Custodian, Part-Time

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Description

Milton Hershey School (MHS) is one of the world’s best private schools, where students from lower-income families seeking greater opportunity can explore their individual interests to the fullest. Thanks to the generosity of Milton and Catherine Hershey, the school is fully endowed, with the resources to ensure every child and staff member has what they need to succeed. The school has prepared over 12,000 graduates to lead fulfilling and productive lives and is expanding to serve more students in the coming years.

MHS is seeking a part-time Custodian to join the Building Services team. The Building Services group pledges to provide a clean and healthy school environment for the students and staff. In addition to overall administrative facilities cleanliness, the department helps with event arrangements, daily operations and maintenance of all campus swimming pools, snow removal, and the summer scheduling of Student Residence building carpet cleaning.

The MHS custodians are defined as emergency personnel to support the onsite life-sustaining residential model during weather emergencies.

MHS custodians are responsible to maintain campus buildings as assigned in a neat, clean, and orderly condition, cleaning classrooms, shop areas, hallways, offices, gymnasiums, restrooms, locker rooms, and pool areas; emptying waste baskets and handling trash/recyclable. Also, they may be required to perform minor maintenance, assist in setups for meetings/events, unlock and lock buildings, assist with snow removal, etc.

Work schedule:

Monday through Friday 7:00 am - 1:30 pm, up to 29 hours per week. This is a bargaining unit position with hourly pay rate of $25.75. Part-time employees are eligible for a retirement savings plan, an employee assistance program (EAP), free lunches when on duty, and Hershey area discounts.

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of 6 months’ experience in institutional/commercial cleaning.
• Physically fit to lift/move items up to 50 pounds on regular basis.
• Valid PA driver's license in a good standing.
• Working knowledge of cleaning products & procedures.
• Working knowledge of cleaning equipment, small tractors, gators or similar equipment and snow removal equipment, such as blowers.
• Custodians are considered essential personnel therefore required to be available for snow removal and other essential duties as assigned.
• Swimming pool cleaning experience a plus.
• Blood borne pathogen training a plus.
• Must demonstrate a high degree of integrity as all MHS Staff are role models for MHS Students.
• Candidates should be willing to actively engage with students beyond the scope of their job responsibilities.

Part-time

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