Park Custodian

Summary

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Join the team that keeps Medfords parks clean safe and welcoming. As a full-time Park Custodian youll travel between park sites clean and restock restrooms and facilities tackle light maintenance and graffiti cleanup and help ensure buildings and public spaces look their best. The role is active and hands-on working outdoors in all seasons and using custodial tools and floor care equipment. We value reliability customer service and teamwork and well count on you to follow safety practices communicate needs and support park operations across the city. If you take pride in quality work and want to make a visible difference in places neighbors gather wed love to hear from you.

Required Education and Experience :

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Graduation from high school or GED equivalent; and
• Six (6) months or more experience as a custodian with an industrial janitorial firm or commercial business and thorough knowledge of custodial materials and methods.

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Compensation & Information on Benefits

This position is part of the AFSCME employee group.

Learn more about our benefits HERE .

The anticipated hiring range for the Park Custodian position is $20.70 (first step) to $21.74 or $22.82 (second or third step). The City of Medford determines starting pay based on an evaluation of relevant education experience and qualifications as provided by the applicant in their application materials alongside others who perform work of comparable character consistent with the Oregon Equal Pay Act. Six steps are included in this salary range allowing opportunity for annual movement through the steps.

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Retirement Benefits

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Examples of Job Duties

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Competencies :

High Standards - Effective performers establish and model standards that guarantee exceptional quality and necessary attention to detail. They continually seek to improve processes and products and hold staff accountable for quality. They find best practices share them and then improve upon them.

Customer Orientation - Effective performers attend to customers in a timely manner. They view the organization through the eyes of the customer and go out of their way to anticipate and meet customer needs. They continually seek information and understanding regarding market trends.

Initiative Effective performers are proactive and act without being prompted. They dont wait to be told what to do or when to do it. They see a need take responsibility and act on it. They make things happen.

Integrity - Effective performers think and act ethically and honestly. They apply ethical standards of behavior to daily work activities. They take responsibility for their actions and foster a work environment where integrity is rewarded.

Team Player - Effective performers are team oriented. They identify with the larger organizational team and their role within it. They share resources respond to requests from other parts of the organization and support larger legitimate organizational agendas as more important than local or personal goals.

Work Environment & Physical Demands :

Work environment involves some exposure to hazards or physical risks which require following basic safety precautions.

Supplemental Information

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How to Apply :

Those selected must be able to provide proof of legal right to work in this country.

Use of AI-Generated Content in Employment Applications

Employment with the City of Medford can be competitive often there are many qualified applicants for each open position. We want to see application materials that reflect an applicants unique personality and that accurately reflect their experience. The use of AI-generated content to complete employment applications and / or supplemental questions is discouraged and may result in disqualification . Each submission will be verified for originality and authenticity. However AI tools for grammar checking and resume formatting are permitted.

Hiring will be subject to successful completion of the following :

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VETERANS PREFERENCE :

Qualifying veterans and disabled veterans may obtain preference during the hiring and / or promotional selection process. As verification of eligibility a Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214 or 215) must be uploaded with the online employment application . Disabled veterans must also upload a copy of the veterans disability preference letter from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs unless the information is included in the DD Form 214 or 215.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT :

The City of Medford is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based uponrace religion color national origin marital status sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age ancestry status as a protected veteran physical or mental disability medical condition pregnancy genetic information or any other status protected under federal state or local law.

ADA :

The City of Medford complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you consider yourself disabled and require assistance in the application process please contact or email : .

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 43056 - 54952