What are the responsibilities and job description for the Environmental Services Assistant - Housekeeping position at Lutheran Life Villages?
Schedule: 8:00A to 4:30P every other weekend.
Who You Are
You are a dependable, detail-focused individual who takes pride in creating a clean, safe, and comfortable environment for residents, staff, and visitors. You enjoy hands-on work, can follow routine cleaning and laundry procedures, and are comfortable working independently with minimal supervision. You bring a positive attitude, strong work ethic, and the ability to stay organized while managing multiple tasks. Weekend, holiday, and extended shifts are part of your commitment to supporting our residents and community.
What You’ll Do
In this role, you will maintain resident rooms, common spaces, and facility areas in clean, orderly condition while ensuring safe and sanitary laundry operations. Your responsibilities will include:
Housekeeping
Education & Experience:
Benefits
We believe our team deserves to feel valued, supported, and inspired—both at work and beyond. That’s why we offer a comprehensive and meaningful benefits package designed to help you thrive:
✨ Celebrate You
Who You Are
You are a dependable, detail-focused individual who takes pride in creating a clean, safe, and comfortable environment for residents, staff, and visitors. You enjoy hands-on work, can follow routine cleaning and laundry procedures, and are comfortable working independently with minimal supervision. You bring a positive attitude, strong work ethic, and the ability to stay organized while managing multiple tasks. Weekend, holiday, and extended shifts are part of your commitment to supporting our residents and community.
What You’ll Do
In this role, you will maintain resident rooms, common spaces, and facility areas in clean, orderly condition while ensuring safe and sanitary laundry operations. Your responsibilities will include:
Housekeeping
- Maintain cleanliness in common areas, offices, lounges, public restrooms, hallways, and resident rooms.
- Dust mop, sweep, vacuum, and mop floors; clean and sanitize bathrooms, fixtures, water fountains, and windows.
- Refill supplies, remove trash, and reline receptacles.
- Clean and polish furnishings, fixtures, ledges, heating/cooling units, and high-touch surfaces.
- Monitor facility conditions (walls, vents, baseboards, ceiling tiles) and submit maintenance requests when needed.
- Complete bed-making, weekly linen changes, and terminal/discharge cleaning of rooms.
- Keep work areas clean, and ensure equipment and supplies are stored properly at all times.
- Transport, sort, wash, dry, fold, and distribute linens and resident laundry.
- Maintain adequate linen stock on halls and organize linen closets.
- Wash resident clothing as requested; search for missing items when needed.
- Clean laundry equipment, dryer vents, walls, and work areas; discard unusable items.
- Tumble/fluff draperies and manage laundry workflow to meet facility needs.
- Assist with setup for parties, meetings, and special events.
- Restock housekeeping carts and sanitize barrels/bins.
- Clean isolation rooms and handle biohazardous waste safely.
- Coordinate routine and terminal cleaning with nursing staff.
- Assist with lifting or moving equipment and complete other duties as assigned.
Education & Experience:
- No previous experience or training required - just willingness to learn.
- Ability to follow instructions and maintain accurate work records.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Reliability in supporting weekend, holiday, and extended shift schedules.
- Cleaning carts, housekeeping tools, ladders, and germicidal chemicals.
- Washers, dryers, sorting tables, laundry carts/bins, and cleaning solutions.
Benefits
We believe our team deserves to feel valued, supported, and inspired—both at work and beyond. That’s why we offer a comprehensive and meaningful benefits package designed to help you thrive:
✨ Celebrate You
- Enjoy a paid day off for your birthday every year - because you deserve it!
- Receive holiday double pay when working any of our 14 recognized holidays.
- Earn up to 17 days of PTO in your first year - with more as you grow.
- Shift differentials are available to reward your hard work during evenings, nights, and weekends.
- Access medical, dental, and vision insurance - starting within just 30 days.
- Life insurance and short-term disability coverage to protect you and your family.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for confidential support when you need it most.
- Take advantage of education assistance, including our Achieve Your Degree program (in partnership with Ivy Tech).
- Plan ahead with a 403(b)-retirement savings plan, complete with employer match.
- Benefits listed above are eligible based upon position status & hours worked.