DO NOT USE Maintenance Custodian

My Place Home For The Homeless; South Dakota; On-site; USD 23,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

My Place Home For The Homeless is seeking a diligent Custodian - Part-Time to provide maintenance and routine cleaning for our shelter and an eight-unit apartment building. You will coordinate with contractors, perform small repairs, and ensure safe, clean facilities under supervision.

Responsibilities include coordinating with vendors, maintaining equipment and supplies, and assisting with tenant needs while prioritizing safety and compliance.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Good physical fitness required.
• Prior janitorial and apartment maintenance preferred but will consider trade school certification.

Responsibilities

• Perform regular cleaning duties including sweeping, vacuuming, and mopping.
• Handle garbage and recyclables collection and disposal.
• Maintain maintenance needs list and prioritize safety concerns.
• Coordinate with contractors/vendors for larger projects under supervision.
• Secure bid offers and compare vendor options.
• Assist tenants and ensure compliance with procedures for maintenance requests.
• Inspect building systems (smoke/CO detectors, alarms, cameras) and perform basic repairs.
• Set up and stage rooms for events and maintain storage inventory.
• Assist with snow removal and safe entry/exit paths for facilities.

Skills

Good physical fitness

Janitorial experience

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Future Opening: DO NOT USE Maintenance Custodian

Custodian - Part-Time

Compensation: $17-$19.00 per hour (depending on background and experience)

We are seek a diligent custodian/handy-person to provide maintenance services and general upkeep of our homeless shelter and newly renovated apartment building (8 units). You are responsible for the regular and routine cleaning and upkeep of both facilities as well as serving as front-line for maintenance-related needs. This role will be responsible for general maintenance such as painting and small repairs as well as serving as point of contact for contractors for larger projects. You will facilitate and coordinate interaction with contractors/vendors under the Supervision of the Program Director and Executive Director.

Primary Responsibilities

• Regular and routine cleaning duties: sweeping, vacuuming, mopping in conjunction with program staff.
• Regular and routine garbage and recyclables collection and removal.
• Identifying and maintaining maintenance needs list with prioritization from most significant safety concerns to non-harmful small aesthetic improvement projects.
• Facilitating and coordinating between organizations and vendors/contractors for larger projects.
• Securing bid offers for projects and comparing vendor options.
• Addressing needs of tenants (8-unit) and assisting in the development and compliance with agency procedures and protocols for addressing tenant maintenance requests.
• Regular and routine building check and review including, but not limited to: changing lightbulbs, checking smoke and C02 detectors, monitoring of security equipment including alarms and security cameras, small repairs, assembling and disassembling office furniture, shelter beds, and other furniture.
• Assembling and staging rooms for various events and occasions.
• Maintaining a thorough inventory of and ordering maintenance equipment and cleaning supplies.
• Assist with property sidewalk snow removal and safe establishment of safe pathway for entry and exit of facilities.
• Providing maintenance and upkeep of offices, common spaces, and immediate building exterior and sidewalks of both facilities.
• Additional tasks and projects as they are determined.

Custodian Requirements

• High school diploma.
• Good physical fitness.
• Prior Janitorial AND apartment maintenance preferred but will consider trade school certification.

Compensation: $17.00 - $19.00 per hour

Pastor Reginald E Kerr who after retiring thirty-seven and a half years from Dunlop Tires (Tonawanda NY) and serving faithfully for almost 20 years ministering to inmates at the Gowanda, Attica, and Collins correctional facilities decided to start his own Church (Temple of Christ) in 2005. Three years later (2008), with his wife Sarah by his side, he would open up My Place Home for the Homeless Shelter for women and children. Their shelter would provide a warm and safe environment, nutritional meals and access to resources to help the disadvantaged rebuild and regain their independence and self-sufficiency. Pastor Kerr invested not only his time but also his personal financial resources to help others. These charitable acts of love inspired others to join and continue the mission of serving others. Many people have donated their time and resources to continue the mission of love that he started. My Place Home is committed to helping those displaced by hardships that and without permanent housing to reclaim their independence and find a place to call home.

This is a part-time position.