This position is located in Facility Management Service at the VA Montana Healthcare System in Fort Harrison, Montana. The Housekeeping Aid Leader performs routine and specialized tasks in completing sanitation duties. The work is regularly performed by hand and heavy-powered (industrial type) cleaning equipment such as scrubbers, buffers, spray washers and vacuum cleaners.

Duties

The major duties include but are not limited to: Provides the full range of housekeeping services and maintains established sanitation standards in all areas assigned and leads up to ten WG-1 or WG-2 Housekeeping Aids and one to four Compensated Work Therapy (CWT); Utilizes responsibility for co-planning and organizing weekend/night-shift manpower utilization by making area coverage assignments to the individual housekeeping aids and defers to the Evening Shift Supervisor, if needed; Assists housekeeping aids in accomplishing cleaning assignments; Gives new employees on the job training, demonstrations, verbal instructions and special assistance during their first few weeks of employment and continues to check work in progress; Ensures materials and tools are available and that needed stock is obtained from supply locations; Visually inspects work in progress, insuring that proper techniques and procedures are being followed; Inspects all completed work, judges whether the quantity and quality of the work is satisfactory and assigns housekeeping aids to repeat the work, if necessary; Checks the assigned areas of responsibility for items requiring special work and assigns these periodic duties to housekeeping aids; Utilizes full working knowledge of housekeeping operations; Maintains carpets, vinyl tiles, vinyl sheet goods, terrazzo, rubber and concrete floors; and Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule:11:00PM-7:30AM Position Description Title/PD#: Housekeeping Aid (Leader)/PD99913S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): This position is eligible for a 20% Critical Skills Incentive (CSI) in addition to regular salary. Candidates may be eligible for a lump sum CSI for a pro-rated amount if onboard prior to the CSI expiration date. Eligible candidates will be required to sign a service agreement agreeing to an obligated service period.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/31/2024. PHYSICAL EFFORT: The position demands continuous walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, pulling, and pushing. The work requires the occasional use of heavy powered cleaning equipment (e.g., wall washers, industrial type buffers) weighing over 50 pounds. The duties necessitate considerable dexterity, hand, foot, and eye coordination, and concentration as well as visual acuity to see dirt, dust and debris. WORKING CONDITIONS: Work is normally performed indoors with adequate heat, light, and ventilation. Some work may be performed outdoors where there may be exposed to varying degrees of heat and cold as well as inclement weather. PPE may be required in some circumstance as exposure to possible contagious diseases, blood and bloody secretion are inherent to this position. Care is required to avoid serious injuries (i.e., broken bones) when working on ladders, or when using 30-100-pound power equipment or handling hazardous materials. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualifications. For this position, the job element method is used to match what you, the applicant, can do against what the work calls for. Your knowledge, skills and abilities will be compared to the knowledge, skills and abilities (called job elements) needed for success. Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element (WG-2 and higher only; screen-outs are not applicable to WG-1). Applicants who appear to meet the screen out element are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated from consideration. The potential Eligibles are rated against the remainder of the job elements. While a specific length of training and experience is not required, your responses to the questionnaire must be supported by detailed descriptions of your experience on your resume. You will be rated on the following Job Elements as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Lead or Supervise (Screen out) Work Practices Interpret Instructions, Specifications (other than blueprint reading) Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment Dexterity and Safety

Education

None

Contacts

• Address Fort Harrison VA Medical Center 3687 Veterans Drive Fort Harrison, MT 59636 US
• Name: La Vaughn Macon
• Phone: (562)754-9720
• Email: [email protected]