Custodian

Africatown Community Land Trust (ACLT) seeks a highly organized and flexible cleaning professional that takes pride in positively contributing to the maintenance and upkeep of a safe and healthy work and living environment. The successful candidate will take pride in their work and have experience in best cleaning safety practices for disinfecting, sanitizing, and operating heavy duty janitorial equipment for high-volume traffic areas access by the community members, community guests (residents), and employees. This is a full-time position reporting to the facilities and maintenance manager. This position works primarily at the Benu Community Home and may need to travel to other off-site facilities.

ABOUT US

Africatown Community Land Trust is working for community ownership of land in the Central District. This can support the cultural and economic thriving of people who are part of the African diaspora in the Greater Seattle area. The Africatown Community Land Trust board is comprised of real estate professionals, business executives, entrepreneurs, business professionals and long-time community members from the Central District.

MISSION

To acquire, develop, and steward land in Greater Seattle to empower & preserve the

Black Community.

VISION

Vibrant and thriving black communities through land ownership.

ABOUT THE POSITIONS ACLT'S Benu Community Home is open seven days a week, including evenings and weekends. The Benu Community Home provides transitional housing to Black Men that may suffer from mental illness, substance disorder, co-occurring disorders, or other trauma related issues. The custodian role is important to help us provide a safe and clean environment for community guests. This position will collaborate with the Facilities and Maintenance Manager and Operations Manager to ensure the facility is clean and sanit ize daily and ensure b uilding areas are properly maintained . This position may be exposed to biohazardous materials such as blood, feces, vomit, urine, etc. The position performs a variety of light and heavy cleaning activities including scrubbing, stripping , waxing and buffing floors, cleaning and resupplying restrooms, vacuuming and shampooing rugs and carpets, dusting and polishing furniture, and cleaning glass surfaces. Incumbents collect and remove trash from the building. Other responsibilities include maintaining and sanitizing cleaning equipment and laundering cleaning towels. The position is responsible for securing fire doors. Custodians may move furniture, set up meeting rooms, and perform other duties as assigned. Most custodians routinely work on night shift.

Typical Duties

Contribute to the efficient provision of extra cleaning services by completing routine cleaning tasks on schedule, troubleshooting and reporting problems when needed, and performing extra duties as assigned.

General Cleaning

• Empty waste and recycle (replace can liners as needed or per safety guidelines)
• Managing cleaning supply inventory and request replaces to avoid shortages
• Police the outside the facility to remove trash
• Provide assistance with meeting room set-up
• Clean and wipe reception area , elevator, foyer, stairwells, kitchen and food prep area, vacant guests' rooms, offices and conference rooms, etc.
• General dusting and spot cleaning of doors, windows, floors, and carpeted areas
• Clean exterior of microwaves in the kitchen and guest area
• Other duties as assigned

Restroom Cleaning and Sanitation

Kitchen

Floor Care Services

Dusting and Sanitizing

Project Cleaning and Tasks

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum

Desired

Benefit Package

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