Housekeeper, Maintenance​/Cleaning

Housekeeper

The Housekeeper performs high cleaning of the building's interior spaces, including high dusting for The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. The housekeeper performs general cleaning of all interior spaces, including but not limited to the cleaning of tile and carpet floors, and daily maintenance of the museum's sack-lunch space. He/she assists with building set-up and tear down, as needed.

The Children's Museum is building and sustaining an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates differences. We believe that collaboration and open dialogue among people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives best support our vision and mission.

Reports To:

Housekeeping Supervisor

Essential Responsibilities:

• Consistently performs regular housekeeping. Responsible for attention to detail, and consistent and thorough cleaning of an assigned portion of the museum, including bathrooms, floors, trash removal, and other necessary tasks. Removes stains, spills and/or gum from floors throughout the day, including the occasional bodily fluid clean up.
• Cleans floors, tables, chairs, and walls in sack lunch space. Maintains cleanliness of lounges and meeting rooms.
• Inspects, stocks, supplies, and cleans restrooms throughout each day. Daily inspections of all assigned areas of the building, reporting and items to be corrected, to the appropriate person.
• Assists in set-ups for rooms and events, as required.
• Maintains cleanliness of janitor closets, keeping them neat in appearance and fully stocked. Maintains housekeeping equipment in good, operational condition.
• Operates floor equipment to clean floors in sack-lunch area, lounge areas and restrooms. Removal of cleaning supplies and materials from shipping/receiving dock.
• Assists with outside grounds maintenance including snow removal, weeding and lot pick up as needed.

Requirements:

• Two (2) years' experience in industrial or large public facility housekeeping.
• Proven track record of strong customer service.
• Ability to work holidays, nights and weekends when scheduled.
• Ability to vary normal work schedule, as needed, to provide adequate coverage or the museum.
• Operational knowledge of and experience using commercial cleaning equipment.
• Analytical skills to use telephones, keep accurate and up to date written records, and possess some knowledge of computer systems, and two-way radio systems. Special consideration given to those applicants who are multi-lingual.

ADA Requirements:

• Ability to view computer monitor, facilities related documents and make observations of museum, visitors, and other equipment.
• Ability to communicate extensively via telephone, one-on-one conversations, and two-way radios with visitors, staff, and museum guests.
• Ability to respond to on-call alerts, as needed.
• Ability to lift heavy objects (at minimum 50 lbs.), stock inventory and other museum supplies.
• Ability to accomplish both low and high cleaning of the building (ground level to thirty feet high).

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