Temporary Building and Grounds Aide

The Position

The Park District is currently recruiting for one (1) Temporary Building and Grounds Aide at the Brazilian Room, in Berkeley, CA. This temporary assignment will serve no more than six (6) months.

Class specifications are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed by employees in the class. Specifications are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job.

Under general supervision, performs minor building maintenance, groundskeeping, and custodial tasks for a building or park facility; assists the public by phone, computer, and in person as assigned; and performs related duties as assigned.

Essential Functions

The following duties are typical for this classification. Incumbents may not perform all of the listed duties and/or may be required to perform additional or different duties from those set forth below to address business needs and changing business practices.

Minor Maintenance:

• Performs preventive maintenance and simple repairs to keep facility functional
• Changes lamp and light bulbs, cleans fixtures, washers in faucets and drinking fountains, and tightens loose screws, bolts, hinges, and other similar minor repairs
• May perform more skilled repair tasks, including glazing broken windows, patching plaster, minor painting, assembling furniture, or fixing motor-driven equipment
• Moving and reconfiguring office space and cubicles
• Under a supervisor's direction, arranges for and oversees District staff or outside vendors performing major repairs, and for emergency services for HVAC, elevators, and wheelchair lifts
• Ensures displays and exhibits are working properly, as assigned.

Groundskeeping:

• Performs the full cycle of planting, watering and weeding of landscaped areas
• Irrigates and mows lawns
• Repairs minor water sprinkler systems leaks
• Prunes shrubs and brush
• Sweeps patio and sidewalks
• Chops and stores wood; performs the up keep of grounds.

Custodial:

• Performs clean-up related tasks to keep the facility neat; sweeps, dusts, mops, vacuums and shampoos carpets
• Cleans restrooms, offices and kitchen areas
• Picks up litter, recycles, and empties trash
• Sets up rooms for events and meetings
• Ensures facility is in an acceptable and functional condition for events
• May perform other custodial tasks including stripping and waxing floors, washing windows and mirrors, and cleaning out gutters and fireplaces.

Public Contact:

• Answers questions regarding use of park facilities
• May assist with weekly open house showings to the public
• Checks for proper inclusion of licenses, permits and certificates of insurance
• Assists customers
• Refers atypical and problem cases to the supervisor
• Monitors work of outside custodial firm.

OTHER FUNCTIONS & DUTIES:

• Performs building security
• Oversees District assigned pool vehicles
• Performs routine service checks and arranges for maintenance and car washes as required
• Keeps inventory of and orders custodial and other related supplies
• Completes forms and logs
• Prepares requisitions
• Maintains accounts and records
• Picks up and delivers mail and supplies
• Performs minor administrative duties, including making phone calls, emailing, and maintaining calendar
• Gives access to the facility and available amenities for events and closes and secures the facility
• May work with cleaning solutions
• Works outdoors in various weather conditions
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Education: Equivalent to the completion of twelfth grade,

AND

Experience: Two years of experience with a combination of minor building maintenance, groundskeeping, custodial, and public contact duties.

Additional Information

The following generally describes the knowledge and ability required to enter the job and/or be learned within a short period of time in order to successfully perform the assigned duties.

Knowledge of:

• Methods, materials and practices in custodial and basic building maintenance, including basic carpentry, electrical, plumbing, groundskeeping, and safe work practices
• Office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.

Ability to:

• Perform manual labor on a continual daily basis, including bending and lifting
• Operate and maintain necessary tools, small and motor-driven equipment, and machines
• Complete routine administrative tasks
• Work varied hours
• Work independently and manage minor projects
• Prioritize work and work in a busy environment
• Respond to facility emergencies or issues
• Operate office equipment including computers and supporting word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work at all levels, including a culturally diverse general public, with a focus on quality service to internal staff and external customers.

• Must pass a Level 1 Background Check.
• Possession of a valid California Class C Driver's License is a condition of initial and continued employment.
• May be required to work unusual hours, nights, weekends, holidays, and outdoors in a variety of weather conditions.
• Must wear a Park District uniform.
• Depending on work location and assignment, ability to use a respirator according to regulations, Title 8, 5144 (c) (g) (l) (A) (l.), incumbent shall not facial hair (e.g. beards, long sideburns, etc.) that impedes the effectiveness of the respirator.
• All East Bay Park Regional District employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.

For information regarding the District's applicable benefits package, please visit http://www.ebparks.org/about/jobs/resources/default.htm.

For temporary and/or on-call assignments, there are no benefits offered.