Groundskeeper Part-Time

General Purpose and Scope

The Groundskeeper will ensure all outdoor areas are well maintained, clean and attractive to all employees, students and visitors to campus. This position is responsible for outdoor space maintenance during the spring, summer, and fall seasons, such as mowing, trimming, and landscaping. This is a part‑time seasonal position.

• Perform regular grounds and landscaping maintenance such as mowing lawns, string trimming, blowing, weed maintenance, mulching, pruning, trimming, and caring for plantings at campus locations in Logansport and Peru.
• Removing trash and debris from the grounds, drains, sidewalks, parking lots, and entrances to the campus.
• Provide routine maintenance of all lawn care equipment.
• Able to operate commercial lawn mowers, trimmers, tractors to maintain the facility grounds.
• Other duties assigned consistent with commonly accepted practices.
• All responsibilities will be conducted within the parameters of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), other applicable regulatory requirements, and professional standards.

• 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.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, and talk or hear.
• The employee frequently must squat, stoop or kneel, reach above the head, and reach forward.
• The employee continuously uses hand strength to grasp tools and operate machinery.
• The employee may lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• The employee may sometimes push/pull items such as tables, chairs, scaffolds, and furniture.

Hourly Rate: $16.50

Weekly

Hours:

20-28

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Ability to work alone as well with others.
• Initiative and ability to work without supervision, when required.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and meet the requirements to be an authorized driver of a college vehicle.

Ivy Tech is committed to supporting the well‑being, growth, and financial security of our part‑time employees. These benefits include:

• Access to a comprehensive vision care plan with low‑cost exams and allowances for glasses or contact lenses.
• Employee Assistance Program offering no‑cost confidential counseling sessions, legal consultations, financial planning consultations, and other resources.

• All employees can contribute pre‑tax or post‑tax dollars through payroll deduction to build retirement savings.

• Fee remission for employees, spouses, and legal dependents.

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Ivy Tech Community College is an accredited, equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age or veteran status. As required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Ivy Tech Community College does not discriminate on the basis of sex, including sexual harassment in its educational programs and activities, including employment and admissions.

Questions specific to Title IX may be referred to the College’s Title IX Coordinator or to the US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights.