Cleaner/light Maintenance Worker, Part-time

**Job description**

**NELSON HOUSE OF OTTAWA-CARLETON REQUIRES A PART-TIME**

**CLEANER/LIGHT MAINTENANCE WORKER**

**Internal/External Job Posting, UNIONIZED WORKPLACE**

Posted: Dec. 17, 2024 Start date: As soon as possible

Hours of work:15 hours per week.

Rate of pay: $25.17 per hour, 4% vacation time and 4% in lieu of health benefits.

Under the direction of the Executive Director, the maintenance worker is responsible for general cleaning and light maintenance of the shelter. The maintenance worker contributes to the services of Nelson House by ensuring that the environment is safe and comfortable for residents. This is a unionized position.

**Duties and responsibilities**

1. Cleaning
- At the beginning of each shift, check for maintenance requests and check with the Director and Administrative Assistant what needs to be done;
- Kitchen: conduct monthly cleaning of kitchen appliances including the fridge, stove and microwave. Dust under the kitchen fridge on a regular basis. Clean cabinet doors, wash walls, and clean glass doors regularly;
- Bathrooms: clean the bathrooms weekly;
- Offices: Sweep and/or vacuum hallways, stairwell, and front entrance and front office regularly, empty wastebaskets, dust furniture and empty paper into shredding bin on a weekly basis;
- Residents’ rooms: clean and sanitize residents’ rooms as these are vacated including vacuuming carpets, washing walls, cleaning doors, and washing mattresses and cribs with germicidal soap. Remove any linens and take them to the laundry room, rearrange furniture with assistance, as needed.
- Spot wash walls and glass windows, baseboards, windowsills, dust furniture, blinds, light fixtures, etc. as needed. Defrost freezers as needed;
- Garbage, Recycling and Food Waste: remove garbage and food waste from the kitchen, sort the recycling bins and take all out to the curb, including garbage, put all garbage, recycling and food waste out on garbage day;
2. Light maintenance
- Advise the Administrator of maintenance jobs that are required and not within the maintenance workers job description, abilities or within current safety standards;
- Interior Maintenance: do minor maintenance/repairs as needed such as fixing locks, changing electrical socket plates and light bulbs, oil door locks and hinges, lay ant traps as needed, replace baby gates, repair kitchen cupboards, adjust heating ducts, and tighten screws and assemble small furniture. Light maintenance of ventilation air quality systems;
- Snow Removal as required: clear snow from all exits and pathways around the house;
- Exterior Maintenance: Change exterior light bulbs as needed, clean up children’s play area (raking, sweeping, washing structures), clean windows, maintenance of gardens, trim hedges, prepare yard and house for winter;
- BBQ: Prepare the BBQ for the season, take out/put away patio furniture on a seasonal basis.

3. Other
- Advise Administrator when cleaning supplies need to be re-ordered;
- Accompanying outside contractors when onsite.

**Requirements**:
Police Reference Check for the Vulnerable Sector for Nelson House
- We are committed to diversity and inclusion in hiring those who identify as _**women**_*. In keeping with this principle, we encourage indigenous women, immigrant women, women of colour, women with disabilities, lesbians and trans** people to apply._
- *Relying on provisions of Section 23 of The Human Rights Act in setting the restriction._
- **Trans persons are all people who identify as trans, non-binary, gender fluid, and gender non-conforming._

**Job Type**: Part-time

Pay: From $25.17 per hour

Expected hours: 15 per week

Language requirement: English

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Education**:

- Secondary School (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Maintenance: 1 year (preferred)
- maintenance/cleaning: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person, on site

Application deadline: 2024-12-27

Expected start date: As soon as possible

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: $25.17 per hour

Expected hours: 15 per week

Flexible language requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Education**:

- Secondary School (preferred)

**Experience**:

- Cleaning: 1 year (preferred)

**Language**:

- English (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2024-12-27
Expected start date: 2024-12-27