Custodian; Arroyo and Willows

Why Join Us You believe that every person deserves a place to call home. You see that homelessness is a systemic issue and want to be a part of the solution. You are ready to utilize your talent, experience, and creativity towards purpose-driven work. You want to work alongside industry leaders to learn, implement, and pioneer best practices.

Salary USD $21.85/Hr.

LA Family Housing is a leading non-profit agency in Homeless Services and Real Estate Development. With 40 years of experience and 15,000+ lives changed each year, we know what it takes to end homelessness. We take tremendous pride in the emergence of our staff as national leaders in innovation, best practices, and policy within housing production and homeless services. Join the fight to end homelessness and make a difference in people’s lives at LA Family Housing!

Under the supervision of the FMO Manager, the Custodian is responsible for maintaining building cleanliness, grounds and common areas of all LAFH properties. The position may work as part of a team or independently, and is expected to carry out responsibilities.

• Clean vacant units, and office spaces, including: vacuuming carpets, clean walls, sweep floors, dust, strip beds, supply clean linens, clean and sterilize bathroom and all fixtures
• Wash and distribute linens
• Report need for pest control
• Clean laundry room, halls, windows, offices, restrooms, and other interior common areas
• Clean interior/exterior windows
• Clean up debris around exterior/interior of facilities
• Notify supervisor of need to reorder cleaning supplies
• Clean/sweep grounds of buildings weekly
• Clean building and facility exterior, building fixtures, light fixtures, fire extinguisher boxes as needed
• Sweep and remove trash and debris from all common areas and stairways
• Wash and clean all exterior windows
• Capability to do minor maintenance repairs as directed by Operations Supervisor including replacing light bulbs and light fixtures
• Report any maintenance issues, hazards, including any unusual activities to the Operations Supervisor and or the Property Manager
• Assist with miscellaneous maintenance tasks at site as needed and directed by Operations Supervisor
• Attend staff meetings as directed by supervisor
• Additional tasks, projects, and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor

• Ability to follow directions and follow-through on work assignments
• Ability to read and understand labels and directions on cleaning equipment and cleaning products
• Ability to read and understand English as it is essential in communicating with management, tenants, clients, donors and volunteers
• Ability to work as a team; ability to receive and give direction and instructions
• Must have or obtain a Valid California driver’s license and availability of an insured vehicle to travel within the LAFH property sites as necessary if applicable
• Willingness and capability to perform requested duties and to be courteous and pleasant to vendors, clients and staff

• Willingness to be available on weekend and work after hours in case of emergencies
• Obtain and maintain CPR/First Aid Certification
• Ability to pass post offer Tuberculosis (TB) clearances
• Ability to work a 9/80 work schedule

• High School Diploma Preferred
• At least one (1) year of custodial/ janitorial experience preferred

Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 403B Retirement Plan, 529 Education Savings Plan, Long Term Disability, Employee Assistance Program, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Legal Access Plan, Employee Appreciation Program, Company Sponsored Employee Events, Staff Development, 9/80 Alternative Work Schedule, Paid Sick, Vacation and 13 Observed Holidays, Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program Eligibility, Emergency Funds, and more!

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Potential physical demands include but are not limited to:…