Janitorial/Housekeeping

Firstservice-Residential; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

FirstService Residential is seeking a part-time Housekeeper to perform cleaning and maintenance duties across indoor and outdoor spaces, ensuring high standards and safety. You will inspect work, communicate findings to management, and support a collaborative team in a dynamic environment.

This role emphasizes professionalism, strong communication, and the ability to handle multiple tasks, including event setup and trash/recycling duties, with a focus on keeping spaces clean and welcoming.

Qualifications

• Custodial experience preferred.
• High school diploma or equivalency.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain working relationships.

Responsibilities

• Performs cleaning/maintenance duties including sweeping, mopping, dusting, polishing, trash disposal, and glass cleaning.
• Informs Supervisor of needed supplies.
• Maintains cleaning solutions per OSHA hazardous chemicals requirements.
• Removes trash and assists in emergency cleaning.
• Sets up and breaks down tables/chairs for events in clubhouse and outdoors.
• Maintains a friendly and professional attitude.
• Ensures sanitary and cleaning supplies are adequate for assigned areas.
• Inspects areas daily and reports discrepancies to Supervisor.
• Ensures security procedures are followed at all times.
• Follows safety precautions while performing work.

Skills

Custodial experience

High school diploma

Written & verbal communication

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalency

Job description

Description

Join our team and help maintain a welcoming, well-kept community that residents are proud to call home. In this part-time Housekeeper role, you'll perform a variety of cleaning and maintenance tasks that require attention to detail, professionalism, and a commitment to high standards. Responsibilities include inspecting completed work, ensuring quality throughout the property, and communicating findings to management. This position may involve caring for indoor common areas, outdoor spaces, or a combination of both, offering a dynamic and active work environment. Ideal for individuals who take pride in creating clean, safe, and attractive spaces while working as part of a supportive team.

Your Responsibilities:

• Performs a variety of cleaning/maintenance duties as assigned including but not limited to sweeping, mopping, dusting, polishing, trash disposal, and glass cleaning.
• Informs Supervisor of needed supplies.
• Maintains all cleaning solutions in accordance with OSHA requirements for hazardous chemicals.
• Removes trash from premises and assists in emergency cleaning.
• Responsible for setting up and breaking down tables/chairs for special events, club meetings, and other activities occurring in the clubhouse and outdoors.
• Maintains a friendly and professional attitude.
• Responsible for maintaining the appropriate level of sanitary and cleaning supplies for assigned areas.
• Inspects all assigned areas daily and reports all cleaning and maintenance discrepancies to the Supervisor.
• Ensures that security procedures are adhered to at all times.
• Ensures all safety precautions are followed while performing work.
• Maintains working relationship with building staff.
• Maintains assigned equipment in good working condition.
• Must keep all work areas neat, clean and organized.
• As applicable, cleans restrooms: Sweeps and mops floors. Refills all dispensers such as hand towels, toilet paper & hand soap. Cleans toilets, urinals, sinks, mirrors & counters. Empties/ removes trash. Reports any discrepancies or deficiencies to supervisor.
• Responsible for removal of recycling and operating trash compactor. Also responsible for cleaning up main trash room.
• Ensures that the Clubroom and elevator lobbies trash containers are emptied. Any spills seen, would be cleaned up.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Previous custodial experience preferred
• High school diploma or equivalency
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong customer service, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Skill in developing and maintaining good working relationships.

Physical Requirements/Working Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Position involves sitting, standing, stooping, kneeling, pushing, shoving, lifting, carrying and moving objects that can weigh up to 50 lbs. or more following appropriate safety procedures. This movement can occur throughout the day.
• Must also be able to climb several flights of stairs if necessary.
• Must be able to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to communicate both on the phone and in person with our clients in order to resolve issues and manage the business.
• Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with guests, supervisors, and other associates.
• This position may alternate between working indoors in a controlled climate and with proper lighting, to an outdoors setting with variable climate and lighting.
• Must be able to interact with all types of individuals, be mentally alert, detail oriented, and with good reasoning skills.
• Must be able to work on more than one assignment at a time with frequent interruptions, changes and delays. Must be able to remain focused and work effectively, efficiently, and cheerfully under such circumstances. For safety reasons, employee must remain alert to working conditions and aware of safety, health, and environmental concerns.
• Must be able to work effectively and cheerfully in an environment which may be stressful due to adversarial situations resulting from the proper performance of duties

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Compensation:

$18.00/hour

Disclaimer Statement:

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. This is not an all-inclusive job description; therefore, management has the right to assign or reassign schedules, duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

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