Building Custodian Substitutes Pool

Position: Building Custodian Substitutes

Department/Location: Facilities

The Nashoba Regional School District seeks candidates who are interested in providing temporary substituion hours to assist as needed with cleaning and general maintenance needs. The substitutes will assist with temporary coverage. Hours will vary based on needs. All candidates are required to complete a CORi and Fingerprints for hire.

Nashoba’s core values remain constant, provide the foundation for our work, and influence how we conduct ourselves and engage with others. Our core values are academic achievement and personal growth; voice, choice and agency; lifelong learning; a safe, caring and inclusive community; collaborative partnerships; innovation; and a sense of belonging.

Building Custodian Substitutes are employed without regard to age, physical, mental or psychiatric disability, genetics, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, or military status.

NRSD welcomes employees with diverse racial, cultural, religious, class, and/or gender background and experiences.

Organizational Scope:

Reporting directly to the Director of Facilities and Head Custodian, the Building Custodian is assigned to perform routine manual cleaning and maintaining the building.

Position Responsibilities:

• Scrubs, dusts, sweeps, mops, vacuums, waxes, polishes floors, rooms, hallways and closets
• Dusts and arranges furniture
• Washes windows, woodwork, walls and other surfaces
• Scrubs and cleans restroom fixtures
• Replenishes tissue, towels, and soap in restrooms, kitchens, and classroom facilities
• Empties wastebaskets and other trash receptacles
• Locks and unlocks doors
• Sorts and stores materials for recycling programs
• Reports to Facilities Director and Principal on damage and/or needed repairs
• Picks up paper and other trash in buildings and/or on school grounds
• Checks heating and air conditioning equipment to ensure proper working order and reports any failures to Principal or Facilities Director
• Working directly with outside rental groups
• Performs minor repairs under direction of Facilities Director and/or Principal
• Other duties as assigned

Job Qualifications & Physical Demands:

• Must have custodial experience and have some knowledge of cleaning methods, materials and equipment.
• Experience with the use of small equipment used in routine cleaning.
• Must have the ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Must be able to assist in the protection of students and school property, assist the principal in fire and other emergency drills as required by law and School Committee policy.
• Must be able to walk and stand on tile flooring for up to 1-2 miles per day, lift up to 50 pounds, move furniture, bend and twist regularly at the waist, knees and neck.

Physical Demands:

The physical requirements of this role involves the ability to stand, bend, kneel, walk and clean a school buidling for extended periods on hard surfaces. The role requires the ability to lift or moving items up to 50 pounds.

Work is performed in a school building and involves physical activity. The environment includes regular interaction with students and staff, varying room temperatures, background noise, and frequent transitions or interruptions common in school settings.