfaces, sinks, and appliance exterior (stove, microwave, refrigerator, etc.)

Dustmop and wet mop hard floor surfaces

Monthly top scrub hard floor surfaces

Replace paper products, soap dispenser, and sanitizer

Floor Care Services

Daily dust mopping and wet mopping all hard floor surfaces

Vacuum all high traffic areas daily

Vacuum all offices and on-high traffic areas three times per week

Dusting and Sanitizing

Dust high surface areas monthly

Dust, clean and sanitize counters and low surface areas daily

Project Cleaning and Tasks

Deep clean carpets annually

Stripping, waxing, and sealing hard floor surfaces bi-annually

Windows interior and first floor interior monthly or as needed

Assist with pest control

Perform other related tasks as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum:

3 years of janitorial or cleaning experience in an office environment or public facility

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent technical experience

Positive attitude and customer service experience

Basic computer skills to read, write, or respond to emails

Excellent follow through and organization skills for cleaning requests

Ability to work effective with a team or independently to accomplish tasks

Knowledge of hazardous cleaning chemicals and how to use properly

Knowledge of cleaning and disposal of biohazardous waste materials and bloodborne pathogens

Knowledge of OSHA cleaning guidelines including COVID cleaning standards

Physical ability to perform the job: long periods of standing, walking, stooping and lifting up to 50lbs using proper lifting techniques, as needed.

Desired:

Three years or more commercial janitorial experience (office or public facility)

COVID Officer certification

TO BE CONSIDERED

Complete an ACLT job application on the company website.

Resume that details your professional experience related to the position.

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