Custodian (4:00pm - 12:30am Shift)

SUMMARY

The Primary responsibility of the Custodian is to provide assistance in maintenance and custodial related support services.

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

Assists with regular custodial support.

Assists in performing routing daily cleaning of offices and other areas of the buildings.

Clean building floors and walls by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, or vacuuming them.

Clean and polish furniture and fixtures.

Clean windows, glass partitions, and mirrors, using soapy water or other cleaners, sponges, and squeegees.

Dust furniture, walls, machines, and equipment.

Steam-clean or shampoo carpets. Polish floors.

Notify Head Custodian concerning the need for major repairs or additions to building operating systems.

Set up, arrange, and remove decorations, tables, chairs, and ladders to prepare facilities for events such as banquets and meetings.

Daily cleaning of restrooms, and replenish necessary items such as toilet paper, soap and paper towels.

Drive vehicles required to perform or travel to cleaning work in the LKLP counties.

Ability to maintain poise and self-control in crisis situations.

Ability to communicate with and be sensitive to the needs of people of various backgrounds.

Exhibits excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.

Ability to focus and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.

Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with other agencies and to be cooperative in managing referrals.

Makes good use of time and acts professionally and responsibly in all work areas.

Capable of being able to maintain a professional relationship with all entities of people (staff, Board Members, officials, and the general public).

Performs all other duties as assigned by the Head Custodian, Property Management Director, Chief of Staff and the Executive Director.

QUALIFICATIONS 

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.   Other qualifications required include the ability to interact well with others, work in a high stress environment, work in a fast-pace environment, have the ability to prioritize and multi-task, be able to resolve interpersonal conflicts and have the ability to work with difficult clients.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High School diploma or general education degree; one to three months related 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 situation 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 principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.  Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Required to attain all licenses, registrations, and certificates as directed by the Executive Director.  Valid Ky Driver’s License.

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 reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.  The employee is frequently required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.  The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and 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.

Work environment is moderately quiet.  Position requires safety awareness at certain times.  Position requires good reasoning ability and level head.