CUSTODIAL SPECIALIST (PT) | Apply by February 12, 2025
POSITION SUMMARY
The Custodial Specialist is primarily responsible for maintaining a consistently clean, safe and welcoming facility. As a member of this team, you will perform custodial duties within an assigned area to include sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, disinfecting, polishing, removing trash/recycling, and other general cleaning tasks. Work in this position may be performed indoors or outdoors. To be successful in this role, you must maintain reliable attendance in order to perform the essential duties.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensures all museum premises, within an assigned area, are cleaned thoroughly and carefully on a regular schedule and as needed
- Tends to custodial safety concerns in an urgent manner
- Collaborates across departments in the performance of cleaning duties in sensitive areas such as galleries or storage rooms
- Partners with the Events Team/Facilities team to ensure appropriate housekeeping services in preparation for, during, and following events
- Monitors and/or participates in supply, furniture, and equipment moving activities, as needed
- Maintains stock of cleaning supplies and materials
- Supports efforts to organize and relocate items in storage
- Serves as a key member of the Emergency Response Team
- Fosters a culture of collaboration
QUALIFICATIONS
- Strong work ethic
- Strong connection to First American community preferred
- Ability to multi-task
- Enthusiastic about the museum’s mission and in serving our diverse audiences
- High School Diploma or GED required; higher learning degree preferred with emphasis in First American art, First American culture or hospitality a plus
- Patient and flexible with a focus on positive visitor experience
- Positive team attitude
- Punctual
- A High school diploma or equivalent.
- A minimum of 1-2 years of Custodial experience
- Experience with a range of cleaning methods, materials, and equipment used in custodian work.
- Is reliable, conscientious, and attentive to detail; comfortable working in settings requiring a high degree of accuracy and care
- Has the ability to perform basic math, including calculations using fractions, percentages, and/or ratios; read correspondence, diagrams, and technical manuals; write documents following prescribed formats; and/or present information to others
- Can understand complex, multi-step written and oral instructions
- Has the ability to work independently and collaboratively, using judgment and discretion to complete job duties, projects, and assignments
SUPERVISION:
The Custodial Specialist reports to the Custodial Manager or other personnel as directed by the COO or Director/CEO.
GUIDELINES:
The Custodial Specialist is to adhere to the policies and ethics of FAM at all times. Employee shall wear the CUSTODIAL uniform as per policy and asks for assistance on any matters or answers to any questions not covered by this job description.
SERVICE:
Aids in day-to-day cleaning and maintenance of the museum’s public and administrative offices.
QUALITY MANAGEMENT:
Looks for ways to improve and promote quality. Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
ETHICS:
Treats people with respect. Keeps commitments. Inspires the trust of others. Works with integrity and ethically. Upholds organizational values.
JUDGEMENT:
Displays willingness to make decisions. Exhibits sound and accurate judgment. Supports and explains reasoning for decisions. Includes appropriate people in decision-making process. Makes timely decisions.
PLANNING/ORGANIZING:
Prioritizes and plans work activities. Uses time efficiently. Plans for additional resources. Sets goals and objectives. Organizes or schedules other people and their tasks. Develops realistic action plans.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
All offers of employment are contingent on your successful completion (where permitted by state law) of a confidentiality agreement and background check.
We Are FAM
One Place, Many Nations
In one place, visitors experience the collective histories of 39 distinctive First American Nations in Oklahoma today. First Americans Museum shares the cultural diversity, history, and contributions of the First Americans.
FAM Land and Peoples Acknowledgement
First Americans Museum (FAM) honors the ancestors who lived here before it was Oklahoma.
We honor the indigenous people who inhabited these lands before the United States was established. They include the Apache, Caddo, Tonkawa, and Wichita. We also honor those tribes who have a historical relationship to this region, including the Comanche, Kiowa, Osage and Quapaw. We acknowledge the Muscogee (Creek) and Seminole who were once assigned the land upon which FAM resides.
Today, 39 distinct tribal nations reside in Oklahoma. We are as diverse culturally and linguistically as the nations on the European continent.
We are not in Oklahoma by choice. Many of our peoples were forcibly removed and relocated from the far reaches of the contiguous United States. After nearly 200 years, our histories and cultural lifeways are now interwoven into this landscape.
The Choctaw people call this land Okla Homma. Okla Homma means “red people”, the place we now call home.
Our National Story
Only a few tribal Nations were indigenous to what is now the State of Oklahoma. All others were removed from homelands across the contiguous U.S. to Indian Territory. In 1907 Oklahoma became the 46th state to enter the union. The state’s name comes from two Choctaw words “Okla” and “Homma” meaning Red People.
Our Mission
To serve as a dynamic center promoting awareness and educating the broader public about the unique cultures, diversity, history, contributions, and resilience of the First American Nations in Oklahoma today.
Our Core Values
RESPECT
Acknowledge and celebrate the worth of all peoples.
RECIPROCITY
Promotes the mutual exchange of knowledge, ideas, and perspectives.
RELATIONSHIPS
Strengthen connections with our local, regional, and global communities.
RESPONSIBILITY
Educate the broader public and foster truth-telling.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Dexterity enough to use a keyboard and telephone; occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 50 pounds; may be subject to extended periods of walking, standing, sitting, reaching, balancing, bending, kneeling, handling, feeling, climbing, and twisting; and vision, speech, and hearing sufficient to perform the essential tasks. The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:
First Americans Museum provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.