About Roxbury Community College:

Roxbury Community College is an urban, public, 2-year College serving a diverse community, including people of color, recent immigrants and non-traditional populations. The College's mission is to facilitate student success in achieving educational goals through the delivery of high-quality transfer and career programs. RCC strives to honor traditional commitments, and to be responsive to new challenges and insights through workforce training, ESOL, and community education. The student population at the college is diverse in ethnicity, gender, language, age and background. Roxbury Community College is an AA/EO employer and strongly encourages applications from candidates who would enhance the diversity of its staff. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Job Description:

The Maintainers we seek will be responsible for performing janitorial, custodial, housekeeping, grounds-keeping and other maintenance tasks as assigned on Roxbury Community College Campus, within the Students Center, the Academic Building, the Administration Building, or the Media Arts Building.

Supervision Received: Facilities Manager

Supervision Exercised: None

Essential Functions:

• Cleans property such as offices, Classrooms, meeting rooms, bathrooms, bathrooms, corridors, walls, etc., by washing, waxing, buffing, sweeping, polishing, dusting, or vacuum cleaning, and also empties and cleans waste barrels, garbage cans, and other waste receptacles.
• Performs manual labor such as loading or unloading freight materials or equipment, delivering goods to personnel.
• Locks or unlocks premises, reports hazardous and unusual situations to appropriate authorities.
• Makes general repairs of a simple nature.
• Operates electric trimmers, buffers, or other similar mechanical or power-driven equipment.
• Performs routine manual tasks involved in the maintenance, repair or beautification process of grounds, such as cutting grass, cleaning drains, loading and unloading vehicles, moving and setting up furniture and equipment, snow removal and sand/melt spreading, cleaning or marking walkways, roads and parking lots, painting fences, posts, building exteriors.
• Performs routine laboring tasks to assist skilled trade people engaged in maintenance, repair, or construction work using hand and electrical tools appropriate to the craft, such as assisting with the dismantling, fabrication, alteration, and construction of building structures and systems.
• Plants, seeds, transplants, removes, prunes, trims, waters, sprays or fertilizes trees, shrubbery, grass, plants or flowers; participates in the growth and care of flowers.
• Sweeps sidewalks, rakes, and collects leaves, collects and hauls debris or rubbish, shovels snow, sands roadways and walkways, performs other manual tasks involved with snow removal, control and disposal.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• All Candidates must have legal authorization to work in the US.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to understand and apply the laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, specifications, standards & guidelines governing assigned activities.
• Ability to establish and maintain harmonious working & public relations.
• Ability to stand or walk for prolonged periods of time.
• Ability to lift and carry heavy objects.
• Ability to climb and work on ladders and scaffolds.
• Manual dexterity and mechanical aptitude.

Additional Information:

This is an AFSCME position with full benefits.

Application Deadline: October 11, 2019

Anticipated schedule: Tuesday through Saturday, 7;00 AM-3:00 PM Shift Hours.

Compensation: The salary is determined according to the guidelines and salary structure of the AFSCME Collective Bargaining Agreement. Based on Grade 9-Step 1, the annual rate is $32,644.56.

Application Instructions:

To be considered for this position, applicants should submit a resume and a cover letter.

Appointment is subject to SORI (Sexual Offense Registry Information) background check, and a publicly accessible Massachusetts CORI (Criminal Offense Registry Information) background check.

Roxbury Community College is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity or sexual orientation in its programs and activities as required by Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other applicable statutes and college policies. The College prohibits sexual harassment including sexual violence. Inquiries or complaints concerning discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or sexual violence shall be referred to the College's Affirmative Action Officer/Title IX Coordinator, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission or the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act requires all institutes of higher education to disclose campus policy statements and crime statistics. Our annual report is available at www.rcc.edu/clery.