Porter (Local 241)

Department: Operations

Title: Porter

FSLA Status: Non-Exempt

Supervisor: Associate Director, Operations

Schedule: 40 Hours/Week; Thursday - Monday

The Jewish Museum:

The Jewish Museum serves people of all religious, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds through world-class exhibitions ranging from ancient to contemporary. Founded in 1904 and located on New York City's Museum Mile, the Jewish Museum aspires to be the global leader at the center of Jewish culture.

The Museum maintains a unique collection of nearly 30,000 works of art, ceremonial objects, and media reflecting the global Jewish experience over more than 4,000 years. The Museum's thought-provoking, innovative, and intellectually stimulating exhibitions and education programs serve a wide range of audiences, including families, children and teens, students, educators, and visitors with disabilities. As an identity-based institution, the Museum plays an important role among cultural institutions, challenging all forms of bigotry and discrimination and promoting understanding among wide audiences and especially in these challenging times. The Jewish Museum invites applicants of all backgrounds to consider joining the Museum in its work.

The Jewish Museum is committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for all. Integrity, collegiality, and excellence are central to the Museum's values. These values, along with an institution-wide commitment to Diversity, Equity, Access & Inclusion (DEAI), are embedded in the Museum's strategic plan.

The Position:

The Porter is responsible for physical maintenance of the office areas, staff kitchens, public and staff restrooms, galleries and public areas. Additional responsibilities include set-up for meetings and events. The Porter must be reliable, honest, and able to work independently and efficiently. They must have a flexible schedule and be able to cover day, evening and weekend shifts and have the ability to respond to emergency situations as needed is preferred.

Responsibilities Include:

Routine work includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Perform routine and specialized cleaning tasks throughout office and gallery spaces, including dusting, vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, and sanitizing restrooms, public areas, staff kitchens, and gallery spaces.
• Proficient in the safe and proper use of necessary cleaning equipment to maintain and enhance the appearance of floors (buffing, shampooing, stripping, etc…)
• Collecting and disposing of garbage from building(s), as well as bundling cardboard for pick-up in accordance with NYC Sanitation regulations.
• Ability to follow logistics and floor plans to set up tables/chairs/spaces for various events and meetings.
• Skilled in using hand trucks, dollies, and other equipment to facilitate the movement of items within the building(s).
• Ability to maintain the exterior of museum, such as washing down sidewalks and weeding tree pits in summer and shoveling snow and applying snow melt in winter.
• Able to provide relief and assistance to other team members.
• Capable of cleaning all tools, supplies and equipment after each use and store in the proper place.
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or G.E.D.
• Minimum of three years related experience.
• Must be able to lift and carry 50 lbs.
• Must be able to work standing up for an eight (8) hour shift.

Send Resume with Cover Letter To:

Director, Human Resources
The Jewish Museum
1109 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10128
Email: jobs @ thejm.org
Fax: 212.423.3232

The Jewish Museum is committed to diversifying its staff and encourages individuals of all abilities and ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds to apply for this position. The Museum is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic prohibited by applicable law.

This is a unionized position with covered employees represented by Local 241, TWU, AFL-CIO.

The Jewish Museum is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $24.53 per hour

Work Location: In person

Salary : $25