Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, April 11 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Janitor Duties
Cleaning
• Sweeps and washes floors of all Entebbe buildings daily. Dusts and wipes office desks, chairs, tables, filing cabinets, and
• shelves. Cleans and dusts office equipment, such as computers and accessories, copiers, digital senders, shredders, and
• printers. Washes outside bench surfaces, cleans toilets, windows, kitchenettes, and their equipment/utensils such as
• refrigerator, food warmers, oven, kettle, flasks, cups, cutlery, etc. and ensures these areas are maintained tidy. Sweeps and
• tidies area outside offices and waters indoor and outdoor plants. Cleans generator house, chiller cage, and power annexes as required.

Garbage collection and disposal
• Collects and empties waste and recycle bins from the various offices and kitchenettes daily. Empties waste from office
• equipment placed in common areas, such as shredders and heavy-duty punch. Collects general office waste, packs it
• hygienically, and carries it to designated collection centers and incinerates it per guidelines.
• Preparing refreshments
• Prepares and serves tea, coffee, and snacks for visitors and senior staff during meetings and events. Cleans office utensils and
• ensures safe custody. Monitors and ensures drinking water coolers are refilled. Arranges furniture and prepares room for presentations and meetings.
Custodial services 20%
• Picks office keys from the key watcher, opens offices in the morning, and locks them up at the end of the day, ensuring
• windows and doors are securely locked. Ensures office keys are placed back in the key watcher at the end of each day.
• Provides access to staff who are approved to work after hours, including working on public holidays and weekends. Provides
• access to approved contractors and oversees implementation by ensuring they perform work within given timelines and that
• they do not carry or mishandle property during performance of their work.

Supplies management 10%
• Receives and uses janitorial expendable supplies from the store required for the daily cleaning of spaces/areas. Requests janitorial supplies and maintains a distribution list to account for them. Stocks bathrooms and kitchenettes daily with supplies such as paper towels, toilet tissue, hand soap, dish washing soap, air freshener, etc. Inspects buildings, offices, and common spaces and reports deficiencies to supervisor for skilled technicians to correct or repair. Supports the laborer in collecting stationery, furniture, and other items from the store and assists with distribution.

Clerical Duties 10%
• Prepares weekly and monthly janitorial usage and distribution reports and submits to the supervisor. Documents janitorial product usage and distribution in an MS Excel spreadsheet tracker on daily basis. Prepares photocopies for staff on request.
• Prints, scans, binds, and shreds documents for staff. Delivers internal and external mail on UVRI campus

Minimum Qualification Requirements
• Good knowledge of current cleaning methods and materials is required. Knowledge of the safe handling of industry standard cleaning chemicals is required. Good knowledge of the names and types of unsafe cleaning materials. Must use common sense in determining good safety practices. Good knowledge of lifting/moving procedures and associated equipment. Must be capable of performing heavy physical work.

Post-hire (Organizational)
• Required to have a thorough knowledge of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended cleaning materials and pesticides used in the facilities.
• Must have a good knowledge of the different agencies and offices operating within the Mission.
• Knowledge of specific USG rules on safe use of chemicals and equipment is required.
• Required to have thorough knowledge of recommended safety and environmental standards.

Education
• Completion of secondary school is required.

Work Experience
• Six months of experience in commercial/office buildings cleaning is required. Some janitorial work experience is required


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 6

Level of Education: High School

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