Activities Lead Custodian

Start Date: Immediately or as soon as mutually agreed upon

Position Type: Full-time, 261 days per year

Location: Cañon City High School

Salary: Pay for this position is determined by the Operations Salary Schedule, Lead Evening Custodian, and based on years of experience and education, $17.58-19.33

Benefits Include: Health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, PERA retirement, paid time off, as well as other optional benefit elections. Preschool options available for employees with children. Longevity and professional development incentives.

Purpose of the Job: The Lead Evening Custodian operates under the general guidelines of the administrator to ensure the school building is clean, environmentally comfortable, and safe for teaching and learning. Collaborating closely with the Head Custodian, the Lead develops work schedules, assigns work areas, and facilitates training for the custodial crew. Additionally, this position is responsible for supporting and accommodating school and community activities, requiring the flexibility to work evening and weekend shifts as required.

Minimum Requirements:

Education: High school diploma

Certification: N/A

Experience: Similar job-related experience is preferred

Licenses/Certificates: Valid Colorado Driver’s License

Other Criteria:

• Criminal background check required for hire.
• Ability to work cooperatively in a school atmosphere with staff members, students and the public.
• Ability to effectively read, write, speak and listen to comply with directions and instructions to complete tasks and establish priorities.
• Integrity, trust and work ethic to be able to work with little supervision.
• Competent understanding of technology to perform the job.
• Must pass pre-employment physical
• Ability to perform light lifting and moving of product (up to 75lbs)
• Implements appropriate physical and technical safeguards to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of district data
• Maintains good security practices with passwords and accounts to the various district systems and applications.
• Reports actual or suspected breaches in the confidentiality, integrity or availability of district data to appropriate district personnel.
• Follows all board policies for acceptable use of district technology.
• Model the District's Mission and Belief Statements.

Essential Duties of the Job:(To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation.)

• In collaboration with head custodian, develops work scheduling, assigns work areas, assigns tasks and monitors the performance of student sweeper as applicable.
• Facilitates training for evening custodial staff in proper use of tools, supplies, equipment and safety procedures as directed by Director of Operations.
• Takes necessary steps to ensure a cohesive team working environment among the custodial crew
• Works cooperatively with the Head Custodian to keep supplies in stock and properly stored
• Ensures that equipment is clean, safe and properly maintained
• Works with a schedule that guarantees the proper cleaning, inspection and security of all parts of the building and grounds
• When working days, sets up, cleans, and helps supervise during breakfast/lunch session(s)
• When working evenings, sets up, cleans, and helps supervise after-school activities (if evening job)
• Keeps all sidewalks free of ice, snow, rocks and other debris
• Assists in setting up and taking down equipment for school programs/athletic events
• Moves classroom/building furniture throughout the building as needed
• Performs regular custodial duties as needed throughout the day, including clean-up of bodily fluids
• Performs grounds maintenance as needed, including mowing grounds that are not taken care of by district crews, raking/cleanup of leaves and weeds.
• Maintain and update the school marquee regularly as directed by the administrator.
• May fill in for other custodians who are absent, especially the activities custodian for evening athletic events.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills, Knowledge, Equipment & Other:

Cleaning materials and tools, basic repair tools, buffer, vacuum cleaner, lunchroom tables, snow removal equipment including shovel and/or small tractor, shampooer, etc.

Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A

Requirements for Essential Functions of the Job:(The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, talk, or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; feel or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds from floor to waist, waist to overhead, waist to floor and overhead to floor. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to work in a school setting. Travel from site to site may occasionally; be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; outdoor weather conditions.The noise level in the work environment ranges is generally quiet with occasional increase when working events or with equipment. Must be able to work in person.

Mental Functions: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to analyze and compute. Frequently required to compare, communicate, coordinate, instruct, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, and compile. Occasionally required to copy, synthesize and negotiate.

TO APPLY:

A district application must be completed online at: https://jobs.redroverk12.com/org/canoncityschools

Anticipated Timeline for Hiring: Open until filled
Screening of Applications: Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Applications must be complete and submitted to be considered

Inquiries may be made to Jamie Davis, Director of Human Resources, 101 North 14th Street, Cañon City, CO, 81212, 719-276-5700.

Nondiscrimination/Equal Opportunity

In compliance with Titles VI; VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, and Colorado law, School District Fremont RE-1 does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, pregnancy, genetic information, disability or need for special education services in admissions, access to, treatment, or employment in educational programs or activities which it operates.

School District Fremont RE-1 has established complaint procedures for students, parents, employees, and members of the public. Complaints may be filed verbally, in writing, or anonymously. If you wish to file a complaint using the district complaint form, please submit it to: Ms. Jamie Davis, Director of Human Resources, Title IX, Section 504, and Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator, 101 North 14th Street, Cañon City, Colorado 81212 – Telephone: (719)276-5700, Email:jamie.davis@canoncityschools.org.