Campus Services Assistant

Institution: Hampshire College

Department: Facilities and Grounds

Job Title: Campus Services Assistant (CSA)

Position Type: Full Time

Schedule: 40 Hours a week; Sunday - Thursday, 6:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Pay Range/ Status: $20.52 Hour/Non-Exempt

$1,641.60 paid bi-weekly

Location: Hampshire College Campus in Amherst, MA

Reports to: Assistant Director of Facilities Services

Anticipated Start Date: Immediately

BENEFITS:

Hampshire College offers an excellent benefits package to facilities employees, which is prorated based on employment cycle and start date.

New facilities employees are immediately eligible for the following paid time off package:

• Holidays - 12 paid holidays per calendar year, including 3 floating holidays.
• Personal Days - 3 personal days per fiscal year.
• Sick days - 1 sick day accruing per month (Maximum of 130 days).
• Vacation days - 10 paid vacation days per fiscal year (July 1 - June 30); vacation time will increase with years of service.

Hampshire College also has a winter break that is fully paid for employees from Christmas Eve to New Years each year, typically 6 paid days.

On top of generous paid time off, Hampshire College offers all full-time employees an excellent benefit package, including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• College paid basic life insurance.
• 403(b) Retirement plan.
• Educational opportunities for employees and their families, including a variety of college tuition benefits for dependent children.

For information on Hampshire College, including more information on employee benefits and our college culture, visit our website at www.hampshire.edu.

ABOUT US:

Hampshire College, an independent, innovative liberal arts institution and member of the Five College consortium, is located on a beautiful rural campus in Amherst, Massachusetts. We provide residential undergraduate education to nearly 700 students. Each department at Hampshire College contributes to the collaborative culture of the organization and plays an important role in the success of the College. The facilities and grounds department is responsible for maintaining the buildings and grounds on the College campus. This includes preventive maintenance, inspections, repairs, landscaping, facilities management, snow removal, emergency response, and coordinating with other departments on campus to ensure efficient operations and property management. Facilities and grounds is a service-oriented department, which provides support to students, employees, and other stakeholders. As part of the physical plant team, you will be instrumental in the department achieving its mission and goals!

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the supervision of the assistant director of facilities services, the campus services assistant (CSA) will perform routine service work such as event set ups, furniture moving, clean-up efforts for campus events/operations and assists other facilities department projects as necessary to support the work of the department. The campus service assistant is a key employee for the turnover of dorms and mods for summer programs, and may participate in other custodial maintenance projects as needed. The CSA will work closely with events staff. The campus services assistant is considered essential personnel and will be required to participate in the Colleges snow removal program and on call program. This position is also essential to student and community service and experience.

As a member of the facilities and grounds team, this position is essential to student, employee, and community service and experience. The incumbent must feel comfortable working in an often fast-paced organizational framework with shifting and evolving responsibilities. This position collaborates with other facilities and grounds staff, and a variety of other college offices to meet the department goals, and further the mission of the department and the College. This position participates as a committed member of the facilities and grounds team in college and division committee work, projects, meetings, events, and overall community development. Availability to work occasional nights and weekends may be required.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Demonstrated ability to solve problems that arise in an efficient manor.
• The ability to routinely lift objects up to and at times >50 lbs.
• Comfortable level with computers and mobile application.
• Demonstrates and supports a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Ability to read, write, understand, and give written and verbal instruction in English.
• Passionate about working in an organization that values and promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism.
• Ability to flex communication style to multiple cultural environments.
• Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive and equitable working relationships with students, faculty, staff and community members.
• Embraces and actively promotes an inclusive and equitable work environment.
• Must have a valid driver's license and ability to successfully pass the College's driver credentialing program.
• Must successfully pass a pre-employment physical and lift test.

Preferred:

• Experience working in event set up and moving.
• Carpet and floor care experience.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATION, EDUCATION, AND EXPERIENCE:

• No formal education required.
• One year of job-related experience; 1-3 years of maintenance experience; custodial, events, grounds etc. preferred.

Alternatives to formal education and paid work experience may be considered as equivalent qualifications to include military service/training, volunteering, activism, and other non-traditional programs and experiences related to the position.

WHO SHOULD APPLY:

Hampshire College is an equal opportunity employer and deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, diversity, and inclusion. We are particularly committed to revealing and combating the social and institutional structures that support racism and white supremacy in all phases of employment and college life. We believe that the educational and employment environment is enhanced when diverse groups of people with diverse ideas come together to work and grow. We encourage applications from women, underrepresented minorities, persons with disabilities, sexual minority groups, veterans, and other candidates who will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives. Hampshire College is committed to removing barriers to employment faced by equity-seeking groups and encourages (but does not require) members of these groups to self-identify in their application materials. Applicants whose work incorporates a global perspective and a demonstrated commitment to issues of diversity in the work environment are particularly encouraged to apply.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.