The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) is seeking a dependable Custodial Worker 1 to join the team at the Southeastern Veterans' Center. In this vital role, you help create a clean, safe, and comfortable environment that supports the health and well-being of veterans and their spouses. Your dedication and attention to detail play an important part in maintaining the high standards residents deserve. Build a rewarding career where your efforts are valued and your work makes a difference every day.
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This position performs cleaning, sanitation, and housekeeping duties throughout the Southeastern Veterans' Center to help maintain a safe and comfortable environment. Responsibilities include facility cleaning, waste removal, supply restocking, linen handling, and support quality improvement efforts. As a Custodial Worker 1, you will perform the following duties:
- Facility Cleaning: Clean and sanitize resident rooms, common areas, offices, treatment spaces, transport vehicles, and public areas
- Floor Care: Mop, scrub, wax, polish, dust, sweep, and buff floors, furnishings, fixtures, and other facility surfaces
- Waste Handling: Empty trash containers, dispose of recyclable materials, and manage infectious waste according to procedures
- Supply Support: Restock cleaning and restroom supplies, and pick up or deliver materials as needed
- Room Preparation: Move furniture and equipment, and clean, organize, and prepare resident rooms for occupancy
- Safety Compliance: Follow housekeeping procedures, use chemicals safely, report hazards, and clean debris from sidewalks
Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.
Work Schedule and Additional Information:
- Full-time employment, 37.5 hours per week
- Work hours are 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM, with a 30-minute lunch. You will work rotating days and weekends.
- Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
- Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
- You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
Additional Requirements:
- You must be able to perform essential job functions.
Preferred Qualifications (not required):
- Willingness to work in Spring City, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Willingness to work 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM with rotating days and weekends to be determined
- Work experience as a custodian, janitor, or cleaning person (Experience may include cleaning restrooms; cleaning resident rooms, offices, or public areas; and performing tasks such as mopping, scrubbing, dusting, sweeping, or buffing)
- Work experience in an assisted living facility, nursing home, hospital, restaurant or other housekeeping operation
- Work experience interacting with patients or residents while cleaning in-patient or resident rooms or in a dining room setting
- Work experience cleaning bodily fluids and disposing infectious waste in proper storage areas
Legal Requirements:
- A conditional offer of employment will require a medical examination.
- This position falls under the provisions of the Older Adult Protective Services Act.
- Under the Act, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports, including but not limited to, PA State Police and FBI clearance.
How to Apply:
- Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
- Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
- Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
- All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.
Veterans:
- Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):
- 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.
The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.