Sexton / Custodian - St. Mark’s Episcopal School

Position: Sexton / Custodian
Type: Non-Exempt, Full-time 12 Month position
Generally 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM with overtime on weekends, evenings and holidays.  
Reports to: Facilities Manager and Lead Sexton / Custodian
Preference: Speaks Spanish and English
Work Type: Full-time 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year, with occasional unscheduled overtime on demand.

Duties:

• Works alone or on a team to provide custodial and minor maintenance care to the school and church buildings. 

• General cleaning including washing and disinfecting bathrooms, classrooms, kitchens

• Maintains floors by vacuuming, spot cleaning carpets, sweeping and mopping

• Replace and stock supplies

• Gather and dispose of trash in buildings and on grounds

• Paint and touchup

• Light bulb and ceiling tile replacement

• Yard raking and blowing, sidewalk sweeping and power washing

• Event setups and takedowns ( chairs, tables, projector, and screens)

• Playground cleaning (including sandbox raking)

• Unlock and secure buildings as directed

• Continually assess facility issues and report concerns to Facilities Manager / Lead Sexton

Skills and Aptitudes:

• Adequate knowledge of cleaning and caring of a building and grounds

• Ability to

  • Work independently at times without direct supervision

  • Recognize problem areas and seek solutions

  • Manage time and juggle multiple tasks and projects

  • Communicate with staff, members, students, guests and comprehend instructions and take direction

  • Work around children

  • Manage stress in a sometimes hectic environment

Physical Requirements:

• Normal physical mobility and coordination which includes movement from place to place such as climbing stairs.

• Ability to reach and bend, push/pull, and lift and carry objects within a weight range from 3 pounds to 50 pounds. Ability to assist with handling objects in excess of 40 pounds.

• Normal dexterity of hands and fingers.

• Must be able to work outdoors in seasonal conditions.

About St. Mark’s Episcopal School

The community of St. Mark's Episcopal School celebrates the uniqueness of each child. We are stewards of our students' intellectual curiosity, faith, and passion for discovery. We cultivate joy, playfulness, and growth in a child-centered environment. Located in the West University Place neighborhood of Houston, St. Mark’s serves 450 students from two-year-olds through 8th grade. St. Mark's is an engaging community of learners where the school partners with its families in preparing each student for the path that lies ahead through a stimulating, whole-child school experience. Through offerings in athletics, performing and visual arts, technology, Spanish and a robust curriculum, St. Mark's prepares its graduates for the many high school options Houston offers, and successfully places its students in high schools which best fit each. 

Acknowledgments

In the event you are invited for an interview, the following items are required for further consideration:

• A copy of your college transcript.
• A completed and signed Background inquiry release. This is a criminal check that is required of all employees by the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. St. Mark's Episcopal School will provide this document to you.
• Evidence of citizenship or a legal work permit.

I CERTIFY THAT THE INFORMATION I HAVE LISTED IS CORRECT. I FURTHER UNDERSTAND THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE REQUIRED AND THAT THE SUBMISSION OF THIS APPLICATION DOES NOT GUARANTEE AN INTERVIEW OR JOB OFFER. I UNDERSTAND THAT ST. MARK'S WILL KEEP MY APPLICATION ON FILE FOR ONE YEAR.

WE ARE AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

I understand that the School is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, religion, handicap or disability, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

I authorize former and present employers, and professional, work, and personal references listed in the application and any other individuals I may name, to give the School or its designee any and all information concerning my previous employment and any pertinent information they may have, personal or otherwise and release such parties from all liability for any damages that may result from furnishing same to the School. I also authorize the School to provide truthful information concerning my employment with it to future employers and I agree to hold it harmless for providing such information.

I understand that the School reserves the right, to the extent permitted by law, to require drug and alcohol screening tests of an applicant or an employee either prior to employment or any time during employment and I hereby give my consent to any such tests. I consent to the release of the results of any such tests to the School or its designee. I release the School and its designee from any and all liability and damages which may result or arise from any drug test or the provision of information in connection with such a test.

I understand that this employment application and any other School documents are not promises of employment. If I am hired and not employed pursuant to a contract of employment that contains a specific duration of employment, I understand that my employment will be on a trial period for ninety (90) days from the date of my hiring and that I will remain an at-will employee thereafter. I further understand that, if I am employed, I can terminate my employment at any time with or without cause and with or without advance notice, and that the School has a similar right. I understand that no manager, representative, or agent of the School has any authority to enter into any agreement for employment for any specified period of time, or to make any agreement contrary to the foregoing, except that the Head of School may do so in writing. If I am hired under a contract, the contract will control the terms of my employment.

The information given by me on this application and during the interview process is true and complete in all respects, and I agree that if the information is found to be false, misleading, or unsatisfactory in any respect (in the School’s judgment) that I will be disqualified from consideration for employment or subject to immediate dismissal if discovered after I am hired.

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