Housekeeper Specialist*

Duke PA; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Duke University is seeking a Housekeeper Specialist to maintain clean, safe, and welcoming spaces for students, staff, patients, and visitors. You will perform daily custodial tasks in campus buildings, follow safety guidelines, and help ensure environments support learning, research, and care across departments.

This role emphasizes teamwork, reliability, and attention to detail. No prior experience required, with on-the-job training provided.

Qualifications

• Partial high school education is generally required.
• No prior custodial experience is required; training will be provided.
• Physical ability to perform cleaning tasks (standing, lifting, bending).

Responsibilities

• Clean and service assigned areas within campus buildings.
• Sweep, mop, vacuum, and sanitize floors and surfaces.
• Restock supplies and manage basic inventory.
• Maintain logs and support departmental operations.
• Collaborate with supervisors to complete tasks efficiently.

Education

Partial high school education

Job description

Be You.

At Duke, we recognize that every team member contributes to creating a welcoming, safe, and clean environment for our students, faculty, staff, patients, and visitors. As a

Housekeeper Specialist

At Duke, we recognize that every team member contributes to creating a welcoming, safe, and clean environment for our students, faculty, staff, patients, and visitors. As a Housekeeper Specialist, you will play a vital role in supporting the daily operations of the University by helping maintain facilities that foster learning, research, collaboration, and community.

Whether working independently or alongside fellow team members, your commitment to service excellence and attention to detail will help ensure Duke spaces remain clean, comfortable, and ready to support those who learn, work, and visit here every day.

What You'll Do

Maintain Clean and Safe Facilities

• Clean and service assigned areas within University buildings.
• Sweep, mop, buff, and spray buff floors to maintain appearance and safety.
• Vacuum rugs, carpets, and other floor coverings as needed.
• Clean offices, restrooms, hallways, and common areas.
• Wash windows, walls, and other assigned surfaces.

Support Sanitation and Health Standards

• Empty waste receptacles and transport trash to designated disposal areas.
• Sanitize trash containers to meet applicable health and safety requirements.
• Maintain cleanliness standards that support a safe and welcoming environment for building occupants and visitors.
• Replenish restroom and housekeeping supplies as needed.

Manage Supplies and Materials

• Maintain adequate inventories of cleaning products and supplies needed for daily operations.
• Report supply shortages and reorder needs to appropriate personnel.
• Assist with receiving, issuing, packing, unpacking, and transporting materials and supplies.

Provide Operational Support

• Maintain logs of service calls and materials stored in designated areas.
• Assist with transferring materials and equipment between departments and locations throughout the University.
• Support departmental operations through a variety of custodial and logistical tasks.

Contribute to Team Success

• Collaborate with supervisors and team members to ensure work assignments are completed efficiently.
• Follow established procedures and safety guidelines.
• Perform other related duties that support the mission and operational needs of the department.

Minimum Qualifications

What We're Looking For

Education

• Ability to understand and follow instructions generally acquired through a partial high school education.

Experience

• No previous experience required.
• Experience in custodial, housekeeping, facilities, hospitality, environmental services, or related work is helpful but not required.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to perform physically demanding tasks, including:
• Mopping
• Vacuuming
• Lifting and moving supplies
• Standing, walking, bending, and reaching for extended periods

Equivalent Experience

• An equivalent combination of relevant education and experience will be considered.

Why Duke?

At Duke, every role contributes to making a meaningful difference. Housekeeper Specialists help create the clean, safe, and welcoming spaces where education, innovation, research, and community thrive. As part of Duke's dedicated facilities team, you'll work in an environment that values teamwork, respect, service excellence, and professional growth.

Choose Duke.

Join a team that takes pride in maintaining exceptional facilities and supporting a world-class university community. Your work matters, and your contributions help shape the Duke experience every day.

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions

Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.