Custodian

If you love to clean and have good attention to detail this manual work performing a variety of cleaning and custodial tasks at the Muscatine Art Center is right for you! This is a great part-time (20 hours/week) job with starting pay at $18.94/hour and IPERS, paid vacation and holidays.  The work mostly is routine and is performed in accordance with specific and detailed instructions. There is also some opportunity to learn tasks outside the regular work routine.  This work involves contact with office personnel and the public so good people skills are also important.

Duties include, but are not limited to: sweeping, mopping, scrubbing and waxing floors; cleaning walls, ceilings; dusting and vacuuming; washing windows both inside and out; polishing furniture, brass, fixtures, woodwork, bathrooms and replenishing supplies as needed, emptying trash, shoveling snow, some groundskeeping work, and assisting maintenance personnel as needed.

Must reside within 30 air miles of Muscatine city limits. Must be able to pass drug screen, physical, and background check.

 

Hiring Process
For civil service positions, applications are screened for minimum qualifications. Applicants meeting the criteria will be invited to participate in the civil service testing process.

For non-civil service positions, the hiring process is established in a manner appropriate for the position. It is the City’s goal to successfully match the right candidates for the right positions.

It is the policy of the City of Muscatine not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, religion, or disability. The City is an EQUAL. OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER, and recognizes the requirements of THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. The City of Muscatine has also made a strong commitment to employees and the public to provide a safe and drug-free work environment through the implementation of a DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING PROGRAM.  

The CITY OF MUSCATINE has, and will continue to make, a reasonable commitment toward achieving the spirit and intent of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibit discrimination against the handicapped/disabled.