Groundskeeper

Job Summary: This position is responsible to maintain, install, and care for the university grounds and off-campus properties. This includes mowing and any other grounds keeping tasks to ensure that the campus outdoor environment is safe, well-maintained and aesthetically pleasing.

Responsibilities:

• Operate moving equipment to maintain all campus turf at an acceptable height
• Assist in working in all areas of grounds keeping as needed. May include driving university vehicles on and off campus
• Maintain and service mowing equipment used to obtain optimum level of performance
• Work performing all snow removal tasks
• Required on-call in winter season to work overtime hours as necessary to perform snow/ice removal tasks
• Coordinate mowing schedule seasonally with regards to athletic team schedules
• Perform other responsibilities, including assisting with special events, moving, and group effort duties with other departments as assigned
• Perform all duties in a safe and professional manner within department and university policies and procedures

Qualifications

• Knowledge and ability to operate and service various equipment, machinery and hand tools to safely perform grounds work
• Ability to perform minor machinery and equipment service and maintenance
• Ability to read, write and follow direction from a written schedule
• Ability to communicate both written and orally in English
• Valid driver's license - maintained and up to date

Education and/or Experience:

• High school level education
• One year experience in the care and maintenance of similar facilities or any combination of education, training or experience which fulfills the requirements of the position and needs of the university.

Application: Upload the following required documents. The review of applications begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

• Resume
• Cover Letter

Questions about the application process and position may be directed to Abigail Harris, HR Generalist, at abrubaker@mnu.edu.

Statement of Faith: MidAmerica Nazarene University is an intentionally Christian Community and desires that all employees in positions of leadership reflect a foundational Christian position in word, attitude and action. While there is no predetermined length or format for the Personal Statement of Faith, the norm is a one or two-page narrative document describing the applicants central Christian beliefs, significant formative influences in the applicants Christian experience (e.g., religious experiences of conversion or the affirmation of ones faith, ones family and/or home life, spiritual aspirations), and ways in which the applicants faith is being demonstrated in daily patterns and practices.

MidAmerica Nazarene University is interested in reviewing applications from qualified members of traditionally underrepresented groups in America, including women and racial and ethnic minorities. MidAmerica Nazarene University policy prohibits discrimination based on race, sex, religion*, age, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, marital status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected class in the recruitment and admission of students, in the hiring process, during employment, and in the operation of all university programs, activities, and services.

• Christian faith and employment at MidAmerica Nazarene University: MidAmerica Nazarene University is an expression of the Church of the Nazarene. It reserves the right to prefer employees based on religion (Title VII, Section 702-703, U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964). Preferred candidates demonstrate a strong commitment to the Christian faith, active participation in a local church, and a philosophy of Christian higher education consistent with the Wesleyan tradition.

Read the universitys full Non-Discrimination/Equal Employment Opportunity Statement at www.mnu.edu/jobs