Housekeeping Lead - Weekday Evenings + Saturday or Sunday

The Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester is located alongside the Erie Canal in Brighton and is a 200,000 square foot facility that houses our state-of-the-art fitness, wellness and recreation programming, an aquatics center, a Professional Theatre, Children’s Center and our Camping Program.

We pride ourselves on providing our members with quality educational, cultural arts and social programming, and we are an inclusive community center that welcomes people of all faiths, backgrounds, and ages.

We are looking for a full-time Lead Housekeeper to lead our evening crew and perform cleaning tasks alongside the team to ensure the facility is clean and sanitized for all our members, guests and staff. Responsible for safety and security for nightly building closure.

Full-time, Evening and Weekend Hours:

• Monday – Thursday 4:00 pm to 12:30 am
• Saturday or Sunday 10:00 pm – 6:30 pm schedule will include one of these days

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Retirement Plan, Life and Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Free membership to our Fitness and Aquatics Center

Responsibilities:

• Direct, train and coach the Housekeeping Team to promote teamwork and to achieve scheduled tasks.
• Perform hands-on cleaning, coordinate coverage for staff absences and support special events. Includes: cleaning bathrooms, scrubbing shower stalls, emptying trash, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, washing floors, washing mirrors/windows, etc.)
• Lead new hire and in-service training to explain policies, work procedures, and to demonstrate use and maintenance of equipment; (floor scrubber, floor buffer, air compressor, carpet shampooers, chemical dispensers, pressure sprayers, etc.)
• Maintain a daily cleaning log of all areas that need to be addressed
• Ensure building security during evening hours and upon building close – verify building is vacated, doors are secure, etc.
• Direct team to consistently follow safety housekeeping practices and procedures
• Support the implementation of routes and duty lists to oversee activities and output
• Work with Housekeeping Manager to delegate staff assignments and ensure coverage
• View work areas with an eye for safety. Follow procedures to report staff injuries
• Respond to concerns and requests from leadership, colleagues, members, and partners with a sense of urgency, prompt action and timely follow-up
• Ensure that proper supply control guidelines are followed, and the team is trained in the use of all chemicals.
• Maintain appropriate open and consistent communication to effectively direct assignments and address concerns for team.
• Collaborate with the Housekeeping Manager to ensure individual team members’ performance standards are met or addressed

Key Competencies for Success:

• Dependable and able to work the evening/late night and shift
• Strong communication skills to coach, mentor and engage team
• Able to read and understand Material Data Safety Sheets
• Demonstrate a strong work ethic to set an example and build teamwork
• Detail-focus and a keen-eye for ensuring thoroughness
• Organizational and problem-solving skills
• Safety and security minded

Education:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

Experience:

• 2 years’ experience in housekeeping, preferred
• 1 year lead experience, preferred

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to:

• Extensive standing, walking, bending, reaching with hands and arms, grasping and twisting, climbing and balancing – moving continually while cleaning;
• Frequent stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling;
• Frequently lift or carry up to 20 lbs.;
• Occasionally lift or carry more than 20 lbs.;
• Frequently walk up and down flights of stairs;
• Occasionally lift and/or move over 50 pounds.
• Occasionally work long hours; ability to work standing, walking, moving for long periods of time.
• Frequently use computer and keyboard
• Occasional use of ladders

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential function of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform within the described work environment.

• Regularly exposed to inclement weather conditions, i.e., shoveling snow; salting snow/ice; washing windows, picking up trash, emptying garbage
• Moving mechanical parts, extreme heat, extreme cold
• Risk of electrical shock, fumes, cleaning chemicals, outside weather conditions
• Frequently exposed to dust and dirty surfaces
• Must handle various cleaning solvents, chemicals, etc.
• Normal office environment

The JCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer