Smithers Community Services Association is a non-profit organization that believes in raising the bar on what it means to do a good job. As a member of the Smithers Community Services Association (SCSA) team, you are fully engaged in your work, you take personal responsibility for your experience with the Association, you are a professional who operates from a place of ethics and integrity and you are prepared to evolve, change and grow as a result of working here.

ROGRAM: The Meadows

POSITION: Housekeeper (including meal serving) – Casual

Date Posted: April 29, 2024

Closing Date: May 22, 2024 (noon)

JOB TYPE: These two positions are temporary until March 31, 2025, but may be extended based on funding approval.

COMPENSATION: $22.28/hour

POSITION SUMMARY:

This person will be responsible to clean tenant units' weekly (scheduled days), daily and weekly cleaning duties, serve lunch and dinner daily, dishes, clean dining room after meals.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Clean tenant units weekly. This includes: vacuuming, washing floors, spot cleaning walls, baseboards and window sills, washroom, checking refrigerator, stove, counters, changing and laundering of bedding and linens
• Prepare dining area for meals – set tables, pour drinks
• Serve meals in dining room and/or deliver to tenants units
• Clear dishes, tables, left over food
• Clean and disinfect dining and kitchen area, run dishes through dishwasher and put away
• Inform the Team Lead or Site Manager when cleaning supplies are low
• Assist with recreation activities (if needed and time permits)
• Assist with weekly, seasonal and annual cleaning duties of the common areas and tenant units or when a tenant moves out.
• Other related duties as assigned by Manager

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education

• Grade 10 education

Knowledge and Experience

• Knowledge of good customer service techniques

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work effectively as a team member
• Ability to read, write and communicate in English
• Ability to communicate professionally and respectfully with all people
• Ability to establish and maintain professional and appropriate relationships with residents and/or their families/representatives
• Ability to comply with safe work practices and food safe handling practices

• Possess good listening, problem solving and communication skills

Personal Qualities

The team members at Smithers Community Services Association possess similar personal characteristics while at the same time are encouraged to bring their diverse thoughts, opinions and styles to their work. We highly value our team members and support each person to be successful in their role. Individuals who possess the following qualities are the best fit in our organization.

You are:

• Grounded in a people-first approach, working diligently to achieve the goals and objectives of the clients and the organization
• Open, self-aware and authentic with a desire to nurture this in others
• A strategic, critical thinker, accountable for your actions, modeling personal responsibility and initiative in your decision-making
• Flexible in your style, take pride in your work and contribute with the whole team in mind
• Focused on genuine dialogue that is collaborative and straight-forward with an insatiable curiosity about the people and the community you serve
• Collaborative, proactive and solution-focused in your approach, with the intent to find win/win solutions

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Be familiar with and adhere to the philosophy, policies and procedures of the Association.
• Represent the Association positively and professionally at all times.
• Understand and be committed to terms of confidentiality, and sign a pledge of confidentiality.

• Undergo a Criminal Record Search as and when required by the Association

• Actively participate in regular performance evaluations.
• Possess a valid Class 5 Driver's License.

Smithers Community Services Association ensures equitable, objective hiring processes based on merit. Committed to diversity within our community and our staff, we welcome all applications, including those from visible minority members, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity, and other individuals not listed here who may contribute to our inclusive practice and the further diversification of ideas.