Facility/Event Support Worker (Part-time)

at CITY OF CARBONDALE in Carbondale, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Nature of Work: This is a regular, part-time position that involves custodial, maintenance, and security work for the City Hall/Civic Center, and includes the cleaning and maintenance of City offices, Civic Center meeting rooms, corridors, toilets facilities, and building grounds. The Facility/Event Support Worker is supervised by the Lead Facilities/Event Support Worker and the Civic Center Coordinator. Essential Duties: On a routine or as-needed basis, performs janitorial tasks necessary to maintain all areas in the City Hall/Civic Center in a clean, sanitary and safe condition, including the vacuuming of carpets using heavy-duty electric vacuum cleaners, walk-behind floor machines, and automatic carpet extractors. Other duties include dry and wet mopping tile floors, glass cleaning (both interior and exterior); dusting, blind cleaning, cleaning, and sanitation of bathrooms, including toilets, sinks, and urinals; filling/refilling of soap containers, toilet tissue, paper towels; cleaning kitchen appliances, including stove, range, ovens, refrigerators, sinks, grease traps, washing trash cans and installing plastic liners. Exterior work also includes mowing with a push-type powered mower, string trimming, snow and ice removal using shovels and scrapers, policing the grounds, and cleaning up debris and leaves. Also, perform slight equipment maintenance and repair according to manufacturer's literature and replace burned-out light bulbs and fluorescent tubes. On a routine or as-needed basis, empty trash cans into dump carts and empty dump carts into dumpsters, and clean and sanitize empty trash cans. Trash containers can be as large as 32 gallons with lids and contain sanitary napkins, diapers, paper, liquid, and solid food. Work includes grasping and lifting trash containers in an appropriate and safe manner. Implement written and verbal instructions from supervisors. Set up audio-visual equipment, set up tables and chairs according to instructions. Assist tenants and staff with the delivery of supplies and materials. Assist staff and tenants with event set-ups. Effectively communicate with supervisors and co-workers both orally and in writing. Interact courteously and tactfully with the general public. As assigned by the Civic Center Manager, provide access to the City Hall/Civic Center for scheduled weekend and evening events on a call-in basis by reporting to the facility per the schedule sheet, unlocking doors to allow access to the facility by the user, disarming the security alarm, reiterating instructions to the user, departing and returning at the time the event is scheduled to end, re-setting the locks and security alarm. Other Duties: Perform other duties as assigned for the overall operation of the Civic Center. Work Environment: Work is performed primarily indoors but may require some outside work subjecting the employee to extreme heat/cold weather. The employee is exposed to chemicals used to clean the inside of buildings and equipment. Physical Demands: Work requires frequent physical effort such as standing, walking, bending, reaching, lifting, and carrying objects of moderate weight 15-49 pounds for short durations, and operating electrical floor cleaners. Work also requires the employee to perceive and/or discriminate colors, sounds, depth, and texture. Minimum Acceptable Qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent. Must have and maintain a valid Illinois driver's license. Must be able to pass a police background check and drug screening. Special Requirements: All prospective, newly hired, and/or onboarding employees hired after the effective date of the City's COVID-19 Vaccination Policy (September 27, 2021) will be required to be fully vaccinated before their start date unless otherwise exempted from the Policy by an approved accommodation request. If a new employee has received a COVID-19 vaccination prior to their employment at the City of Carbondale, proof of vaccination must be provided to the Human Resources department. City Limit Residency Boundary Requirement Within 6 Months of Employment: The City of Carbondale requires its employees in pay grades 1 to 7 to live within a nine-mile radius from the center of Carbondale. City employees in pay grades 8 and 9 must reside within Carbondale city limits. A residency nine-mile radius map (PDF) is accessible for viewing. To check a residence close to the boundaries of the radius, contact the Planning Division at (618) 457-3248.