Housekeeper

Please note that references provided at the time of application for staff positions will not be contacted until the applicant has been offered the position.

Description:

Responsibilities of this position include daily cleaning and trash removal of all areas in assigned buildings; minor maintenance such as changing light bulbs, and supervision of student crews.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Maintains assigned equipment in clean and operable condition.
• Performs inspection of facilities in regard to cleanliness, sanitation, maintenance and general condition. Reports needed repairs to Facilities Management.
• Performs minor maintenance such as changing reachable light bulbs or minor repairs to building furnishings.
• Performs regularly scheduled cleaning and maintenance of entrances, windows, stairways, elevator, public restrooms, and public areas.
• Performs regularly scheduled cleaning of classrooms and meeting rooms.
• Removes trash from building.
• Strips and refinishes all tile floors, extracts all carpets.
• Supervises, trains, and schedules student staff during the school year and summer.
• In support of Berea College?s great commitments, this position requires student supervision. The fourth great commitment is to promote learning and serving in community through the student labor program, honoring the dignity and utility of all work, mental and manual, and taking pride in work well done. The Supervision would include scheduling, assigning and approving work performed. Developing students about common workplace acumen and giving them tangible work experience is an expected outcome. To learn more about the student labor program and requirements on this position see: Labor Program Goals

What You'll Bring:

Education required to ensure success in this position:

• High School Diploma, or equivalent, Required.

• Up to one year related experience

• Ability to handle tools and equipment common to the housekeeping trade.
• Ability to respond to afterhours calls.
• Flexibility in scheduling of hours. 4. Ability to comprehend and follow OSHA rules for handling of chemicals and blood-borne pathogens.
• Positive attitude. Must be able to initiate and maintain good customer and co-worker relationships in a team environment.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions and communications

• N/A

• Ability to negotiate stairs and ladders
• Ability to stand, bend, stoop, crouch and perform pushing and pulling motions repetitively
• Ability to lift and carry up to twenty-five pounds frequently and fifty pounds occasionally

• When working in public restroom possible exposure to blood-borne pathogens or body fluids
• Exposure to dirt, dust, and cleaning fluids
• Occasional outdoor work such as sweeping entries and cleaning windows

• Car, Custodial Equipment (buffing machine, carpet cleaner, auto scrubber, vacuum, etc.)
• Ipad or tablet proficiency

Founded in 1855, Berea College is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls more than 1,500 students from 46 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them with a no-tuition promise. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment, and most are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only ten federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College is also the only institution in Kentucky to receive the 5-Star Rating from Money Magazine, 2025. Washington Monthly has named Berea College the #1 Best College in the nation in its 2025 College Guide. Berea College appears in their rankings as #1 College (overall): Best College for your Tuition (and Tax) Dollars, #1 Best-in Class College, #1 Liberal Arts College and #1 Best Bang for the Buck Southern College.

Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.

Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.

Berea College is always looking for talented, self-motivated individuals to join our team.


Berea College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

Our Benefits:
Berea College offers a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees and their families including health care, dental, vision, retirement, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability and an Employee Assistance Program. The benefit package also includes access to the Child Development Laboratory for children of College Staff, ages 6 weeks to 6 years, Seabury Center Membership, Staff Development Funds and Tuition Reimbursement.

Eligible staff employees also receive paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.

Part-time employees who work an average of 24 hours per week over the course of a year, receive benefits on a pro-rated basis.