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This is a full position (40 hours per week) with state benefits including retirement, health insurance, vacation leave, sick leave, and paid holidays. The position is located in the Samarcand Training Academy in Moore County, Jackson Springs, N.C.
N*ote to Current State Employees: *
The Salary Grade for this position is NC01. State employees are encouraged to apply for positions of interest even if the salary grade is the same as or lower than their current position. If selected for this position, a new salary will be recalculated taking into consideration the quantity of relevant education and experience, funding availability, and internal equity. Based upon these factors, a pay increase or decrease MAY result.
About The Department of Public Safety (DPS):
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NC DPS), the largest state agency with more than 26,000 employees, is responsible for safeguarding and preserving the lives and property of its citizens through prevention, protection, and preparation.
About Samarcand Training Academy:
S*amarcand Training Academy is the primary overnight training facility within the Department of Public Safety and provides basic and advance training courses for the Division of Adult Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Special Agents of the North Carolina SBI and ALE, Troopers of the North Carolina Highway Patrol, and members of the North Carolina National Guard. It currently consists of 22 buildings housing staff and instructor offices; a dining facility; a gymnasium; two (2) fitness centers; an auditorium; 9 classrooms; nine (9) dormitories with 194 student and instructor beds; a Simulator Training Center; Firearms Training Center with two (2) live-fire ranges and range house; a physically challenging obstacle course, and a tactical training building.*
About The Position:
This is a full time position (40 hours per week) with state benefits including retirement, health insurance, vacation leave, sick leave, and paid holidays. The position is located in the Samarcand Training Academy in Moore County, NC. Work performed in this position includes physically strenuous activities such as moving furniture, operating heavy cleaning equipment, and delivering large quantities of housekeeping supplies.
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NC DPS), the largest state agency with more than 26,000 employees, is responsible for safeguarding and preserving the lives and property of its citizens through prevention, protection, and preparation. The Samarcand Training Academy provides basic and in-service correctional training as well as basic and advanced law enforcement training. The Academy has approximately 11 classrooms, dormitory space capable of housing 160 students and 10 instructors, a newly constructed dining hall, and a firearms training center with two ranges and a range house.
The primary purpose of this position is to perform housekeeping duties in an assigned area of the Samarcand Training Academy. Employees in this job follow a work schedule that covers all phases of housekeeping to maintain a clean, safe, and orderly environment for students, staff, and visitors. The selected candidate in this position will clean dorm rooms, classrooms, offices, and common areas. This includes but is not limited to:
- Cleaning ceilings, vents, and walls
- Dusting, mopping, and vacuuming
- Wet mopping hard surface floors
- Maintaining floors including stripping, waxing, and buffing
- Washing windows, screens, and blinds
- Cleaning and changing soiled or worn linen, pillows, and bed covers
- Replenishing restrooms with towels, toilet paper, and soap
- Cleaning lavatories, commodes, urinals, mirrors, showers, and tubs
Employees in this job perform their work under close supervision. Their work is reviewed by supervisory inspections and they receive frequent direction from supervisors. Employees in this job are also assigned a daily schedule for general assignments and specific instructions for special assignments.
ADA Physical Requirements will be discussed during the interview.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities / Competencies
These Knowledge, Skills and Abilities listed below, along with the Minimum Education and Experience Requirements, are REQUIRED to qualify for this position. We will not review attachments in lieu of Experience and Education listed on the application. Click on this LINK* for additional information.*
To qualify for this position, applicants must document on the applications that they possess ALL* of the following: *
Working knowledge of established cleaning procedures and techniques.*
- Working knowledge of the purpose and application of products and equipment used in a cleaning operation.
MANAGEMENT PREFERENCES:
- Two years of experience in housekeeping experience in an overnight residential facility and/or in a law enforcement training academy.
- Working knowledge of stripping floors, waxing floors, buffing floors, and operating heavy cleaning equipment.
- Ability to perform a variety of duties in the care and cleaning of classrooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, hallways, and offices (including dusting, sweeping, and mopping) as well as window cleaning when needed.
NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Extending arms over head, lifting mop buckets, and pushing heavy carts.
- Removing trash from receptacles in all areas including from up to 55 gallon containers.
- Lifting and carrying boxes weighing up to 50 pounds.
- Climbing four-foot ladders to clean windows, stock laundry cabinets, and dust .
- Moving or sliding heavy furniture up to 200 pounds.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
Education and/or experience in housekeeping work that is directly related to the job.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $31,200.00 – $44,509.00 per year
