Buildings and Grounds Summer Worker

We invite you to explore summer employment opportunities within the Buildings and Grounds facilities team. Bennington College welcomes applications for several Summer Worker positions, including Grounds Helpers and Housekeepers' Assistants. The College offers a competitive hourly wage, and employees have use of our on-site facilities, including a fitness/recreation center, tennis courts, and campus library. Spend your summer on our vibrant and exciting college campus!

The hourly rate of pay starts at $17.67, and after thirty (30) days of employment in any of the above summer positions, the hourly rate will increase to $19.63.

Summer Employment Opportunities Are Temporary, Full-time, Starting On/around The First Week Of June Through August 28, 2026. We Recognize That Summer Hires May Have School Or Other Commitments That Require Them To End Their Assignments Earlier. Available Schedules/placement For The Summer Worker Positions Are As Follows

• Summer Worker/Grounds Helper - Full-time (40 hours/week), Monday through Friday 7:00 am - 3:30 pm
• Summer Worker/Housekeepers' Assistant - Full-time (40 hours/week), Monday through Friday, 6:30 am - 3:00 pm
  
  

Working in collaboration with experienced Buildings and Grounds staff, Summer Workers are responsible for following established safety rules and regulations, maintaining a safe and clean work environment, and promoting a positive and congenial atmosphere and working relationship with students, employees, supervisors, and other individuals with whom these positions may come in contact. These jobs require the use of proper judgment in work assignments daily, effectively managing their time, and being proactive and self-motivated.

Qualifications

• All candidates must be 16 years of age or older.
• Grounds Helper: Knowledge of hand tools and light equipment. Ability to operate lawn mower, brush cutters, weed whacker, and leaf blower.
• Housekeeping Assistant: Ability to operate a vacuum, buffer, floor machine, wet/dry vacuum, washing machine, and similar equipment required for housekeeping/cleaning tasks.
• Bennington College requires successful completion and acceptable results of a background check.
  
  

Bennington serves a diverse student population inclusive of members of ethnically/racially minoritized, international, LGBTQIA , and disability communities as well as diverse gender identities, socioeconomic backgrounds, religions, and political beliefs. Our staff and faculty also reflect diverse and intersecting backgrounds and identities. All employees are expected to be respectful and responsive to these differences in the service of building community that promotes student and employee success and community cohesiveness. Each individual (faculty, staff and students) will be accountable for upholding these values. The College’s approach to pluralism and inclusivity—both as fields of inquiry and practice—is to prioritize flexible thought, and to invite the examination of access, value, power, and privilege through its institutional policies and areas of study. We encourage applicants from diverse realms of interest, backgrounds, experience, and accomplishment to apply.

The College

Bennington College is a laboratory for innovation in higher education. At Bennington, learning and making—on campus and in the field—are inseparable, and its graduates are noted for their outsized impact on the world’s stage. This campus celebrates the ongoing making of work—shared on walls, in shows and performances, in lectures and readings, and in conversations—and believes that equity, diversity, and inclusivity are vital to a collaborative community. This position captures, contributes to, and reflects the ethos of this creative community.

Nestled at the foot of the Green Mountains in Vermont, the campus consists of approximately 370 acres. The College was named one of ten with the best architecture by Architectural Digest. From campus, it is a short drive to the cultural offerings of the northern Berkshires in Massachusetts, Albany, New York, and many of Vermont’s top recreational centers. New York City, Boston, and Burlington, Vermont are all within three and a half hours by car.