Housekeeping Aid-Environmental Services Technician

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Saint Cloud (MN); On-site; USD 31,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The St. Cloud VA Medical Center is seeking a custodial/janitorial staff member to perform a broad range of cleaning and maintenance tasks in the Environmental Management Services Division.

Responsibilities include textile distribution, inventory activity, sanitizing and disinfecting, and routine cleaning of floors, blinds, curtains, windows, walls and fixtures. Qualifications emphasize demonstrated training or experience sufficient to perform the duties and adherence to the Federal Wage System

Qualifications

• No specific length of training and experience required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position.
• Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.

Responsibilities

• Perform janitorial and custodial services such as cleaning, sanitizing, waste removal, replacing curtains, washing windows and walls, dusting and polishing furniture and fixtures, sweeping, scrubbing and extracting, and applying floor finishes.

Job description

This position is located within the Environmental Management Services Division of the St. Cloud VA Medical Center, and performs both janitorial and custodial services (e.g., textile distribution and inventory activity, sanitizing and disinfecting, waste removal, cleaning of blinds, replacing curtains, washing windows and walls, dusting and polishing furniture and fixtures, discharge cleaning, sweeping, scrubbing and extracting, polishing floors and applying floor finishes).

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Opening Date: August 10th 2026
Closing Date: September 30th 2026
First Cut-Off Date: August 18th 2026

NOTE: This is an Open Continuous Announcement. Qualified candidates will be referred as additional vacancies occur. Eligible applications received after August 18th 2026, will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled. Final application disposition will be completed at the end of the open period stated in the announcement. In addition, due to the potential of a high volume of applicants, not all applicants may receive consideration.

EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.

SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements:

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.