Garden Club of Jacksonville is currently seeking an energetic and highly motivated individual to join our team as a full-time facilities maintenance custodian and event ambassador. 

The ideal candidate for this position is detail-oriented, flexible, and willing to take on non-routine cleaning and special projects as the need arises. The custodian will be responsible for cleaning and sanitizing offices, meeting rooms, bathrooms, kitchen, Ballroom, and Club Room in addition to picking up debris from the grounds. Hours are usually 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday but will sometimes vary based on events. Pay starts at $15 an hour, and after a three-month probationary period, will be evaluated and may increase to $17 an hour.

Physical Requirements

Able to push, pull, and move up to 60 pounds (e.g., tables, chairs, chair dolly, etc.), move furniture, and handle powered cleaning equipment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Is a self-starter with the ability to work independently.
• Reads and interprets documents, plans, and schematic drawings, and comprehends instructions.
• Effectively presents information to departmental management, employees, tenants, and outside contacts.
• Has reliable transportation to and from work.
• Must be positive, customer-friendly, dependable, hardworking, punctual, follow rules, and a team player.
• Exhibits great attention to detail.
• Passes a background check.
• Available to work on an as-needed basis, including some holidays.
• Enjoys working outside, interacting with large crowds, and working with children.
• Responsible for all basic cleaning throughout the facility.
• Maintains restrooms including restocking toilet tissue and other dispensers, emptying trash, sanitizing fixtures, cleaning mirrors, spot cleaning partition doors and walls, sweeping and mopping tile floors, scrubbing toilets and urinals, vacuuming, repositioning furniture, emptying trash, and replacing liners.
• Maintains overall facility including dust mopping, damp mopping, sweeping, vacuuming, gum removal, dusting, removing objects from the floor, and spot cleaning glass.
• Performs additional duties as required including attending to flooded areas, incidental spills, and related clean-up work for trash and restroom concerns.
• Restocks carts and closets at the end of each shift.
• Unloads, moves, and stacks materials, equipment, or supplies.
• Conducts regular inspections of facilities to ensure proper housekeeping, safety, and compliance exists for the protection of health, safety, and rights of employees and the public.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.

Some employees will be assigned to the crew responsible for stripping and waxing hard surface flooring. Applicants must be versed in the process of using a variety of machines to safely remove old wax, neutralize the floor, and apply new wax by different methods. This type of worker must have the ability to adapt to and deal with adverse flooring conditions and will work with single discs, boost machines, wet/dry vacuums, squeegees, mops and buckets, razor sticks, doodlebugs, buffing machines, and numerous stripping/waxing chemicals. 

The essential responsibilities of this position are described above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. This job description does not state or imply that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position.

The Garden Club of Jacksonville thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted. All employees are welcome regardless of race, nationality, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, or age.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualified applicants should call 904-355-4224 or email damienrobinson@gardenclubjax.org.

The Garden Club of Jacksonville seeks a part-time event ambassador to assist in executing successful events while creating an exceptional experience for all guests.

Responsibilities

• Support the Garden Club’s mission, vision, and values by exhibiting the following behaviors: excellence and competence, collaboration, innovation, respect for the individual, commitment to our community, and accountability and ownership.
• Assist team with set-ups, last-minute changes, and event troubleshooting.
• Welcome guests in an engaging manner as they arrive and depart.
• Respond to guest needs as necessary. Perform all guest contact activities in a cordial, efficient, and professional manner while maintaining a commitment to excellence.
• Ensure all event spaces are properly maintained, clean and free of safety hazards. Maintain constant awareness of safety issues, (i.e. broken glass, spills, and leaks).
• Maintain a professional appearance.
• Other job-related duties as assigned.

Knowledge and skills

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• One year of customer service experience preferred.
• Ability to provide superior customer service.
• Ability to communicate effectively and with diplomacy when interacting with vendors, staff, volunteers, and the public.
• Ability to accurately follow instructions, both verbally and written.
• Ability to solve problems in a quick and efficient manner.
• Ability to frequently lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to bend, stoop, lift, reach, push, pull, twist, walk, crouch, and squat.
• Valid Florida driver’s license.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule that will include nights, weekends, and holidays.

Qualified applicants should call 904-355-4224 or email a résumé to damienrobinson@gardenclubjax.org.