Cleaner

**Cleaner**: **Job ID**: - 233553 **Posting status**: - Open **Organization**: - Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Gaming **Division**: - Ontario Parks - Huronia Historical Parks **City**: - Midland **Position(s) language**: - English **Job term**: - 1 Temporary (up to 12 months) **Job code**: - 50614 - Cleaner 1 **Salary**: - $931.60 - $1,003.20 Per week* *Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement. **Helping visitors feel welcome - every day, every season.**: Join the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Gaming for a unique opportunity at Huronia Historical Parks. Help preserve Ontario's heritage by keeping our historic sites clean, safe, and welcoming. As a Cleaner at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, Huronia Historical Parks (HHP), your work helps tourism, culture, and community pride - ensuring visitors experience the province's rich history in a well-maintained environment that reflects the care and respect Ontarians have for their past. **About the job**: As a Cleaner at Huronia Historical Parks, you'll play an involved role in keeping Sainte Marie among the Hurons clean, safe, and welcoming. Your core responsibilities will include: - cleaning public and staff areas like washrooms, offices, and visitor spaces - caring for historic buildings and furnishings by using proper techniques to clean woodwork, artifacts, and display areas - following health and safety protocols to ensure a clean environment during daily operations and special events - helping with seasonal operations by guiding student workers and assisting with basic maintenance tasks - managing cleaning supplies by tracking inventory, making small purchases, and safely handling of cleaning materials **Please note: You will need to perform physically challenging tasks such as walking, standing, twisting, lifting and repeated bending** **What you bring to the team**: **Mandatory requirements**: - You have a valid "G" driver's license, or equivalent, as recognized by the Province of Ontario **Technical expertise**: - You have demonstrated experience with cleaning methods and the use of cleaning equipment and materials to ensure proper use - You have knowledge of WHMIS requirements for the handling and storage for corrosive and toxic materials/chemical solutions used for cleaning - You have knowledge of relevant sections of the Occupational Health and Safety Act requirements - You can learn cleaning techniques and conservation practices associated with reproduction and period furnishings **General skills**: - You can identify maintenance needs and repairs and supply shortages - You have communication skills to provide information about cleaning, repair and maintenance matters to staff members, to assist with training of students, and to occasionally instruct and direct visitors - You have experience maintaining records of the use of cleaning materials, and other supplies - You have prioritization skills to ensure tasks are completed daily **How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility**: We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions. Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's _Human Rights Code_ and the _Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005._ We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us. Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace: - diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives - accessibility - Anti-Racism Policy **What we offer**: The Ontario Public Service is one of Ontario's largest employers. Employees work for a wide range of ministries, with offices in more than 70 cities across the province. We offer: - a career that can grow across ministries and job functions - flexible learning and developmental opportunities, including education and mentorship programs - a modern, friendly and accessible physical work environment - many employee networks offering support for and education about underrepresented groups This role comes with the option to participate in a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that includes: - a defined-benefit lifetime pension plan (guaranteed, ongoing inflation-protected income after retirement) - group health, dental, life and disability benefits - an Employee and Family Assistance Program, which provides confidential counselling services **Additional information**: - Monday, October 20, 2025 11:59 pm EDT **Position det