Caretaker

Come join our life-changing team building hope, resilience, and well-being as a Caretaker!

Shift Details: Part-time – 15-20 hours/week for cleaning and 15-20 hours/week maintenance of property

Schedule: variable

Compensation: Free rent for 2-bedroom apartment.

Location: Franklin Station

About the job:

The Caretaker will provide services in a market rate senior (55 ) apartment building. Responsible for maintaining the general appearance and cleanliness of building common areas and outside areas. Upholds a high standard of service and responsibility. Must be willing to work as a part of a team, communicating concerns and providing outstanding customer service to all residents, their guests and families.

Essentials:

• Perform indoor and outdoor cleaning functions, adhering to schedules and using established recording mechanisms to meet program standards.
• Collaborate with maintenance on unit turns.
• Restock supplies (cleaning, linen, paper, etc.).
• Set-up/rearrange rooms as needed.
• Assist with scheduling and completing major projects – floor waxing, carpet, furniture extracting, etc.
• Complete weekly building inspections.
• Ensure that all security procedures (such as locking doors) as prescribed by the program are followed.
• Will perform maintenance functions as follows:
• • Replace unit Locks on rental units as necessary and on all turnovers.
  • Coordinates and oversees work of sub-contractors together with the Community Administrator
  • Purchases approved supplies such as paint, brushes, locks, pipe, wiring, lightbulbs, batteries, etc. for maintaining the property.
  • Diagnose and troubleshoot malfunctions with electrical, heating, plumbing, appliances, and building equipment and using appropriate resources to correct problems.
  • Assist in period unit inspections to identify and address repairs and preventative maintenance, such as changing HVAC filters and CO2/Smoke detector batteries.
  • Prepares and maintains paperwork related to the maintenance of the property. ie. Invoices, work orders and timesheets.
  • Builds relationships with vendors and contractors and strives to maintain cost effective services and contracts.
  • Work in partnership with Community Administrator to effectively and efficiently maintain the property and provide the best customer service possible to all residents, vendors, contractors and teammates.
• Must be on call for overnight and weekend emergencies, we don’t have many.
• Communicates regularly and effectively with residents, staff, and all levels of management.

Job Highlights:

• 403(b) Retirement Plan
• EAP Program

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma; GED
• Cleaning experience required. Must work well with all people in the community, treating all residents and co-workers with respect and dignity.

About Us:

Monroe Village is part of Volunteers of America MN/WI which serves as an affiliate of the Volunteers of America parent organization.

Volunteers of America Minnesota is a nonprofit health and human services organization that annually serves more than 25,000 children, adolescents and their families, older adults, students, persons with disabilities and special needs, and adults completing incarceration. Since 1896, we have helped people gain self-reliance, dignity, and hope.

Take pride in helping others and join us today!

At VOA, we celebrate sharing, encouraging and embracing diversity. Equal employment opportunities are available to all without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We believe that blending individual strengths and unique personal differences nurtures and supports our organizations’ shared commitment to our mission and creates an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone feels valued and has the opportunity to do their personal best

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)