Housekeeping Janitor Job at Tallahassee Museum of History and Na in Tallahassee

HOURS: 20 hours/week. 4:00-8:00 Monday-Friday

SUMMARY: Works as a team member with the Facilities Department to keep Museum buildings, offices, facilities, and ground in clean and presentable condition by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Cleans windows, blinds, and window sills, dusts, sweeps, mops, scrubs, and vacuums offices, restrooms, hallways, stairs, public exhibition spaces, and other work areas.

Cleans and polishes lighting fixtures, finished surfaces, and trim. Dusts furniture and equipment. Polishes metalwork.

Washes walls, ceiling, and woodwork. Washes windows, door panels and sills.

Empties wastebaskets, garbage containers, collects recycling materials, and empties and cleans ashtrays. Transports trash, waste and recycling materials to proper disposal area.

Replenishes bathroom supplies.

Notifies management concerning need for repairs or additions to lighting, heating and ventilating equipment.

Closes, locks, and engages electronic security systems for Museum buildings and gates.

Assists with other facility maintenance activities such as painting, pressure washing, moving, repairs, etc. as time allows after janitorial duties are completed. Is responsive to cleaning requests of Museum personnel.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

Florida Driver’s license and safe driving record.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to walk, talk or hear, and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to stand; sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee ·must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in outside weather conditions. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is frequently exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock, and vibration.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.