Description of Duties
Luther College (www.luthercollege.edu/university) invites applications for multiple casual part-time housekeeping staff members on an ongoing basis. Reporting to the Supervisor of Housekeeping, these positions are responsible for performing duties pertaining to the daily cleaning of the Luther College residence and classroom facility.
Shifts may be available on weekday mornings, evenings, and on weekends.
Students are welcome and encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities
- Vacuum floors, hallways, classrooms, offices, lounges and other carpeted areas in the academic building. This includes moving of furniture to ensure complete access to all floor surfaces;
- Clean corridors and washroom areas by mopping floors, scrubbing walls, cleaning grouting, emptying garbage receptacles, replacing paper in dispensers, cleaning toilets, mirrors, and counter surfaces;
- Clean student lounge areas and kitchenettes by vacuuming or mopping floors, moving furniture as required to access all floor surfaces. Empty garbage receptacles, cleans counters, appliances, counter surfaces and other areas as required;
- Clean the “Cellar” laundry room by mopping, scrubbing or vacuuming floor surfaces, emptying garbage receptacles and cleaning washers and dryers;
- During summer conference season (May to August), clean rooms for occupancy by conference guests by making beds, vacuuming floors, cleaning hard surfaces. Responsible for performing linen changes in guest rooms as scheduled and for laundering soiled linens;
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Experience with cleaning practices and procedures associated with the variety of cleaning duties associated with this position would be an asset, but training will be provided so experience is not essential;
- A commitment to health and safety practices and procedures is required. Knowledge of cleaning materials and chemicals used in the College and the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) would be considered an asset;
- The incumbent must be physically able to routinely lift moderately heavy loads such as garbage receptacles, cleaning supply containers, and paper products. In addition, there is repetitive motion associated with vacuuming, scrubbing of hard surfaces, and mopping of floors. Most of the day will be spent walking, bending, or kneeling in the performance of cleaning duties;
- Experience operating equipment such as vacuum cleaners, washers, dryers, and equipment typically found in a janitorial environment would be considered an asset;
- Affinity with the goals of Luther College and the small college environment in which flexibility, warmth, and cordiality are necessary and valued.
Salary
The salary for this position is $15.00 per hour.
To Apply
Interested candidates are asked to submit a cover letter, resume, and list of references to [email protected] by 5:00PM on September 27, 2024.
Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. Luther College is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates including women, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, Indigenous persons, individuals of diverse gender and sexual orientation and all groups protected by The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code. Applicants are invited to self-identify in as many categories as apply. You may identify in more than one group: please indicate all with which you self-identify.
Luther College at the University of Regina is located on Treaty 4 territory, the original homeland of the nêhiyawak, Anihšināpēk, Dakota, Lakota, Nakoda peoples, and Michif/Métis nation. We recognize that, as an institution founded by settlers, we benefit from being on this land. We are grateful for the privilege to learn, teach, and work here. We respect the Treaties that were made on these territories, we acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past, and we dedicate ourselves to move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in a spirit of Reconciliation and collaboration.
Luther College
Luther College is a Federated College at the University of Regina and offers degree programs in the Faculties of Arts, Science, Media, Art and Performance (MAP), and La Cité (French), with excellent pre-professional program options. While completely academically integrated with the University of Regina, Federated Colleges are administratively and financially independent from the University.
Luther College also operates a high school campus which shares a Board of Regents, President, and College Leadership Group.
Mission
Luther College prepares students to be compassionate, creative, and critical thinkers, through academic excellence and a community of care that is rooted in our call to love and serve our neighbours.
Vision
Luther College makes transformative change for a more grace-filled, just, and joyful world.
Luther College has developed a set of values which inform and inspire all that we do. These include:
- Rooted and Open: Rooted in the Lutheran intellectual tradition and open to insights from other religious, spiritual, and secular traditions. In our Canadian context, we feel especially called to recognize and value Indigenous worldviews, knowledge, and perspectives.
- Excellence: Innovation, creativity, exploration, and critical thinking and the desire to do our best in everything that we do
- Compassion, Care and Stewardship: Care for all entrusted to us — students, one another, our resources, and the world we live in
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Safety, acceptance, respect for all while valuing differences in individuals and among people(s)
- Integrity: Honesty, transparency, and accountability
