Custodial Worker 1

Full Job Description

Do you enjoy keeping busy and completing a variety of tasks each day? The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), Hollidaysburg Veterans' Home is seeking a conscientious Custodial Worker 1 who takes pride in cleaning and helping others. This is the perfect opportunity to start a meaningful career caring for Pennsylvania's elderly and disabled military veterans and their spouses. If you want to help ensure that buildings and grounds are kept in tip-top shape, for residents, staff, and visitors, then we encourage you to apply today!

Click here to learn more about the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.

Requirements

As a Custodial Worker 1, you will perform cleaning duties throughout the facility.

You will complete general cleaning duties such as mopping, scrubbing, waxing, polishing, dusting, sweeping, and buffing.

You will also deep clean rest rooms, resident rooms, common areas, offices, and public areas.

This role requires understanding standard policies and procedures of the Housekeeping Department and ensuring completed work follows all regulations and guidelines.

In addition, you will move and lift heavy furniture, assist with snow removal, and dispose trash, recyclable materials, and infectious waste.

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 2nd shift (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.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

Additional Requirements:

• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Preferred Qualifications (not required):

• Experience as a custodian, janitor, or cleaning person (Experience might include such things as cleaning restrooms; cleaning resident rooms, offices or public areas; mopping, scrubbing, dusting, sweeping, buffing, etc.)
• Experience working in an assisted living facility, nursing home, or hospital.
• Experience interacting with patients or residents while cleaning patient or resident rooms, or in a dining room setting
• Experience cleaning bodily fluids and disposing infectious waste into proper storage areas
• Experience removing snow, trash, and debris from sidewalks and entrance ways
• Experience using and mixing chemicals or solvents
• Experience using manual or power equipment to mop, scrub, sweep, strip, wax, and buff floors

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.