Custodian

Custodian / Maintenance Worker

Early Head Start Houston - Ecclesia

Director

$15.35 per hour

Houston, TX

Non-Exempt

Full Time Position, Five days per week, 4 0 hours per week, 12 months a year

The custodian will be responsible for the overall daily maintenance and facility support needed at the Early Head Start Center serving infants and toddlers. Strict compliance with sanitation and a safe indoor and outdoor environment is the priority of this position.

• A self-motivated and dedicated person who is excited and passionate about helping infants, toddlers, and families grow in development and in education.
• You are personable, energetic, and responsible who can manage multiple projects in a prioritized manner to meet the goals and objectives of our internal Urban Strategies goals and within compliance of all current Head Start Performance Standards.

• Minimum 1-2 years’ experience as a custodian or recent verifiable employment in a similar job capacity
• Basic math and reading skills.
• Ability to communicate both orally and in writing.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
• A valid driver’s license and vehicle insurance;
  Must be available on-call in case of emergency.

• Cleans, sanitizes, and maintains classrooms and common areas on a regularly scheduled basis as directed.
• Maintains exterior areas (walkways, playgrounds, and grounds) free of debris and trash.
• Adheres to daily work routines and written safety standards for building(s) to ensure the safety of children, staff and public.
• Receives and distributes all supplies, materials, and equipment delivered to the center.
• Maintains property and equipment in clean and orderly condition; inventoried as needed.
• Represents the center in a professional manner and maintains a positive relationship with staff parents and community professional relationship and is respectful of culture, diversity, and ethnicity.

• Cleans classrooms, office spaces, restrooms, and hallways to include sweeping, vacuuming, polishing, mopping, dusting, scrubbing and spot cleaning surfaces such as floors, windows, walls, furniture, doors.
• Clean the playground to include mowing, picking up trash and unsafe items, and sanitizing play structures.
• Performs incidental tasks/adjustments and minor repairs ( i.e. replace light bulbs, safety outlet covers)
• Cleans and stocks restrooms and office areas.
• Reports deficiencies related to the building to the center director.
• Maintains a safe and clean environment through routine inspection of facilities.
• Monitors supplies and equipment for adequate and current level of inventoried stock
• Assists after hours, as needed for response to building emergencies.
• Attending all Professional Development training required by the program.
• Completes other related activities and duties as assigned.

Ability to see at normal distance, hear normal conversations and sounds and use hands and fingers to fill out required forms. Ability to lift infants and toddlers weighing up to forty (40) pounds, twenty (20) pounds overhead and forty (40) pounds from waist to shoulder; occasional lifting of fifty (50) pounds is required and must be able to push/pull up to fifty pounds horizontally.

Ability to sit on the floor, bend at the waist, kneel and/or stoop 75% of the time. The physical demands 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 as long as the staff disability does not create an…