Custodial Associate (On-Call)

Le Jardin Academy is looking for Custodial Associates (On-Call). The Custodian will get set tasks and a flexible schedule. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. For any questions or interest, please call the Facilities Manager at 808-261-0707, ext 1550. Hourly pay range: $18.00 to $20.00 per hour. 

Employer

Le Jardin Academy, located in Kailua, Hawai’i, is an International Baccalaureate World School offering students a world-class education from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade. Its graduates attend the best universities across the world and are equipped to serve in whatever community they reside. 

Purpose

The Custodial Associate plays an essential role in creating and maintaining a safe, welcoming and healthy learning environment on Le Jardin’s campus. By performing thorough cleaning, sanitation, and basic upkeep tasks, this position supports the school’s mission of providing a world-class International Baccalaureate education, ensuring that students, staff and visitors can focus on teaching, learning, and growth in well-maintained facilities. 

Job Scope

The custodian will be responsible for maintaining a clean, safe, and sanitary environment in our facilities. This role involves a variety of cleaning and maintenance tasks to ensure that our buildings are well-kept for employees and visitors. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform general cleaning duties, including sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, and dusting operating custodial equipment. 

• Clean and sanitize classrooms, restrooms, lockers, breakroom, concession and other areas as assigned.

• Clean and sanitize high-touch surfaces, door knobs, light switches daily. 

• Emptying trash and recycling bins, ensuring proper disposal.

• Maintain cleanliness of floors, windows, and surfaces.

• Strip, wax, buff and deep clean floors as scheduled

• Wash windows, mirrors, whiteboards, and walls/sills as needed.

• Assist in the setup and cleanup of facilities for daily lunch service

• Restocks consumable supplies daily

• Responds to reactive calls for cleaning and sanitation

• Participate in periodic deep cleaning during school breaks or as directed by the Facilities Manager

• Reports any maintenance issues or safety concerns to the Facilities Manager

• Follows safety protocols and regulations to ensure a safe working environment

• Works in classrooms, gymnasiums, offices, and restrooms, as well as outdoor spaces in courtyards and around buildings.

Other Duties

• Assists with event setups and breakdowns for meetings and special events.

• Other duties as assigned

Performance Expectations

• Ability to listen and take direction well

• Responds promptly, positively and appropriately to request for assistance or service by Supervisor or others with professionalism and calm demeanor

• Is a team member, willing to work effectively, cooperatively and collaboratively with others and to share own expertise for the benefit of the school

• Performs work with high degree of quality and competency

• Projects a positive, helpful and professional demeanor in working with others

• Possesses good interpersonal and communication skills with students as well as adults

• Acts as a role model when interacting with students

• Always uses tact and diplomacy

• Maintains a consistent record of job completion and follow through

• Ability to work in an environment that has many interruptions and multiple demands

• Absenteeism and tardiness disrupt workflow and service and can cause undue hardship for fellow employees. Regular and timely attendance each workday is an essential condition of employment.

• Observes and abides by Le Jardin academy’s employment policies, acceptable conduct guidelines and established procedures, operational work protocols, and safety procedures.

• Ability to speak, read and write English.

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, skills, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience

• One-year related experience preferred.

• Valid driver’s license.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred.

• Experience working in a school setting is preferred.

Skills

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment.

• Work independently and frequently without direct supervision.

• Demonstrated organizational skills.

• Ability to drive golf cart and motor vehicle.

Physical requirements

The physical requirements 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:

• Frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to manipulate, handle, grip and feel objects, utensils, tools or controls

• Frequently required to reach with hands and arms

• Frequently required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and twist

• Frequently required to lift, push, pull and/or carry items and objects up to 50 pounds, with a minimum of 25 pounds lifted and carried

• Specific vision ability required by this job is 20/20 vision (corrected or uncorrected)

• Specific hearing ability required by this job is the ability to pass a hearing test (corrected or uncorrected)

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 is regularly exposed to heat and cold

• The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals

• The employee is required to wear long pants, covered shoes and school uniform

• The noise level is usually moderate, occasionally loud

• Daily use motor vehicle to preschool facility