Job Summary

The Broadview Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing Program, is a 24-hour facility that serves homeless survivors of Domestic Violence including women, children and youth. The Broadview Maintenance Assistant/Cleaner is responsible for the day-to-day cleaning, troubleshooting and basic maintenance for a 31-unit apartment building, plus service, laundry, office, outdoor and common areas.

Essential Responsibilities, Duties and Tasks

40% Clean furnished residential apartment units as they become vacant, and regularly clean the interior and exterior service and common areas, including inside window washing, vacuuming, dusting, disinfecting, floor washing, and cleaning heaters, stoves, refrigerators, cabinets, furniture and carpets.

20% Maintain standards for room cleanliness and stock rooms with sheets, blankets, dishes, and other kitchen utensils and household items as needed when rooms are vacated. Inspect residential apartment units to assess damage, cleanliness, safety, and rodent and pest infestation, and complete work order requests for repairs. Maintain inventories of resident, operating and office supplies, and assist with purchasing supplies. Organize and maintain the supply and storage rooms. Help stock the counseling office with supplies for residents.

10% Assist in painting and patching vacant apartment units and common areas as needed. Maintain parking lot and outside grounds, including landscape trimming – trash removal.

10% Basic troubleshooting of appliances and fixtures in apartment units and common areas, relay information and/or create work orders for repair of electrical or plumbing work. Troubleshoot the performance of the safety systems, including fire, access alarms and cameras, by periodic inspection, and report to the Facility Manager any issues.

10% Complete basic maintenance tasks such as lock changes, HEPA and AC filter cleaning/replacement, refrigerator cooling fan replacement, stove element replacement, basic sink, or toilet plunging/snake. Coordinate the arrival and escort of contractors to the site.

10% Work with program staff to assure a safe and supportive environment for residents, staff, and volunteers. Assemble emergency food boxes as needed. Participate in Broadview Safety Committee as the maintenance representative, bringing issues to Facilities Manager or Maintenance Specialist, report back resolution to the Safety Committee, Broadview Manager, or staff.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Solid Ground is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, race and color, religion, marital status, national origin, disability or veteran status.