Cleaning Team Member - Part Time Temporary

SUMMARY

The Cleaning Team Member – Part Time Temporary plays a vital role in creating a safe, welcoming, and student‑ready campus environment that supports learning, belonging, and student success. Guided by a Human First philosophy and the College’s Maroon & Gold Standards (MGS), this position helps ensure that instructional, student‑service, and common spaces are clean, secure, and well‑maintained—contributing directly to students’ ability to focus, persist, and succeed.

Through consistent custodial care, event support, and collaboration with Facilities team members, the Cleaning Team Member helps shape the daily student experience, reinforces institutional pride, and supports operational excellence. This role models professionalism, teamwork, and stewardship while actively demonstrating the College’s mission, values, and commitment to a respectful, inclusive campus community.

• Assist with the setup of facilities for meetings, classrooms, conferences, events, etc.
• Clean and sanitize restrooms/bathrooms using established practices and procedures.
• Clean areas around entrances to buildings, including snow removal and salting.
• Clean, dust, and wipe furniture, whiteboard, lighting, and accessories; empty/clean wastebaskets and trash containers and refill restroom dispensers.
• Assist with event set‑up/tear‑down of facilities for meetings, classrooms, conferences, events, etc.
• Strip, clean, buff, and apply floor sealer and floor finish to hard surface floors (where applicable); vacuum and shampoo carpets.
• Properly use and maintain assigned power equipment and hand tools, including auto scrubbers/extractors, high‑pressure washers, high‑speed buffers, vacuums, brooms, mops, squeegees, and other related equipment.
• Safely use ladders when required in work assignments.
• Lock and unlock assigned interior rooms in buildings.
• Check for unlocked doors and windows, report any unauthorized occupants, and turn off lights.
• Operate snow removal equipment, including snowbrush, truck/plow, and shoveling as needed.
• Move furniture, equipment, supplies, and tools on an incidental basis.
• Wash accessible interior and exterior windows, clean blinds, and exercise caution around applied vinyl window graphics.
• Assist with campus recycling initiatives; maintain cleaning operations, improve quality, and build upon the institution’s total commitment to student success; monitor progress to set goals.
• Respond to work with a timely, professional, respectful, and proactive approach.
• Assist staff and teams within the Facilities Department with work requests, projects, and daily operations as needed. Work with customers to resolve problems and answer facility‑related questions, including communicating work‑arounds, determining scope, and estimating time of work.

Minimum Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily while contributing to a safe, respectful, and student‑centered campus environment.

Knowledge Of

• Current cleaning methods, materials, and equipment used to maintain safe, healthy, and welcoming facilities for students, employees, and visitors.
• Custodial practices, machinery, and related equipment that support consistent service quality and operational excellence.
• Occupational hazards, safety precautions, and regulatory requirements necessary to protect the well‑being of the campus community.
• Proper operation, routine maintenance, and basic care of cleaning equipment to ensure reliable and efficient service delivery.

Skills and Abilities

• Read, understand and follow safety procedures and material safety data sheets.
• Understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
• Communicate effectively and respectfully.
• Work collaboratively as a team member.
• Safely and responsibly use cleaning equipment and supplies while demonstrating care, stewardship, and attention to detail.
• Perform a variety of custodial and cleaning tasks in a manner that supports clean, orderly, and student‑ready facilities.

Required Education, Licensure, Certification, Registration or Other Requirements

• Valid driver’s license.
• High school diploma or G.E.D.

The employee must regularly stand, walk, use hands and arms, and lift up to twenty‑five (25) pounds; occasionally up to fifty (50) pounds. Daily tasks also include bending, reaching, and working in various positions.

Employees may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, and moderate noise levels.

Applicants have rights under Federal employment laws. Jackson College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that actively supports workforce diversity.