Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Salary: $20.73 - $21.73/hr

*Optional free 1-bedroom apartment with washer/dryer and all utilities paid for

WE OFFER EXCELLENT BENEFITS:

• FREE Employee Medical Insurance
• FREE Employee Dental Insurance
• FREE Employee Vision Insurance
• Sick leave (8 hours per month)
• Vacation (Minimum of 2 weeks paid vacation)
  
• Retirement (Employer contribution - 3% contribution and an additional 3% employer match)
• FREE Long-Term Disability Insurance
• FREE Life Insurance
• 13Paid Holidays

Mission of Catholic Charities

Feed the hungry, heal the hurting, welcome the stranger.

CCEW is an equal opportunity employer. All employees and potential employees will be recruited, selected, trained, promoted, compensated and, if necessary, disciplined or terminated without regard to sex, gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, immigration status, religious affiliation, marital status, military veteran status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.

Job Summary

This position is responsible for landscape or maintaining grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. Perform a variety of tasks, which may include any combination of the following: weeding, trimming, and planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking, and sprinkler repair during the growing season. Responsibilities also include maintaining the pool/spa and snow removal during the winter season.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each of the essential duties/responsibilities listed below. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties/responsibilities of this job.

Spring/Summer Season:

1. Physically walk the properties on a frequent basis and removes litter, debris, cigarette butts and pet droppings from the grounds.
2. Care for established lawns by weeding, and trimming and edging around flower beds, walks, and walls.
3. 
   Report issues with the irrigation systems to Management.
4. Provide proper upkeep of sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, planters. Free of debris, overgrowth, weeds.
5. Dumpster areas. Transfers trash and other items left outside of dumpster into dumpster. Pick-up and sweep area.
6. Assist in maintaining a safe environment by taking note of obstruction in breezeways, lights that need to be replaced, suspicious activities, and unusual smells or sounds.
7. Read and abide by all company policies and procedures and community policies applicable to your specific property.
   

Fall/Winter Season:

1. Physically walk the properties on a frequent basis and remove litter, debris, cigarette butts and pet droppings from the grounds
2. Assist with fall cleanup keeping walking areas clear of leaves and debris providing a safe passage

Snow removal - expectation is to have clear path for residents to safely walk and drive through the property.

1. To include:
   1. Snow to be removed from walks,
   2. driveways, and
   3. parking lots supplementing snowplows moving piles, snow between vehicles.
   4. spread salt/sand or deicer in all areas residents may access.
2. Dumpster areas. Transfers trash and other items left outside of dumpster into dumpster. Pick-up and sweep area.
3. Assist in maintaining a safe environment by taking note of obstruction in breezeways, lights that need to be replaced, suspicious activities, and unusual smells or sounds.

On-call Duties:

1. Attend to lock outs and minor after hour emergencies.
2. Assist with minor maintenance needs as available.
3. Adhere to the tenets of Catholic Social Teaching and Catholic Doctrine
   
4. Perform as a team member to ensure that productivity outcome measures are achieved.
   
5. Uses appropriate administrative, fiscal, physical, and technical safeguards to ensure theconfidentiality,integrity, and security of CCEW client protected health information (PHI), per regulations outlined in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
6. As a mandated reporter, follow all procedures outlined in agency policies and procedures to report to the proper agency when there is suspicion and/or confirmation that a child or adult has been a victim of abuse or neglect.
7. Ensures regulatory COA and Catholic Charities policy compliance on each property.
8. Perform related functions necessary to support the mission and core values of Catholic Charities.

Job Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must meet the minimum qualifications listed below. These qualifications are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required to perform this job.

Education/Experience: to perform this job successfully, an individual must have
a High School Diploma or a General Education Degree. Ability to use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge and brush trimmers, and axes. Demonstrated experience performing janitorial duties.

Certificates/Licenses : To perform this job successfully, an individual must have a Drivers License and the ability to drive for work use. Must successfully pass background check as applicable to position. Pool certification must be obtained within 6 months of hire.

Physical Abilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to:

• Regularly stand, climb, walk, hear/listen, talk
• Frequently lift up to 50-100 pounds, pull/push, carry, grasp, reach, stoop, kneel
• Occasionally sit, crawl
• Clearly see 20+ feet, with or without corrective lenses, ability to focus

Mental & Other Skills/Abilities :
To perform this job successfully, an individual must have the:

• Adaptability: ability to adapt to changes, delays or unexpected events in the work environment; ability to manage competing demands and prioritize tasks; ability to change approach or method to best fit the situation.
• Analytical Ability: ability to maintain focus for extended periods of time; ability to complete research projects with resourcefulness and persistence; ability to synthesize complex or diverse information; ability to use intuition and experience to complement existing data.
• Attendance: ability to consistently arrive and be able to work as scheduled. Work schedule may change as required.
• Computer/Technical Ability: No computer knowledge needed.
• Dependability: ability to follow instructions, both in written and verbal format; ability to respond to management direction; ability to complete tasks on time or notify the appropriate person with an alternate plan when necessary.
• Interpersonal Skills: ability to maintain satisfactory relationships with others, excellent customer service skills and a good overall understanding of appropriate human relations. Awareness of and sensitivity to the service populations culture and socioeconomic characteristics.
• Judgment: ability to make prudent and timely decisions; ability to exhibit sound and accurate judgment; ability to explain reasoning for decisions.
• Language Ability: ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence; ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Mathematical Ability: ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Motor Coordination: the ability to coordinate eyes, hands, fingers, and feet accurately and handle precise movements.
• Problem Solving Ability: ability to identify and/or prevent problems before they occur; ability to formulate alternative solutions to problems when necessary; ability to transfer learning from past experiences to new experiences of similar nature.
• Quality Management: ability to complete duties, on time and with absolute precision, at least 95% of the time; ability to edit the accuracy and thoroughness of ones work as well as the work of others; ability to constructively apply feedback to improve performance, ability to generate ideas to improve and promote quality in work.
• Reasoning Ability: ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions; ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Supervisory Skills: this job has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

Workplace Environmental Conditions

While performing the essential duties/responsibilities of this job, the employee will be:

• Noise Conditions: exposed during a shift to constant or intermittent sounds at a level sufficient to cause hearing loss or fatigue.
• Exposure to Trauma: Employees of Catholic Charities Eastern Washington provide direct services to vulnerable community members including those who have behavioral health challenges and those who have been exposed to trauma.
• Heat: subject to high temperatures
• Cold: exposed to low temperature
• Atmospheric Exposures: exposed to dust, fumes, vapors, or mist.

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