Janitor - Part Time
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Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY, US
Summary
The janitor is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness of campus facilities and supporting college programming through event set-ups and furniture moves. Additional duties include trash collection, floor care, and snow removal from walkways.
Job Description
Department
Facilities Operations - Administrative Office
Job Family
Service - Union
Vassar College is deeply committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees by promoting an environment of transparency and respect for differences. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds who meet the qualifications of a posting. If you need to request an accommodation to fully participate in the search process, please contact [email protected].
Job Description
Schedule: Monday, 4:30pm -7:30pm, Tuesday - Friday 4:30pm - 8:30pm (19 hours per week)
Position Summary:
The Janitor maintains the cleanliness levels in campus facilities providing an environment that is conducive to teaching, learning and living; and supports college programming by performing numerous event set-ups, break downs and moves.
Responsibilities:
- Performs general cleaning including but not limited to restrooms, bathrooms, public spaces, classrooms, offices and locker/shower rooms. Student rooms are cleaned annually.
- Performs floor care tasks including but not limited to vacuuming, mopping, stripping, waxing, buffing and carpet shampooing; and performs operator maintenance on equipment.
- Uses light and heavy commercial type floor machines and attachments.
- Performs set-ups and break downs for college events.
- Moves heavy furniture, supplies and miscellaneous equipment as requested.
- Collects trash and recyclable material.
- Shovels snow from steps and walks, including days when the College is closed due to inclement weather.
- Changes light bulbs, except specialized conditions.
- Inspects fire extinguishers monthly.
- Overtime, including responding to after-hour and weekend emergencies, is assigned according to seniority guidelines.
Required skills, knowledge, and abilities:
- One (1) year experience in the maintenance and care of facilities in a similar environment.
- Ability to move, position, transport and place objects up to and including 75 pounds.
- Ability to work, ascend and descend on ladders and use a Genie lift.
- Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license for at least 2 years.
- Ability to communicate effectively in English, including understanding, speaking, reading and writing.
- Willingness to work overtime as available. Overtime is assigned according to seniority guidelines.
Pay Rate: $23.93 per hour
Formerly the Vassar College Art Gallery, we were the first art museum at a college or university that was part of the institution’s original plan. Today, the Loeb’s permanent collection includes over 22,000 works, comprised of paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, textiles, and glass and ceramic wares. We strive to be a catalyst for scholarly, creative, and social justice work by Vassar students and others. Our undertakings reflect a commitment to broaden, and amplify, the voices represented in the museum setting, and to ensure that the Loeb’s programs and practices have a positive impact on our communities.
IMPACT STATEMENT
By engaging with the Loeb’s collections and programs, individuals build capacity to make meaningful connections—intellectual, creative, emotional—through the visual arts across time, place, and cultures.
COMMITMENT TO DEAI
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College commits to Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion as core values across its culture, systems, and practices. We pledge to allocate resources (human and financial) to create and sustain a museum culture and program in which difference is celebrated. The Loeb can best serve its communities by examining critically its own history and systemic biases, and working continually to resist discrimination and present a variety of narratives. A fundamental shift in institutional ethos toward equity and inclusion enhances the Loeb’s mission to support the goals of the college.
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is to enhance and support the College’s goals of leadership, scholarship, and integrative learning. The Loeb achieves this through the preservation, documentation, interpretation, presentation, and development of its collections; and through a dynamic program of temporary exhibitions and educational activities aimed at diverse audiences.
Founded
1864
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Education
Org type
Educational
Headquarters
Poughkeepsie, NY
Formerly the Vassar College Art Gallery, we were the first art museum at a college or university that was part of the institution’s original plan. Today, the Loeb’s permanent collection includes over 22,000 works, comprised of paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, textiles, and glass and ceramic wares. We strive to be a catalyst for scholarly, creative, and social justice work by Vassar students and others. Our undertakings reflect a commitment to broaden, and amplify, the voices represented in the museum setting, and to ensure that the Loeb’s programs and practices have a positive impact on our communities.
IMPACT STATEMENT
By engaging with the Loeb’s collections and programs, individuals build capacity to make meaningful connections—intellectual, creative, emotional—through the visual arts across time, place, and cultures.
COMMITMENT TO DEAI
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College commits to Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion as core values across its culture, systems, and practices. We pledge to allocate resources (human and financial) to create and sustain a museum culture and program in which difference is celebrated. The Loeb can best serve its communities by examining critically its own history and systemic biases, and working continually to resist discrimination and present a variety of narratives. A fundamental shift in institutional ethos toward equity and inclusion enhances the Loeb’s mission to support the goals of the college.
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is to enhance and support the College’s goals of leadership, scholarship, and integrative learning. The Loeb achieves this through the preservation, documentation, interpretation, presentation, and development of its collections; and through a dynamic program of temporary exhibitions and educational activities aimed at diverse audiences.
Founded
1864
Company size
11-50 employees
Industry
Education
Org type
Educational
Headquarters
Poughkeepsie, NY
