Job description
Position
Housekeeping Lead
Reports to
Housekeeping Supervisor
An Introduction to Glenstone Museum
Founded with the mission to seamlessly integrate art, architecture, and landscape, Glenstone is an art museum located on over 300 acres of rolling hills and unspoiled woodland in Potomac, Maryland. The museum, opened in 2006 and expanded in 2018, offers nearly 60,000 square feet of exhibition space to showcase its collection of more than 1300 works by 200 contemporary artists. With its expansion, Glenstone now has the ability to welcome 100,000 visitors each year, and admission is always free.
Position Overview
The Housekeeping Lead oversees and give direction in performing scheduled and unscheduled cleaning, organization, and light maintenance of all interior and exterior, horizontal and vertical surfaces, fixtures, and waste stream of the administrative, support, food preparation, and public gallery areas.
This position entails full-performance, high-level work maintaining the museum’s buildings and ensuring that cleanliness, orderliness, and attractive conditions are sustained to guarantee a healthy and aesthetically appealing physical environment for staff and visitors.
Key Responsibilities
Housekeeping Lead
Reports to
Housekeeping Supervisor
An Introduction to Glenstone Museum
Founded with the mission to seamlessly integrate art, architecture, and landscape, Glenstone is an art museum located on over 300 acres of rolling hills and unspoiled woodland in Potomac, Maryland. The museum, opened in 2006 and expanded in 2018, offers nearly 60,000 square feet of exhibition space to showcase its collection of more than 1300 works by 200 contemporary artists. With its expansion, Glenstone now has the ability to welcome 100,000 visitors each year, and admission is always free.
Position Overview
The Housekeeping Lead oversees and give direction in performing scheduled and unscheduled cleaning, organization, and light maintenance of all interior and exterior, horizontal and vertical surfaces, fixtures, and waste stream of the administrative, support, food preparation, and public gallery areas.
This position entails full-performance, high-level work maintaining the museum’s buildings and ensuring that cleanliness, orderliness, and attractive conditions are sustained to guarantee a healthy and aesthetically appealing physical environment for staff and visitors.
Key Responsibilities
- Supervise and help when needed in the cleaning of walls, furniture, windows, tile, fixtures, equipment, and floors.
- Vacuum with upright and backpack vacuums with attachments in all buildings and dust and polish specified areas and/or furnishings.
- Responsible for cleaning all types of flooring surfaces, including stairs, and the operation of heavy-duty machines including floor burnishers and carpet extractors.
- Clean, sanitize, and disinfect bathroom areas and replenish paper, soap, and other consumable supplies.
- Clean, sanitize, and disinfect drinking fountains.
- Clean windows and mirrors. Clean and dust millwork, fixtures, door frames, and related furnishings.
- Collect, sort, and remove trash and recyclables. Pick up, distribute, monitor, and secure supplies and equipment.
- Establish and follow periodic routines to maintain meticulous, organized, spotless work areas. Work areas include, but are not limited to, offices, conference rooms, kitchens, galleries, and storage areas.
- Work with other employees in a dependable, collaborative, and effective manner.
- Maintain open and responsive relationships with the Glenstone community, including guests, visitors, and other employees.
- Sweep or shovel snow from building entrances and steps.
- Report malfunctions, unsafe conditions, repairs and damage to equipment, fixtures and buildings to supervisor.
- Perform setup for special events.
- Perform all tasks in a timely and complete manner.
Required Skills & Experience
- COVID-19 vaccination.
- Strong intercultural competence, interpersonal communication, planning, and organizational skills.
- Experience working in a fast-paced, frequently changing environment.
- Attention to detail.
- Valid driver's license to drive our electric carts.
- Minimum of a high school diploma.
- Minimum of one-year experience performing custodial work in an institutional or commercial setting.
- Experience operating and maintaining equipment such as vacuum cleaners and floor machines.
- Ability to follow written and oral instructions.
- Ability to follow diagrams and sketches for event setup.
- Ability to operate assigned tools and housekeeping equipment or be willing to learn.
- Ability to work safely with chemicals and cleaning solutions.
- Ability to lift and transport supplies and equipment.
- Ability to work well independently and as part of a team.
- Reliable transportation to and from Potomac, Maryland.
Preferred Qualifications
- Multi-lingual.
- Experience working in a cultural institution.
- Multi-surface and floor care experience including maintenance and cleaning of stone floors, terrazzo floors, hardwood floors, stainless steel counter tops, interior and exterior glass.
Salary and Benefits
This is a full-time position. Glenstone offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience and provides a total benefits package that helps you manage your health, protect your income, and prepare for the future. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; life, long-term disability and AD&D insurance, a Flexible Spending Account (FSA); a 401(k)-retirement account with a matching contribution; an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); and tuition reimbursement.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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