Facility/Event Support Worker PT

City-of-Carbondal; Illinois; On-site; USD 25,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

City of Carbondale is seeking a Part-Time Facility/Event Support Worker to assist with custodial, maintenance, and security tasks for the City Hall/Civic Center. The role includes cleaning offices and meeting spaces, setting up for events, and assisting staff and tenants while following supervisor instructions.

Shifts are Saturday 6:00 p.m.–2:00 a.m. and Sunday 4:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m., with a salary of $18.12 per hour.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Must have and maintain a valid Illinois driver’s license.
• Must be able to pass a police background check and drug screening.

Responsibilities

• Perform janitorial tasks to keep City Hall/Civic Center clean and sanitary, including vacuuming, mopping, glass cleaning, and restocking supplies.
• Empty trash and sanitize trash cans; handle disposal of waste and maintain cleanliness.
• Set up audio-visual equipment and arrange tables/chairs for events per instructions.
• Communicate effectively with supervisors and the public, both verbally and in writing.
• Provide weekend event access: unlock doors, disarm alarms, guide users, and secure the facility after events.

Job description

City of Carbondale, Illinois

Job Description/Opening Announcement

Title: Facility/Event Support Worker (Part-Time) (Saturday and Sunday)

Dept./Div.: Administrative Services - City Hall/Civic Center

This is a regular, part-time position (no benefits) which involves custodial, maintenance, and security work for the City Hall/Civic Center, and includes the cleaning and maintenance of City offices, Civic Center meeting rooms, corridors, toilet facilities, and building grounds. The Facility/Event Support Worker is supervised by the Lead Facilities/Event Support Worker and the Civic Center Manager.

Essential Duties:

1. 1. On a routine or as needed basis, performs janitorial tasks necessary to maintain all areas in the City Hall/Civic Center in a clean, sanitary, and safe condition, including the vacuuming of carpets using heavy-duty electric vacuum cleaners, walk-behind floor machines, and automatic carpet extractors. Other duties include dry and wet mopping tile floors, glass cleaning (both interior and exterior); dusting, blind cleaning, cleaning and sanitation of bathrooms, including toilets, sinks and urinals; filling/refilling of soap containers, toilet tissue, paper towels; cleaning kitchen appliances, including stove, range, ovens, refrigerators, sinks, grease traps, washing trash cans and installing plastic liners. Exterior work also includes mowing with a push-type powered mower, string trimming, snow and ice removal using shovels and scrapers, policing the grounds, and cleaning up debris and leaves. Also perform minor equipment maintenance and repairs per the manufacturer’s literature, and replace burned-out light bulbs and fluorescent tubes.
2. 2. On a routine or as needed basis, empty trash cans into dump carts and empty dump carts into dumpsters, and clean and sanitize empty trash cans. Trash containers can be as large as 32 gallons with lids and contain diapers, paper, liquid and solid food. Work includes grasping and lifting trash containers safely and appropriately.
3. 3. Implement written and verbal instructions from supervisors. Set up audio-visual equipment, set up tables and chairs according to instructions. Assist tenants and staff with delivery of supplies and materials. Assist staff and tenants with event set-ups.
4. 4. Effectively communicate with supervisors and co-workers both orally and in writing. Interact courteously and tactfully with the general public.
5. 5. As assigned by the Civic Center Coordinator, provide access to the City Hall/Civic Center for scheduled weekend and evening events on a call-in basis by reporting to the facility per the schedule sheet, unlocking doors to allow access to the facility by the user, disarming the security alarm, reiterating instructions to the user, departing and returning at the time the event is scheduled to end, re-setting the locks and security alarm.

Other Duties: Perform other duties as assigned for the overall operation of the Civic Center.

Work Environment: Work is performed primarily indoors but may require some outside work subjecting the employee to extreme heat/cold weather. The employee is exposed to chemicals used to clean the inside of buildings and equipment.

Physical Demands: Work requires frequent physical effort, such as standing, walking, bending, reaching, lifting, and carrying objects of moderate weight (15-49 pounds) for short durations, and operating electrical floor cleaners. Work also requires the employee to perceive and/or discriminate colors, sounds, depth, and texture.

Minimum Acceptable Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Must have and maintain a valid Illinois driver’s license.
• Must be able to pass a police background check and drug screening.

Regular, Part-time Position/No Benefits

Residency Boundary Requirement

Shift:

Saturday 6:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m.

Sunday 4:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

(If no scheduled events, hours may be adjusted)

Salary: Grade 3 $18.12/hour

The City of Carbondale is an Equal Opportunity Employer.