Night Custodian Supervisor

Welcome to the Hatboro-Horsham School District!

At Hatboro-Horsham School District we are focused on continually examining our district practices and structures. We advance, promote, and advocate for equity, diversity, and inclusion to enhance alignment with the tenets of the whole child. We are committed to creating and maintaining environments in which each student is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. Hatboro-Horsham draws strength from the rich variety of perspectives and life experiences of our community. As an employee of the district, you can anticipate that your contributions will further our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. 

Position Goal: To maintain the building and provide students with a clean, safe, attractive, comfortable, and efficient environment conducive to learning. Provides supervision to evening cleaning crew at Simmons Elementary School.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervises the evening cleaning crew at the respective school to which assigned.
• Sets up for evening activities. Coordinates with various groups to make sure all events run smoothly.
• Keeps school building and grounds, including sidewalks, driveways and playgrounds, clean and safe at all time.
• Daily cleaning of corridors with dry mop, wet mop as needed.
• Daily cleaning of classrooms, includes vacuuming carpets and/or dry/wet mopping floors, cleaning chalkboard and desks, and emptying trash cans.
• Daily cleaning of lavatories, including wet mopping floors, cleaning toilets and sinks, checking and refilling paper towels, toilet paper, and soap, and emptying the trash.
• Daily cleaning of offices, locker facilities, boiler rooms, cafeteria, kitchen, and all other areas of the building as assigned by the Building Principal/Administrator and/or Facilities Coordinator.
• Daily cleaning of faculty lounge, including dry/wet mopping, emptying trash cans, cleaning sinks and tables, cleaning coffee pots, and cleaning the coffee machine.
• Clean glass doors.
• Acts as Facilities Coordinator in his/her absence as directed by the Building Principal/Administrator and/or Facilities Coordinator.
• Ensures that after all persons have left the building, all doors and windows are closed and locked for the security of the building.
• Moves furniture, equipment, and supplies into, out of, or within the building to meet the needs of the students’ education.
• Perform the restoration and maintenance of all floor surfaces, i.e.; vacuuming, dry/wet mopping, and stripping, waxing, and buffing floors
• Clean filters, as needed.
• Clean up spills and/or accidents caused by students, teachers, and/or other building staff.
• Replace burned out light bulbs in a timely manner.
• Polices exterior of building and grounds and cleans up vandalism/graffiti, as needed.
• Assists food service staff with moving large and/or heavy supplies and/or equipment, as requested.
• Maintains custodial closets in a clean, orderly, and safe condition at all time.
• Responsible for summer cleaning, running the summer help staff, and reporting any issues to the facility coordinator
• Responsible for locking all of the doors and windows, conduct a security walk around of the building, and responsible for setting the building alarm system
• Respond to any overnight alarm calls if needed and report any issues to the facility coordinator and/or the operations manager.

This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. The Custodian – Night Supervisor will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and perform other job-related duties requested by the direct supervisor or designee.

The position holder must be able to perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.  It is the responsibility of the employee to inform the HHSD Director of Personnel of any and all reasonable accommodation that will be required.

Hatboro-Horsham School District is an Equal Opportunity Employment, Educational, and Service Organization.

The Hatboro-Horsham School requires all employees to adhere to PA School Code and policies set forth by the School Board, which is an essential function of employment. In addition, regular attendance to work is an essential function of employment.

Position Specifications:

Work Year: Full-time position – 12 months, 261 days, 8 hours each day. Within the 8.5-hour schedule, 30 minutes will be unpaid for lunch giving a total of 8.0 hours paid daily.

Educational Level: No educational prerequisite although a High School diploma is preferable.

Physical Demands:          

Active movement on a regular basis

Must be able to use hands, to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Occasional heavy lifting - up to 100 pounds

Frequent carrying - up to 30 pounds

Ability to bend, stoop, and twist

Ability to climb, kneel, and squat

Sensory Abilities:           

Visual acuity to be able to see when areas are clean

Ability to detect the smell of hazardous odors

Depth perception to be able to judge distance from objects

Ability to see or hear fire alarm signal

Work Environment: Inside and outside year round                                   

Temperament:           

Ability to perform routine tasks repeatedly to the satisfaction of immediate supervisor

Ability to work as a member of a team

Must be courteous and able to deal effectively with public who use the facility

Must be cooperative, congenial, and service-oriented

Cognitive Ability:             

Ability to read, write and do simple computation.

Ability to communicate effectively with others.

Ability to follow written and verbal directions.

Ability to complete tasks with minimal supervision.