Custodial Student Assistant (Night Shift)

University Of Portland; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 19,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Portland is seeking a Custodial Student Assistant to maintain cleanliness across campus facilities, including classrooms, offices, athletics, and student housing areas.

Shifts offer late-night options (10:00pm–12:00am or 10:00pm–2:00am on weekdays) for 10–20 hours per week, with duties ranging from routine cleaning to event setup and order responses. Candidates should be willing to learn with no minimum requirements.

Qualifications

• Willingness to learn. No minimum requirements.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine cleaning and maintenance tasks to ensure facilities remain welcoming and in good condition.
• Follow specific assignments for particular buildings or routes, which may be adjusted depending on the University’s needs.
• Assist with event-related tasks, including setup and take down as required.
• Respond to work orders and project requests as directed.
• Your role may involve working in different areas across the campus, and you may be asked to adapt to changing assignments based on the evolving needs of the University.
• Other relevant tasks as assigned

Skills

Willingness to learn

Job description

Department

Department Facilities - Custodial and Events

Terms and Hours

Terms and Hours Approx. 10 to 20 hrs/wk

Job Category

Job Category Student Employment

Hourly Wage

Hourly Wage Portland Metro Minimum Wage ($16.80)

Job Summary

As a Custodial Student Assistant, you’ll play a key role in maintaining the cleanliness and tidiness of various University facilities, including academic spaces, administrative offices, athletic facilities, and student living and dining areas. Your daily tasks will vary based on the campus’s needs, assigned work orders, and designated projects.

This position offers flexible, late-night shift options: 10:00pm to 12:00am or 10:00pm to 2:00am on week day nights.

Core Duties

• Perform routine cleaning and maintenance tasks to ensure facilities remain welcoming and in good condition.
• Follow specific assignments for particular buildings or routes, which may be adjusted depending on the University’s needs.
• Assist with event-related tasks, including setup and take down as required.
• Respond to work orders and project requests as directed.
• Your role may involve working in different areas across the campus, and you may be asked to adapt to changing assignments based on the evolving needs of the University.
• Other relevant tasks as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Willingness to learn. No minimum requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Willingness to learn. No minimum requirements.

Physical Requirements

• Frequently: while performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, twist, bend, use fingers and hands to handle materials, tools, and/or equipment, and reach with hands and/or arms.
• Frequently: the employee must lift, move, or use items or equipment ranging from ten to thirty pounds with or without assistance (such as garbage, vacuum cleaners, cleaning supplies, water buckets, floor machines, etc.).
• Occasionally: the employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Occasionally: the employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds with or without assistance and with or without the use of devices and/or equipment to assist in the lifting effort.
  • When lifting is required, employees are asked to use good judgment, make safety a top priority, and ask for assistance of others or relevant equipment as necessary.

Posting Number SE1107-2023

Number of Vacancies Multiple

Estimated Start Date 09/01/2026

Open Date 08/13/2026

Close Date 10/01/2026

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

• * Are you available to work in the evening (6 pm to 10 pm)?
  • Yes
  • No
• * Are you available to work weekends?
  • Yes
  • No
• * Do you have License?
  • Yes
  • No
• * What is your weekly availability to work during the hours of Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.? And how many hours a week would you prefer to work?

  (Open Ended Question)

Required Documents

Required Documents

• Resume
• Cover Letter

Optional Documents

Contact
University of Portland
5000 N. Willamette Blvd
Portland, Oregon
97203-5798
503.943.8484
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