General Maintenance Worker

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Description

• WhyOne FamilyIllinois?**
  
  

At One FamilyIllinois (Formerly SOS Childrens Villages Illinois) we are

committed to keeping brothers and sisters in foster care together by

providing safe, stable, and loving homes. We do this by offering an

innovative approach to traditional foster care. Our model of care

provides a private, single-family home, access to a community center,

and support from professionally trained Foster Parents and staff. With

this, the children we serve benefit from the stability of remaining with

their siblings as well as the support of neighboring One FamilyIllinois

Foster Parents and the entire community.

Work for an impactful organization with a purpose

Corporate culture that supports diversity, equity, and inclusion

Hybrid/flexible work options to help balance work and life

PTO (paid time off in the form of personal days, sick time, vacation

days, and paid company holidays

Bonus Plan for Child Welfare Specialists

Employee Referral Bonuses

**Employee Well-Being Benefits**

Competitive Healthcare plans through BCBS for you and your dependents

(eligible the first of the following month after 30 of FT employment)

Vision/Dental/Life Insurance offerings

Flexible PTO

Access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

403b Retirement Savings Plan (nonprofit version of 401K). Able to

contribute immediately upon full-time employment. In addition, the

organization will contribute 4% to your savings plan after 12 months of

full-time employment regardless if you are contributing.

Part of the federal student loan forgiveness program

Access to financial advisors and financial education tools

Tuition reimbursement options

Opportunities for further education as well as time to attend

trainings/workshops/etc. for personal/professional development

The Role

The General Maintenance Worker will assist One Family Illinois Director

of Facilities with the maintenance and equipment needs of One Family

Illinois buildings and grounds in a manner consistent with quality and

long-term preservation of the facilities/grounds.

Responsibilities

• Works in all areas of maintaining the buildings, grounds and
  
  

equipment of the Villages and other One Family Illinois sites,

including but not limited to working with electrical, plumbing,

painting, removing/adding flooring and carpentry needs, including

responsible for working with tools, ladders, and maintenance

supplies as needed to complete the tasks. Maintains facilities by

providing needed interior and exterior painting including preparing

surfaces by scraping; using commercial paints removers; filling

cracks and holes.

• Assesses needs for repairs and coordinates to ensure appropriate
  
  

work is complete when needed for windows, roofing, tuck pointing,

doors, floors, woodwork, plaster, framing, drywall, or other parts

of building structures which includes installations.

• Maintains safe work procedures by erecting scaffolds, ladders and
  
  

safety barriers, as directed.

• Maintains cleanliness of all public and administration buildings and
  
  

outbuildings, and the upkeep of grounds which includes, but is not

limited to lawn care, salt spreading, snow removal, trash pick-up

and removal and landscaping.

• Helps ensure the appropriate use and proper care of agency vehicles
  
  

including but not limited to changing bulbs and fuses and taking

vehicles in for service.

• Assists with set-up and take down for meetings and special events,
  
  

provides assistance with the pick-up and delivery of donated items,

and with holiday and special events that may include some evening

hours and some weekends.

• Attends general agency staff meetings, in-service educa ion and
  
  

training, individual supervision and other meetings as directed by

the Director of Facility Maintenance or Supervisor.

• Assists Director with special maintenance projects and performs
  
  

other duties as assigned.