Breaking Ground

Housekeeper


PayCompetitive
LocationBrooklyn/New York
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: 2965

      Located in Brownsville, Brooklyn, The Hegeman offers 161 units of permanent supportive housing to low-income New Yorkers , people living with HIV/AIDS, and chronically homeless individuals, including individuals with mental illness. The Center for Urban Community S ervices provides comprehensive onsite social services, and Breaking Ground coordinates property management services.

      Reporting to the Facility Maintenance Supervisor, the Housekeeper is a part of the department that maintains the common areas of the safe haven. Examples of common areas include offices, multi-purpose rooms, roof deck, garden, trash collection area, lobby, fitness room and sidewalks. Client areas will also be cleaned.

      This position has a 35-hour work week, onsite.

      ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES:

      • Sweep, mop, wash, dust, and vacuum
      • Seal, wax, and buff floors and hard surfaces
      • Maintain sidewalks, including sweeping, raking leaves, and shoveling snow
      • Clean individual units when vacated or requested by work order
      • Sort and package recyclables to comply with NYC regulations
      • Operate compactor
      • Set up and clean up for meetings and other events
      • Assist painters and engineers when assigned
      • Perform work at other facilities as required
      • Perform other related duties as assigned

      MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

      • Comparable work experience
      • Experience operating of vacuum cleaner, high speed buffer
      • Ability to lift and move furniture, appliances, etc.
      • High School Diploma, GED, Trade School Diploma, or equivalent
      • Ability to stand for several hours during shift and to climb stairs in the event of an emergency
      • Experience working with special needs populations a plus
      • Basic knowledge of using a computer is preferred

  • About the company

      Breaking Ground, formerly Common Ground, is a nonprofit social services organization in New York City whose goal is to create high-quality permanent and transitional housing for the homeless.