Custodian

Holy Name Catholic Church is seeking a reliable Custodian to join our team. This role supports the beauty and care of our worship spaces through routine cleaning of restrooms, trash removal, floor care, and outside maintenance such as weeding, raking, and snow shoveling. The position also includes support for church events, helping ensure our facilities are seasonally prepared, clean, and welcoming for all who gather.

Position Description: Clean and maintain parish facilities including the church, parish hall, kitchen, pastoral center and youth house.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Vacuums all the rooms of the church, pastoral center, and youth house.
• Removes and properly disposes of trash from garbage and recycling bins from all facilities
• Washes glass windows, doorknobs and high-touch areas of all parish facilities.
• Cleans kitchens in all parish facilities: sinks, microwaves, refrigerators, stove-tops and counter-tops. Mops the floors in kitchens and parish hall.
• Cleans all restrooms of all parish facilities; refills and supplies toiletries as needed.
• Tidies pews in the church, disposes trash, arranges books in pew-book holders and returns pamphlets to appropriate locations.
• Launders all kitchen and janitorial towels on a weekly basis.
• Assists with mowing and hedge-trimming in the summer, raking in the fall, and snow removal in the winter.
• Takes used glass containers to local city recycling locations.
• Does more extensive cleaning, as needed, and when time allows, including internal windows, door frames, moldings, baseboards, light fixtures, etc.
• Sets up for special events in the parish hall; and assists with liturgical and seasonal décor for the church (i.e. Funerals, Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, etc.)
• Performs other related duties as assigned by Facilities Manager.
• Maintains professional standards of confidentiality.

Qualifications:

• Able to lift 30+ pounds.
• Strong organizational skills; attention to detail and ability to multi-task.
• Demonstrates initiative, motivation and ability to self-direct.
• Able to make decisions with limited direction, anticipate problems, identifies, evaluates and implements solutions.
• Develops positive working relationships with others.
• Exhibits a positive mental attitude.
• Able to deal with confidential and sensitive matters.

This position will initially be offered on a part-time basis, with the opportunity to transition into a full-time position with benefits for the right candidate.

After the successful completion of a 90-day evaluation period we would consider transitioning the role to full-time employment.

The position is "at will," meaning the employee can be dismissed at any time with or without any statement of cause or reason for dismissal. Appointed and removed at will by the Pastor at his sole discretion.