Custodian for Primary Schools in Southwest Gothenburg

GÖTEBORGS KOMMUN · Full-time

Göteborgs Stad, Göteborg, Sweden

Description We are now seeking a custodian who wants to contribute with excellent service, quality and development and who is happy to go the extra mile for our primary schools in the southwest area 3 of Gothenburg. The MLV operation (meals, facility maintenance and custodial services) within the Primary School Administration is responsible for meal services as well as facility maintenance and custodial services at our schools. In the Southwest area, custodians work to deliver top-class service. For each unit there is a meals manager and a facilities and custodial services manager where the work groups consist of approximately 30 employees. Job Responsibilities As a custodian with us, you have a broad role with varied work tasks. This can include everything from assembly work, changing light sources, repairs, monthly and quarterly fire alarm testing, work with sports events and recycling management. Heavy lifting occurs in the work as we help many operations with moving various items. You work with service and enjoy helping others. Good cooperation with schools and colleagues is important to you. The work involves both responsibility for tasks according to ongoing maintenance routines and for maintenance requests from schools within your area of responsibility. It is important that you feel comfortable with the responsibility of being a good adult role model at the school. Good communication and cooperation with both students and other adults in the school environments is a requirement. Gothenburg City works with self-service for absence reporting. We use tools from Office365 in our work, primarily email through Outlook, but also Teams, OneNote, SharePoint, Excel and Word. Working hours are daytime according to schedule. On-call and standby duty occur in connection with sports events, elections and other events. Qualifications We are looking for you who have upper secondary education and at least 3 years of experience in custodial work, property management, trades or similar. Since the southwest area of Gothenburg is a large district, the work requires you to drive a car, which means you need a driver's license for a passenger car (B) and driving experience. The position also involves some administrative work and therefore good computer skills are required as well as proficiency in Swedish, both spoken and written. It is meritorious if you have trades education, facilities management education, or property management education. It is also meritorious if you have experience working in property management and if you have knowledge of Office365, Outlook, Teams, OneNote, SharePoint, Word and Excel. As a person you are independent and act on your own based on what the situation requires without needing support from others. You are service-oriented and have the interest, willingness and ability to help others and you strive to put forward solutions. The role also requires that you have the ability to work together with others to complete tasks and achieve goals. You have communication skills and express the essence of an argument in a clear and effective way. You are flexible and adapt easily, both to individuals and situations. Since you are our face to the outside world, it is important for the operation and self-evident for you to be a good ambassador for the unit. We place great emphasis on personal suitability. We will begin interviews on an ongoing basis during the application period. We look forward to receiving your application! Other As an employee in our administration you are offered, among other things, wellness benefits, a cycling allowance and employee support. According to the School Act, an extract from the police criminal record must be presented by persons before they are employed in preschool activities, school and school childcare. You order this on the Police's website. For this recruitment, we have taken a position on recruitment channels and therefore we decline any further offers of recruitment services, advertising and recruitment assistance. We only accept applications through our recruitment system in accordance with GDPR. About Us We are creating the future of Gothenburg – one lesson at a time Every day thousands of children and young people meet in our schools – with them we shape the future Gothenburg. In the Primary School Administration we are 10,000 committed employees working together to ensure that all students succeed and grow, regardless of background or circumstances. You have an important role in creating an equitable school with high quality, where you both get to develop and develop the operation. You build knowledge, community and hope for the future together with your colleagues. With us you get to make a real difference. Gothenburg's Primary School Administration is responsible for the city's approximately 140 municipal schools, from preschool class to grade 9, adapted primary school, after-school recreation and cultural school. Welcome to work near the forest, the city or the sea. We are Gothenburg.