Cleaner - West Neighbourhood House - Toronto, ON

• Clean and maintain all public and office areas, including washrooms, showers, the courtyard and

external surrounding areas at all West Neighbourhood House locations;

• Sweep, wash, vacuum, mop, strip and wax floors and washrooms;


• Pick up and dispose of garbage, recycling, and organics;


• Disinfect common surface areas;


• Clean windows, glass, and mirrors according to established schedules or as required;


• Dust furniture, computers and fixtures;


• respond to and clean as a result of an emergency (e.g. spills, some of which may contain body fluids;


• Work in a safe manner following all appropriate health and safety rules and regulations.


• Ensure the security of the building during and after completed jobs and report any security issues to

management;

• Monitor public areas and keep those are tidy and orderly as necessary or according to stated

preferences;

• Assist with conducting minor repairs to the building systems, premises or its physical assets;


• Maintain and store cleaning supplies and advise when additional supplies need to be ordered;


• Notify supervisor of problems and when items are worn out;


• Travel between all locations;


• Assist with special cleaning projects and perform other duties as directed by the Operations Manager

or Property Maintenance Coordinator.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in cleaning public buildings and offices;


• Ability to clean and maintain all areas of heavily used multi-story public locations; lift over 20 lbs,

travel between locations (public transit available), work outside, and climb stairs and ladders;

• Experience using motorised cleaning equipment, (i.e. floor buffer, vacuum), commercial cleaning

solvents and other products required for building maintenance and of building operations;

• Knowledge of health and safety policies and practices, fire code, building code, and safe lifting and

handling procedures;

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• First-aid training and WHIMIS certification is an asset;


• Good verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact collegially with staff,

participants, volunteers and outside service providers;

• Ability to work weekday evenings if needed.

Status: Permanent Part Time

Start Date: ASAP

Hours: 6 hours per week (Saturday 4 – 7 p.m. and Sunday 7 – 10 p.m.)

Rate: $16.85 per hour

Unit: Administration

Immediate Supervisor: Coordinator, Property Maintenance

Posting Date: May 27, 2016

Closing Date: Jun 8, 2016

Note: West Neighbourhood House provides accommodation during all parts of the

hiring process, upon request, to applicants with disabilities. Applicants

should make their needs known in advance.

Please reply in writing by 5:00 p.m. on the closing date to:
Human Resources Administrator

588 Queen St. W.

Toronto, Ontario

M6J 1E3

melissawo@westnh.org

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