The John Stewart Company

Overview

COMPANY SUMMARY:

The John Stewart Company is a full-service housing management, development and consulting organization that began in 1978 with a commitment to providing high quality service in the affordable housing sector. We work to enrich the lives of our residents and employees, while delivering our services cost‐effectively, efficiently and with the highest levels of professionalism, compassion, integrity and respect.

SUMMARY OF THE POSITION:

Performs a wide variety of janitorial duties. Nature of work require emphasis on safe work practices, sustained physical effort, trouble shooting, problem solving, attention to detail, customer service and time management. Under the direction of the Property Manager, the Desk Clerk monitors traffic in and out of the building, communicates with tenants, visitors and staff. Writes end of shift reports and incident reports, writes work orders, enforces project policies in a manner consistent with fair housing regulations, and keeps the reception area neat.

Responsibilities

• Picks up trash and litter around grounds and buildings.
• Gathers and empties trash, including moving dumpsters for city trash pickup.
• Keeps recycling areas, trash rooms and dumpster areas neat, clean and litter free.
• Maintains neat, clean and organized maintenance shop and storage areas.
• Keeps all utility and meter rooms free of dirt, debris and litter.
• Cleans common area floors by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, or vacuuming.
• Steam-cleans or shampoos carpets.
• Services, cleans, and supplies common area restrooms.
• Uses and stores cleaning products in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions.
• Performs initial clean up and final detailed cleaning of apartment unit turnovers, including but not limited to: refrigerators, and range/ovens; exhaust fans and filters; counters, counter-tops and cabinets; sinks, vanities, tubs and showers; walls, hard surface floors and carpets; doors and windows; utility closets.
• Performs miscellaneous janitorial maintenance related tasks or other duties as directed by Property Manager.
• Answer telephones, direct calls, take messages and make emergency calls when situations arrive.
• Assist with office responsibilities such as completing work orders, comment cards, visitor violation forms and other duties assigned by management.
• Inform visitors of visitor policy, check visitor ID and sign visitors in and out of the building.
• Complete incident reports to record unusual building activity.
• Distribute resident mail on daily basis.
• Fill in as requested when other desk clerks are absent.
• Testing of annual tuberculosis may be required as well as following Exposure Control Protocol for blood borne pathogens.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years of multi-family apartment janitorial experience.
• Knowledge of proper disposal of hazardous materials, electronic waste as well as recycling practices and water conservation.
• Skilled in usage and care of common hand and power tools used in janitorial maintenance work.
• Ability to push, pull, carry and lift up to 30 lbs.
• Experience working with people of various cultural backgrounds, especially those with special needs is a plus.
• Knowledge of federal, state and local laws and Fair Housing guidelines.
• Ability to read, understand and communicate fluently in English.
• Good sense of awareness, urgency and follow procedures to solve problems.

Benefits-at-a-glance

Benefits for Employees who work 30+ hours/week -

• Medical, dental and vision care; preventative medical care paid at 100%.
• Vacation leave of up to ten days per year in the first year.
• Up to 72 hours of sick time per year.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health Care and Dependent Care.
• Company paid Life AD&D Long Term Disability.
• Free, confidential counseling through our Employee Assistance Program.
• Commuter benefit program.
• Discounts for AT&T and ClassPass.
• $50 annual Wellness Reimbursement.
• Matching 401(K) Retirement Savings Plan of up to 2% of your compensation (for any employee who works 20 hours or more per week).

Benefits for Employees who work less than 30 hours/week -

• Free, confidential counseling through our Employee Assistance Program.
• Commuter benefit program.
• Discounts for AT&T and ClassPass.
• $50 annual Wellness Reimbursement.
• Matching 401(K) Retirement Savings Plan of up to 2% of your compensation (for any employee who works 20 hours or more per week)
• Up to 72 hours of sick time per year.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The John Stewart Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

The John Stewart Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative.

California Consumer Privacy Act

Effective January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act requires businesses that meet certain minimum threshold requirements to provide a “notice at collection” to applicants for employment who reside in California. The notice at collection describes the categories of personal information to be collected about these California applicants and the purposes for using that personal information. Therefore, we have posted the Company’s “Notice At Collection For California Applicants” here. Please review this Notice at your convenience.