<p>Position Summary</p> <p>Join the dedicated team that maintains clean and enjoyable living and recreation areas for Wisconsin veterans who call our facility home!</p> <p>Custodians at WVHUG are responsible for performing a variety of cleaning and sanitizing tasks in occupied and unoccupied patient rooms, common areas and offices, to maintain a homelike environment for the residents of our facility. Duties include but are not limited to cleaning toilets, showers, and furniture; floor care; operating automatic cleaning equipment such as scrubbers, sweepers, and carpet cleaning machines; and shoveling snow.</p> <p>Click the link to request a copy of the full job description.</p> <p>Salary Information</p> <p>Starting wage is $16.18 per hour with additional compensation for nights, weekends, holidays and overtime.</p> <p>Sign-on bonus of $2000 for eligible new hires. $1000 will be paid in the employee's first paycheck and $1000 will be paid when the employee completes their original probationary period.</p> <p>Both positions are eligible for an attractive employee benefits package.</p> <p>Custodian is in pay schedule-pay range 03-08. For current State employees, pay on hire will be set following the Wisconsin Compensation Plan.</p> <p>This position is not represented by a bargaining unit.</p> <p>Job Details</p> <p>Custodians at WVHUG work the day shift Monday through Friday with rotating weekends and holidays. The full-time position requires availability to work scheduled hours as needed, which may include additional weekends or holidays and overtime.</p> <p>The part-time position works 24 hours a week with 8-hour shifts on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.</p> <p>Job duties require climbing, reaching and bending; performing sustained physical activity; performing heavy work, including occasionally exerting more than 100 pounds of force; operating loud, shaking and/or vibrating equipment; and working on ladders and/or scaffolding.</p> <p>Due to the nature of the positions, WDVA will conduct a criminal background check prior to an offer of employment.</p> <p>Employment in this position is contingent upon passing a pre-employment tuberculosis (TB) skin test.</p> <p>A 12-month probationary period may be required.</p> <p>Qualifications</p> <p>In their resume, minimally qualified applicants will describe their experience performing paid or unpaid work.</p> <p>Additional required and preferred experience that will be assessed later in the selection process are:</p> <ul> <li>cleaning and using cleaning products; and </li><li>following written and verbal instructions including work assignment changes; and </li><li>working cooperatively and communicating with others; and </li><li>following safety procedures and using personal protective equipment (PPE), including when using chemical agents; and/or </li><li>performing custodial tasks and using custodial equipment and tools; and/or </li><li>following sanitizing procedures and using chemical sanitizing agents; and/or </li><li>problem solving </li></ul> <p>How To Apply</p> <p>To be eligible for consideration for a job, complete the online application process. Click the link to view instructions for Applying to State Service. You will be required to attach a resume. To ease the application process, upload your resume to WiscJobs prior to attaching it.</p> <p>Your resume is an important part of your application. It is used to determine if your experience fits the job. View instructions on writing and what to include in your resume.</p> <p>NOTE: Applicants are not able to update or change their resume after the application is submitted. Make sure that your resume is how you want it to be before you finalize the application.</p> <p>Periodically, resumes will be reviewed by one or more job experts and qualified applicants will be asked to join the next step of the hiring process. Not attaching the required resume will result in an incomplete application, which will not be considered.</p> <p>If you are selected for an interview, you will be contacted by email or phone. Make sure your contact information is correct and check your messages regularly.</p> <p>Current permanent, classified State employees, who are eligible for transfer or voluntary demotion into a position assigned to pay schedule-pay range 03-08, should complete the online application process.</p> <p>Veterans with a 30%-or-greater service-related disability are eligible for consideration for non-competitive appointment to a permanent position in classified civil service under s. 230.275, WI Stats. If you meet the eligibility criteria, please send a letter of qualifications, resume, DD214 clearly showing an honorable discharge, and documentation of your service-connected disability rating dated within 12 months, to the Human Resources contact listed in this announcement. Current State employees are not eligible for this consideration.</p> <p>Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States (i.e., a citizen or national of the U.S., a lawful permanent resident, or an alien authorized to work in the U.S. without WDVA sponsorship) at the time of application.</p> <p>Questions can be directed to J Lea Roberts at jlea.roberts@wisconsin.gov or 608-266-3344.</p> <p>Deadline to Apply</p> <p>Applications will be accepted until the needs of the Home are met.</p> <p>Resumes will be reviewed weekly starting 03/03/2025.</p>