Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington) is a vibrant and dynamic campus committed to providing an exceptional learning and living environment. As a leading research institution, IU values innovation, community, and a commitment to excellence in everything from academics to campus operations. Behind the scenes, dedicated staff play a crucial role in maintaining the university's facilities, ensuring students, faculty, and visitors have safe, clean, and functional spaces to learn, work, and receive care.
The IU Student Health Center and Wellness Center are a vital resource for student well-being, providing high-quality medical care, mental health services, and wellness programs. A well-maintained facility is essential to delivering these services, ensuring students have a clean, safe, and welcoming space when they need care.
Job Summary
This position supports the IU Student Health Center by maintaining clean, safe, and orderly facilities essential to student care and well-being.
Department-Specific Responsibilities
- Keeps buildings and facilities in clean and orderly condition.
- Keeps medical exam rooms and areas clean and sanitized.
- Performs heavy cleaning duties, such as cleaning floors, shampooing rugs, washing walls and glass, and removing refuse.
- Performs routine light maintenance activities, notifies management of need for repairs.
- Cleans floors, ramps, and stairs by sweeping, wet mopping/dust mopping, scrubbing, or vacuuming them. Services, cleans, and supplies restrooms. Gathers & empties recycling and trash. Cleans and polishes fixtures. Replaces light bulbs. Cleans windows, glass partitions, and mirrors using soapy water or other cleaners, sponges, and squeegees. Mixes water and detergents or acids in containers to prepare cleaning solutions, according to specifications.
- Dusts furniture, walls, machines, and equipment. Steam cleans or shampoos carpets. Strips, seals, finishes, and polishes floors. Cleans, replaces, and hangs blinds, drapes, and entrance mats. Collects and delivers soiled items.
- Clears sidewalks, drives, and adjacent areas. Shovels snow.
- Locks, unlocks, and secures buildings. Maintains awareness of building sand facilities, reports abnormalities or security concerns. Identifies and reports needed building repairs.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
- Assists with snow removal activities as necessary.
EDUCATION
Required
- General knowledge at the high school level
Preferred
- Previous custodial experience
Required
- Ability to work in a safe and efficient manner
- Proficient in English written and verbal communication skills
- Maintains a high degree of professionalism
- Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
- Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
- Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
- Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
- Highly thorough and dependable
- Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure
- Excellent organizational skills
- Ability to represent the company with external constituents
- Ability to drive multiple projects to successful completion
- Strong verbal communication and listening skills
- Ability to build strong customer relationships
- Knowledge of cleaning procedures and equipment and have ability to operate and use standard cleaning equipment and materials. Some knowledge of standard kitchen practices and sanitation methods (for positions in food service facility)
- Ability to follow safe work practices in biohazard and/or hazardous waste clean-up (i.e. blood borne pathogens; toxic, reactive, explosive and ignitable laboratory wastes, corrosive wastes from cleaning operations; other miscellaneous wastes from across campus). May involve training and tests in hazardous waste management
- Ability to interact and communicate with a wide variety of people
- Ability to perform work that requires medium to heavy physical effort
- Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions
- Ability to work in team environment
- Ability to work with wide variety of cultures and backgrounds
This role requires the ability to remain in a stationary position as well as the ability to move about the workplace for long durations. It requires effective communication, the ability to operate machinery, tools, and controls. The role requires the ability to ascend/descend ladders/stairs, and to position oneself in low level positions, detect a variety of chemicals and/or gases. The role requires the ability to ascend to rooftops and move in tight spaces to perform and complete inspections. The role requires the ability to move and transfer equipment weighing up to 50 pounds. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.
Must be available to work during inclement weather (i.e. snow and ice) when weather emergencies dictate that the department is needed to take care of the campus.
Work Location
IU Bloomington campus
This is an in-person position
Advertised Salary
$31,200 - $35,256 annually depending upon experience
Work Hours
Monday-Friday, 5:00 PM-1:30 AM
Benefits Overview
For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:
- Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
- Health savings account with generous IU contributions
- Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
- Basic group life insurance paid by IU
- Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
- Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
- Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
- Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
- 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
- Generous paid time off plans
- Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
Job Classification
Career Level: Foundational
FLSA: Nonexempt
Job Function: Engineering, Trades & Facility
Job Family: Custodial
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Posting Disclaimer
This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.
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