Custodian - Immediate

The Opportunity

The Custodian is responsible for performing housekeeping general cleaning and other assigned tasks as required to maintain the cleanliness and safety of the school building and grounds. As a key member of the statewide Facilities team the Custodian will report to the Campus Facilities Manager. This position is a full time position with a requirement to work the occasional night/weekend.  This role furthers the mission of KIPP by providing a clean maintained and safe learning environment for students and faculty. 

Key Responsibilities

• Open facilities for use by the school. When applicable unlock doors disable alarm system ensure that the air conditioning/heater turns on turn on lights perform a quick safety inspection 
• Maintain a safe working environment for KIPP Texas students and faculty 
• Learn building systems such as the fire alarm burglar main shut off and electrical breaker systems 
• Perform general cleaning duties including sweeping and mopping floors cleaning entrance windows cleaning and restocking all student and faculty restrooms cleaning drinking fountains and white boards removing trash etc. 
• Pick up trash on and around school grounds including athletic fields 
• Respond to emergency cleanups of various substances 
• Operate clean and maintain equipment (mops buckets autoscrubber etc) 
• Daily laundry duties (towels mops etc) 
• Perform floor work to include stripping and waxing floors sealing floors extracting stains from carpets etc 
• Perform small handyman duties (replace light bulbs clean inside air filters paint etc) 
• Assist with the cleaning of campus vehicle fleet if applicable
• Move and rearrange furniture & assist with breakfast/lunch set ups
• Formally checkin weekly with Supervisor(s) regarding supply orders reporting issues in cleaning or known equipment failures 
• Perform other jobrelated duties as assigned and requested by the Supervisor(s)
• Attend meetings professional development meetings and training session Continuous Learning 

Qualifications :

Skills and Qualifications

• Basic reading and writing; plus 02 years of housekeeping/janitorial experience preferably in a school setting
• Driven by a determination to make the campus clean
• Extreme flexibility  with a strong work ethic and an entrepreneurial spirit to accommodate multiple changing priorities 
• Good manual dexterity
• Detailoriented and selfdirected 
• Work with a sense urgency. 
• Ability to manage several tasks at once 
• Ability to identify problems and proactively find solutions 
• Commitment to tasks at hand 
• Strong ethics and a determination to make the campus operate safely efficiently and effectively
• Must be customer focused 
• Resourceful thrifty attitude 
• Willingness to learn 
• Ability to lift and carry 2050 lbs
• Proven written and verbal communication skills
• Basic computer skills preferred
• Fluent English preferred; not required

Additional Information :

Compensation and Benefits

The starting salary for this position is $31k and placement in the salary range is commensurate upon experience and internal equity.

As a fulltime KIPP Texas employee you are eligible to participate in all KIPP Texas benefit plans. KIPP Texas offers a robust variety of benefits choices with competitive rates including medical dental and vision options life insurance and disability plans.

KIPP provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. As an equal opportunity employer we hire without consideration of race religion creed color national origin age gender sexual orientation marital status veteran status or disability.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime