Lead Custodian, High School

Austin Achieve Public Schools is a tuition-free, open-enrollment public charter school preparing Austin youth to attend and excel at the nation’s top colleges and universities. The Lead Custodian will lead the Night Custodial Team in an eFective manner that helps maintain the Austin Achieve campuses and create a welcoming environment for scholars to learn each day.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Daily supervision

• While on the clock, the Custodian Lead must always be reachable by phone to better serve our scholars.
• Provides quality control of the cleaning staff through daily spot audits and corrective on-the-spot instruction
• Strictly adheres to the daily schedule and ensures all Custodial staff do the same
• Conducts daily meetings with staff at the beginning of every shift
• Make sure the building is locked, secured, and clean.

Administration

• Monitors inventory/supply levels and submits orders to the Custodial Coordinator
• Maintains records in support of performance management efforts
• Makes recommendations for the purchase of cleaning products and equipment

Customer Service

• Develops relationships with stakeholders
• Develops a full understanding of stakeholder needs to stay ahead of requests and calls for service
• Keeps a close eye on staff needs and responds to feedback and calls for service
• Attends staff meetings and school events

Hands-on service

• Maintains several daily cleaning tasks and fills in for absences
• Ensures all classrooms, offices, and other utilized spaces are disinfected daily.
• As needed, performs a variety of tasks such as unclogging toilets, moving furniture, cleaning in a school environment
• Assists with repair and maintenance of campus where capable
• Reports all repair and maintenance needs to Custodial Coordinator or Maintenance Technician

Continuous Improvement

• Ensures all members of the custodial team are trained, following up on 5S Audits, Standard Work, and proper use of required equipment
• Implements innovations created by the Custodial Coordinator
• Performs duties as assigned by supervisor

Qualification

• Knowledge of floor scrubbers and buffers
• Minimal computer skills, including Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Excel
• Bilingual Preferred (English/Spanish)
• Willing to perform emergency cleanups of various substances, including, but not limited to, vomit and blood.
• Trained in the safe use of cleaning products and handling blood-borne pathogens
• Valid driver’s license
• Must meet certain physical requirements such as:
• ability to be on feet all-day
• able to maneuver all custodial equipment
• able to lift 50 lbs
• Candidate must have a satisfactory outcome of fingerprinting background che
• Unwavering commitment to AAPS mission, scholars, families, and community
• Humbly acknowledge one’s strengths and weaknesses to grow professionally and push the mission of AAPS forward
• Ability to join a team that has aggressive goals and professional expectations and is willing to receive and implement feedback to effectively contribute and achieve these organizational goals either independently, collaboratively, and/or under the direction and accountability of a senior staff member
• Effectively uses qualitative and quantitative data to identify problems and can work with and/or lead a team to problem solve using persistence and dedication to achieve personal, department, and/or organizational goals
• Willingness to engage in collegial debate with teammates regarding essential decisions and rally behind decisions once they are made

Required Experience:

• Three to five years of experience, preferably in a school environment
• Good communication skills
• Good customer service skills
• Computer Literacy