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Posted: 20-Jan-23
Location: Houston, Texas
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Facilities or Plant Operations
Preferred Education:
High School
St. Mark’s Sexton is a crucial position for the students, families, and faculty at St. Mark’s Episcopal School. While this position encompasses many different duties, its primary function is running the day-to-day custodial care to the school and church buildings.
St. Mark’s School Sexton will: (Demeanor)
- Receive guests and visitors as well as faculty, staff, and administration in a friendly, courteous manner, and be sensitive to how her/his demeanor is reflective of the School
- Adapt accordingly to circumstances that arise
- Communicate issues, questions, and circumstances to the School’s administration in a timely and professional manner
Work Type: Full-time 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, with occasional unscheduled overtime on demand.
Work Schedule: Start time of 10 am with an end time between 6 pm -7 pm. Also, varies dependent on school and church events
Job Description: The essential purpose of this position is to provide custodial and minor maintenance care to the school and church buildings. Additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned as necessary and directed, must be available for special events and last minute schedule changes.
General Responsibilities: Works alone or in a team with minimal direct supervision to keep all buildings clean and orderly by performing the following, but not limited to:
- Vacuuming
- Spot cleaning and shampooing all carpets
- General cleaning
- Window washing
- Sweeping
- Mopping
- Floor stripping, waxing, and buffing
- Washes, cleans, disinfects bathrooms, classrooms, kitchens
- Dusting
- Replace and stock supplies
- Gathers and disposes trash in buildings and on grounds
- Painting, minor maintenance
- Light bulb replacement
- Yard raking and blowing
- Sidewalk sweeping and power washing
- Event setups and take downs ( chairs, tables, projector, and screens)
- Playground cleaning (including sandbox raking)
- Assisting staff with transporting of items, loose and boxed
- Unlocks and secures the buildings as directed
- Advises Supervisor of potential building and grounds issues
The specified area of work responsibilities will include offices, hallways, bathrooms, classrooms, gymnasium, cafeteria, main hall, sanctuary, and all campus grounds.
Skills and Aptitudes:
- Adequate knowledge of cleaning and caring of a building and grounds
- Ability to work independently at times without direct supervision
- Ability to recognize problem areas
- Ability to manage time and juggle multiple tasks and projects
- Ability to communicate with staff, members, students, guests
- Ability to comprehend instructions and take direction
- Ability to work around children
- Ability to manage stress in a sometimes hectic environment
Physical Requirements:
- Normal physical mobility and coordination which includes movement from place to place such as climbing stairs.
- Ability to reach and bend, push/pull, and lifts and carries objects within a weight range from 3 pounds to 40 pounds. Ability to assist with handling objects in excess of 40 pounds.
- Normal dexterity of hands and fingers.
- Must be able to work outdoors in seasonal conditions.
- Must be in overall good general health.
About St. Mark's Episcopal School
The community of St. Mark's Episcopal School celebrates the uniqueness of each child. We are stewards of our students' intellectual curiosity, faith, and passion for discovery. We cultivate joy, playfulness, and growth in a child-centered environment. Located in the West University Place neighborhood of Houston, St. Mark’s serves 460 students from 18 months old through 8th grade. St. Mark's is an engaging community of learners where the school partners with its families in preparing each student for the path that lies ahead through a stimulating, whole-child school experience. Through offerings in athletics, performing and visual arts, technology, Spanish, and a robust curriculum, St. Mark's prepares its graduates for the many high school options Houston offers, and successfully places its students in high schools which best fit each.
St. Mark's is an Episcopal school, and as part of the St. Mark's Episcopal Church parish, is known as a community environment and second home to over 320 families. The school is committed to its positive relationship with families, believing strongly in the power of a fully engaged dynamic between school and home. As a place where children are know
...n, teachers understand what it means to meet children where they are, which plays a crucial role in fostering each child's spirit.
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