Salary: $34,226.00 - $40,435.00

Grade: 5

The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. is seeking (3) qualified candidates to fill Cleaner positions. Under the supervision of a Supervising Housekeeper, a cleaner performs a variety of manual tasks requiring physical efforts in cleaning an assigned area/areas on a full-time basis. Areas to be covered are as such: Offices, public assembly areas, patient care areas, halls, foyers, etc.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The selected candidate will perform a variety of routine manual work under the supervision of the Supervising Housekeeper. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Picking up and removing waste and placing them in appropriate places.
• Using mops, brooms, brushes, buffers, scrubbers, and other cleaning equipment that washes the floors, corridors, stairs, and stairwells, walls, windows, etc.
• Using manual and/or mechanical equipment to strip, vacuum, shampoo carpets, and wax floors.
• Using dusting equipment to dust assigned areas.
• Using equipment such as ladders to wash and dust high places like ceilings.
• May have to work in laboratories and other hospital areas where high degree of cleanliness is required to minimize the possible spread of infection.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of various cleaning substances and ability to use various cleaning equipment. Ability to stand, bend, and stretch for long periods of time and to perform medium to heavy manual labor. Ability to understand and follow verbal and written instructions. Must be able to work weekends and holidays. There are no education or experience requirements. Applicant must be physically able to perform medium to heavy physical labor.

RFMH employees may be required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 depending on work location and must provide proof of vaccination. Individuals that are not vaccinated for COVID-19 are ineligible for appointment to positions that require vaccination. Fully vaccinated is defined as two (2) or more weeks since receiving either the second dose in a two-dose COVID-19 vaccination series (e.g., Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna) or the first and only dose of a single-dose vaccine (e.g., Johnson & Johnson [J&J]/Janssen).

Work Location: 1051 Riverside Dr., New York, NY, 10032

To Apply: Apply through our website at: https://nyspi.applicantpro.com/jobs/. Please include a one-page cover letter with your application and contact information for two professional references. Please note, only applications submitted through our website will be considered. All applicants should include a cover letter with their application. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

The Research Foundation is a private not-for-profit corporation and is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York. Employees of the Research Foundation are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits. Excellent Benefits Package. Employer/Minority/Women/Disabled/Veteran Employer. VEVRAA 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) compliant.