Sanitation Assistant - Low Barrier Shelter

Odyssey House Louisiana, Inc.; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Long-term disability

Short-term disability

Leave benefits

401k match

Job summary

Odyssey House Louisiana, Inc. is seeking a full-time Sanitation Assistant to manage housekeeping duties at the Low Barrier Shelter. The role includes cleaning, maintenance, and ensuring facilities meet OHL standards.

Responsibilities include deep cleaning every two weeks, cleaning common areas, and coordinating with staff to ensure timely service delivery. Competitive compensation with health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plus 401k match is offered.

Qualifications

• General knowledge of cleaning products, supplies, and techniques.
• Reliable and punctual with a dedicated professionalism to job and duties.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to work well alone, or with a partner or team.
• Adapt to changing schedules or routines.
• Ability to assist team members with cleaning duties when needed.
• Detail-oriented.
• Reliable mode of transportation.

Responsibilities

• Keep buildings in clean and orderly condition.
• Perform duties, such as cleaning floors, showers, walls and drains, living quarters, washing walls, windows, and handrails, removing debris and trash.
• Carry linens, towels, toilet items, and cleaning supplies.
• Disinfect equipment and supplies, ensuring safe and sanitary storage and care of products.
• Polish furniture and room accessories as needed.
• Clean windows, glass surfaces, and mirrors.
• Monitor chemicals by tracking chemicals with sign in/out sheet.
• Maintaining daily log of duties performed and time.
• Clean rooms, hallways, dining rooms and group rooms, restrooms, corridors, stairways, dorm rooms, and other work areas so that health standards are met.
• Empty wastebaskets, and transport other trash and waste to disposal areas.
• Transport of supplies (will be reimbursed for travel).
• Empty all trash, clean dining rooms, and kitchens.
• Coordinate with other staff and supervisor daily to ensure services are provided efficiently.
• Work with staff to discuss company policies for cleaning and sanitizing work areas, equipment.
• Monitor building security and safety by locking doors after hours and checking electrical appliance use to prevent hazards.
• Deep clean all facilities every two weeks.
• Clean bathroom floors twice a week.
• Report repairs and replacements needed when encountered on the job.
• Light maintenance work.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Reliable & punctual

Excellent communication

Time management

Organizational skills

Detail-oriented

Ability to work alone or with team

Adapt to changing schedules

Assist team members with cleaning

Cleanliness standards

Reliable transportation

Job description

Sanitation Assistant-Low Barrier Shelter

Join our mission to provide a comprehensive continuum of care forpeople in Louisiana, encompassing primary care, behavioral health, andsubstance use disorder treatment. Help save lives at OHL!

Job Summary

Odyssey House Louisiana, Inc. is seeking a full-time Sanitation Assistant. The Sanitation Assistant will be responsible for all housekeeping duties of the Low Barrier Shelter. The assistant will perform a variety of cleaning and maintenance duties. The assistant will oversee maintaining program sites/facilities to OHL's standards. Duties will include cleaning and keeping the grounds neat.

Responsibilitiesand Duties

• keep buildings in clean and orderly condition;
• perform duties, such as cleaning floors, showers walls and drains, living quarters, washing walls, windows, and handrails, removing debris andtrash;
• carry linens, towels, toilet items, and cleaning supplies;
• disinfect equipment and supplies, ensuring safe and sanitarystorage and care of products;
• polish furniture and room accessories as needed;
• clean windows, glass surfaces, and mirrors;
• monitor chemicals by tracking chemicals with sign in/out sheet;
• maintaining daily log of duties perform and time;
• clean rooms, hallways, dining rooms and group rooms, restrooms,corridors, stairways, dorm rooms, and other work areas so that health standardsare met;
• empty wastebaskets, and transport other trash and waste todisposal areas;
• transport of supplies (will be reimbursed for travel);
• empty all trash, clean dining rooms, and kitchens;
• coordinate with other staff and supervisor daily to ensure thatservices are provided in an efficient and timely manner;
• work with staff to discuss company policies for cleaning andsanitizing work areas, equipment;
• monitor building security and safety by performing such tasks as locking doors after operating hours and checking electrical appliance use toensure that hazards are not created;
• deep clean all facilities every two weeks;
• clean bathroom floors twice a week; and
• report repairs and replacements needed when encountered on job;
• light maintenance work;
• perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Skills

Required

• General knowledge of cleaning products, supplies, and techniquesfor cleaning
• Reliable and punctual with a dedicated professionalism to job andduties
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to work well alone, or with a partner or team
• Ability to adapt to changing schedules or routines
• Ability to assist team members with cleaning duties when needed
• Detail-oriented
• Reliable mode of transportation

Preferred

• 2 or more years' experience with commercial cleaning services
• Advanced knowledge of cleaning products, implements, and practices.

Compensation and Benefits

Competitivecompensation and benefits package includes insurance (health, dental, vision,life, long-term and short-term disability), leave benefits and 401k match.