On-Call Event Service Worker

Sacramento Public Library; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Sacramento Public Library is seeking a custodial worker to help keep our facilities clean, organized and ready for events. You will set up and break down furniture for meetings, sanitize restrooms, dust surfaces, and help maintain inventory while representing the library to the public.

The role requires reliable attendance, ability to lift up to 80 pounds, and a commitment to customer service in a library environment. Join a team that supports community programs and daily operations.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• One year of relevant experience in events setup, janitorial work, or related field.
• Equivalent training or experience acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Clean and sanitize restrooms and fixtures.
• Set up and break down furniture for meetings and events.
• Clean and dust furnishings, shelving, and floors.
• Clean windows, common areas, and meeting rooms.
• Report issues to the Supervisor and maintain supplies inventory.
• Maintain positive relationships with staff and the public.
• Attend meetings and participate in team activities as needed.
• Represent the library to the public.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Multitasking

Customer service

Communication

Heavy lifting

Education

High school diploma or GED

1 year of relevant experience

Tools

Stockroom equipment

Job description

Sets up and breaks down furniture for meetings and events; ensures Library facilities are kept clean and presentable; and performs other related duties as assigned.

(Functions listed are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.)

• Cleans and sanitizes the building’s restrooms and its fixtures.
• Cleans and organizes the storage facility.
• Sets up and breaks down furniture for meetings and events.
• Cleans and dusts the building’s furnishings, shelving etc.
• Cleans building floors and interior and exterior windows.
• Cleans building meeting rooms, the Galleria and balconies, staff room and kitchen.
• Empties trash cans.
• Maintains inventory of custodial supplies.
• Reports all issues to the Supervisor.
• Maintain positive relationships with other staff and members of the public.
• Requires regular and punctual employee presence.
• Acts as a representative of Sacramento Public Library to the public.
• Attends meetings and participates in various team activities when needed; and
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

1. High school diploma or G.E.D. and
2. One-year relevant experience (Events set-up and Break Down, janitorial).
3. Or equivalent technical training, education, and/or experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The employee is expected to perform or possess the following:

• Ability to:
  1. Prioritize and multitask.
  2. Perform heavy manual work in lifting and moving materials.
  3. Understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
  4. Perform simple arithmetic operations.
  5. Communicate effectively and courteously with other staff and members of the public.
  6. Understand the customer’s needs and deliver services by focusing on the customer.
  7. Take initiative to ensure positive and successful customer experience by contributing to finding solutions, regardless of assigned responsibility.
  8. Respond to customers and address customer complaints/problems in a timely, accurate, courteous, respectful and friendly manner.
  9. Possess attention to detail and follow through on tasks effectively and efficiently; and
  10. Keep all relevant parties informed of all major issues and to recommend changes where appropriate.
• Skill in:
  1. Safely operating stockroom equipment.

Working Conditions

Physical and Environmental Conditions: Work usually occurs indoors, with acceptable lighting, temperature and air conditions. Routine discomforts from heat, cold or rain when delivering to branches or working outdoors. Requires constant bending, stooping and stretching. Spends 90% of the time standing or walking. Work involves heavy lifting and pushing of furniture or equipment up to 80 pounds. Cleaning machines may be noisy, and some tasks can be dirty and unpleasant.

Work involves routine risks or discomforts which require special safety precautions, e.g., working around moving parts, or machines or the use of protective clothing or gear such as gloves. Work environment also involves everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as libraries, offices or meeting and training rooms, e.g., use of safe workplace practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls and observance of fire and building safety regulations.