PROGRAM AREA: Operations Team
WORK LOCATION: Multiple Locations
HOURS/WEEK: Relief (hours as needed)
Current relief vacancy
What We Live By:
- Our Vision:A community without barriers to health and wellbeing.
- Our Mission: We work with our community to promote and sustain health and wellbeing for all.
- Our Values: Compassion, Social Justice, Courage, Integrity, Adaptability.
Guelph Community Health Centre prioritizes people who face barriers to health and accessing services, and people who identify as:
- Homeless or at risk of homelessness
- Living on low income
- Newcomers to Canada with language barriers
- Having moderate to severe mental health and/or addiction issues
- Having moderate to severe disabilities
- Indigenous First Nations, Inuit and Métis
- Black, mixed race and racialized populations
- Experiencing intersectional oppression
- 2SLGBTQIA+
- Vulnerable children and their families experiencing conflict, isolation or attachment struggles
You can’t pass by a picture frame without making sure it is perfectly straight. You’re the host with the most in your personal life, because making your friends and family feel comfortable and relaxed is your favorite thing. Cleaning out your junk drawer or a closet gives you a thrill like no other. Is this you? Apply to our cleaning team, you sound just perfect! We are looking for professionals who love interacting with people from various backgrounds and who will treat our space like they would their own home. We expect you to raise the bar daily for standards of cleanliness and order.
Working with a team, the Cleaner will maintain the cleanliness and orderliness of the Guelph CHC building, including tenant spaces. This role requires flexibility and integrity. You will take pride in your work to assist in making the Guelph CHC a welcoming place for clients, staff, tenants, and the community. The team will work across our 5 main sites.
PRINCIPAL JOB DUTIES
- Follow strict standards for safety and cleanliness
- Work closely with cleaning team on scheduling and coordinating cleaning and prioritization of tasks
- Work closely with other CHC staff to ensure cleaning is done in a satisfactory way for staff, clients and guests of the building
- Work closely with facilities supervisor to ensure building is in working order, including notifying of occurring deficiencies or needs for repairs
- Carry out deep
cleaning tasks and special projects
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
- Proven working experience as a cleaner, with 3 plus experience in a health care setting
- Knowledge and understanding of Standard Operating Procedures for cleaning
- Ability to lift 50 lbs
- Experience working with biological hazards and Personal Protection Equipment
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to complete tasks in timely manner
- Flexibility, integrity and attentiveness to detail
- Ability to problem solve and multi-task
- Ability to work in an environment of continuous quality improvement
- Desire to have pride in work and natural passion for cleanliness
- Cooperative team player
- Be knowledgeable of Safety Data Sheets (SDS) details
- Strong oral and written communication skill
- Ability to get between our 5 locations
- Ability to use communication tools and apps provided by the GCHC and document work completed
- Relief 3-5 hours a week can be guaranteed with the possibility of additional hours as they come up. The ability to be flexible/available if coverage is required last minute.
We know that experience comes in many forms. If you have some of these qualities and are excited about this opportunity, then we want to hear from you. Please visit our website www.guelphchc.ca and apply using the online application tool. In your application, please include a resume and cover letter outlining how your skills, qualifications, and experience meet the position requirements.
Guelph Community Health Centre is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including individuals from priority populations who may identify as 2SLGBTQIA+, persons with disabilities, Indigenous, First Nations, Inuit and Metis individuals, and members of Black and other racialized communities.
We thank, in advance, those who apply, but will contact only those who qualify for interviews.
If at any stage in the selection process you require accommodation, please let us know the nature of the required accommodation.
We require that all finalist applicants undergo a Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Screen through their local Police Services Branch prior to start date.
