Housekeeper / Custodial Worker

Housekeeper / Custodial Worker

Bennington College is seeking to hire a Housekeeper / Custodial Worker who is responsible for maintaining and ensuring the cleanliness and sanitary conditions of assigned administrative buildings, academic / campus facilities, and residential buildings / locations. Housekeepers / Custodial Workers are essential to ensuring that our students have a healthy and clean environment in which to live, learn, and thrive.

The Housekeeping position handles general cleaning assignments, universal to all facilities, and also has location-specific cleaning responsibilities. The position works with all campus offices as well as the College staff, faculty, students, and visitors. Therefore, excellent communication skills are required to develop and maintain positive working relationships with all constituent groups. The position may be required to assist in other areas of the College as needed and may be assigned other work responsibilities during non-academic term time.

The College offers a comprehensive benefits program that includes generous paid time off benefits, health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, short-term disability coverage, and a retirement plan with employer match. The College also offers educational benefits for the employee, spouse / partner and dependents. The hourly rate of pay is $19.63.

Available Schedule (full-time, 40 hours / week, year-round) : Monday through Friday, 5 : 30 am - 2 : 00 pm.

Qualifications :

• High School graduate and / or GED equivalent required.
• Current / valid driver's license required if operating a vehicle for work purposes.
• Successful completion of College's annual Hazardous Communication Training Program.
• Ability to understand proper use of chemicals used in the performance of position duties and maintain familiarity with the chemical's material safety data sheets.
• Required attendance and successful completion / passing of College-sponsored classes and seminars determined by employer.
• Successful completion of forklift operation safety training if required by position / assignment.
• Exceptional customer service skills; demonstrated experience interacting and developing relationships and responding to the different needs of a diverse group of customers.
• Demonstrated ability to multitask, respond to requests with a sense of urgency, and complete work orders in a timely manner.
• Language Skills : Ability to comprehend and follow oral and written instructions, procedures, correspondence, and memos. Ability to write correspondence. Ability to give full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate.
• Math Skills : Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure and inventory, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals to solve problems.
• Reasoning Ability : Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems; considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and discussing ideas with supervisor.
• This position requires successful completion and acceptable results of a background check.

Bennington serves a diverse student population inclusive of members of ethnically / racially minoritized, international, LGBTQIA+, and disability communities as well as diverse gender identities, socioeconomic backgrounds, religions, and political beliefs. Our staff and faculty also reflect diverse and intersecting backgrounds and identities. All employees are expected to be respectful and responsive to these differences in the service of building community that promotes student and employee success and community cohesiveness. Each individual (faculty, staff and students) will be accountable for upholding these values. The College's approach to pluralism and inclusivity-both as fields of inquiry and practice-is to prioritize flexible thought, and to invite the examination of access, value, power, and privilege through its institutional policies and areas of study. We encourage applicants from diverse realms of interest, backgrounds, experience, and accomplishment to apply.

Specific position responsibilities include ensuring the cleanliness and sanitary condition of assigned facilities, including, but not limited to the following :

Physical, Mental and Visual Effort :

This position primarily works within regular office buildings, academic / campus facilities, residential houses and the general maintenance plant building. This position requires routine medium to heavy physical exertion and the ability to lift and carry at least 50 lbs; typically involves lifting, standing, bending, reaching, stooping, walking, pushing, pulling and climbing stairs to coordinate work. Must be able to walk and climb stairs frequently as well as carry supplies / deliveries / equipment up and down stairs. This position may require some overtime as well as weekend and holiday coverage.

The College :

Bennington College is a laboratory for innovation in higher education. At Bennington, learning and making-on campus and in the field-are inseparable, and its graduates are noted for their outsized impact on the world's stage. This campus celebrates the ongoing making of work-shared on walls, in shows and performances, in lectures and readings, and in conversations-and believes that equity, diversity, and inclusivity are vital to a collaborative community. This position captures, contributes to, and reflects the ethos of this creative community.

Nestled at the foot of the Green Mountains in Vermont, the campus consists of approximately 370 acres. The College was named one of ten with the best architecture by Architectural Digest. From campus, it is a short drive to the cultural offerings of the northern Berkshires in Massachusetts, Albany, New York, and many of Vermont's top recreational centers. New York City, Boston, and Burlington, Vermont are all within three and a half hours by car.