Education Requirements:
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
- Will participate in Columbia Works Professional Development Training
Experience and Skills Requirements:
- Maintenance and landscaping experience a plus
- Must be 18 years old or older
- Requires reliable transportation
- Ability to maintain preventative maintenance records
- Carpentry skills a plus
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands and work environment described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to:
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- Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
- Make precise arm-hand positioning movements and maintain static arm-hand positions.
- Stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
- Frequently walk for long periods of time on different types of terrain; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Perform regular cleaning and inspection of equipment and facilities which may require the use of broom, mop, cleaning fluids and sanitizing agents.
- Maintain the safety of the environment through visual, auditory and smelling
- Observe, compare, and monitor environments, records and data to determine compliance with prescribed standards
- Comprehend, analyze, and make inferences and references from written material
- Produce written documentation with clearly organized thoughts using proper sentence construction, punctuation and grammar
- Perform physical inventory of equipment and/or supplies.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Work Environment/Conditions:
- This position requires visits to a variety of workplaces. Will be exposed to seasonal weather conditions; extreme heat and dust, nauseating smells, noise and mechanical vibrations.
- Requires exposure to hazardous equipment, conditions, cleaning fluids and sanitizing agents.
- Work is also performed in a typical interior/office work environment.
- Job tasks are performed in close physical proximity to other people.
Safety:
Apply safe practices in the performance of duties
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- Reporting of unsafe or hazardous working conditions and/or any injury immediately
- Complying with Agency safety standards
- Participate in emergency drills
- Promote a culture of safe environments in the workplace
Agency-Wide Requirements:
- Requires current enrollment in the Child Care Division’s Central Background Registry.
- May require current physical examination, drug screen documentation prior to hire.
- Ability to drive a private or Agency vehicle; must possess a valid driver's license and personal automobile or provide a plan that will allow fulfillment of position requirements. A DMV Record check will be conducted prior to hire.
- Desire to work with low-income children and their families.
- Communicate effectively with staff, families, children, and the public using the telephone and in face-to face, one-to-one, and in group settings.
- Fluent in English both verbally and written.
- To protect the health and safety of our employees and families, and pursuant to the Governor's Order, all employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. If you are unable to comply with this policy due to pregnancy, disability, or because of a sincerely held religious belief, we will ask for written verification.
Umatilla-Morrow Head Start, Inc. Is an Equal Opportunity Employer