Job Description

Executive Housekeeper (Part Time)

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Work type: Part Time

Location: Troy, NY

Categories: Staff, Trades, Service, and Maintenance

Who we are

Why Rensselaer? Nestled on a beautiful 275-acre campus in upstate NY, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is home to five schools, 32 research centers, three makerspaces, an observatory, one of the world’s fastest supercomputers, and the IBM Quantum System One - the first university-based quantum computer in the world.

With top notch employee health and retirement benefits, Rensselaer offers its full-time employees a generous paid time off program, tuition remission, and opportunities for career growth.

Job Summary

This is a part-time position. The executive housekeeper performs a variety of housekeeping duties for the residence of the President of Rensselaer in accordance with established standards and procedures. The executive housekeeper will periodically inventory supplies and equipment; investigate new and improved cleaning instruments and make recommendations to the House manager. Candidates must be comfortable with dogs, as the home is pet-friendly with two resident dogs, and occasional pets from visitors and family.

Minimum Qualifications

• HS Diploma or equivalent preferred

• Demonstrated stable work history is required, along with

• One year experience in professional/residential cleaning services including training to operate cleaning machines

• Valid US driver license preferred

Relevant combinations of education, training and experience may be considered.

Representative Duties

Cleans floors, washes windows, cleans, dusts, and polishes indoor surfaces (door panels, and sills, walls, etc.) Cleans, sanitizes, and replenishes bathrooms. Does dishes, puts away groceries, takes out the trash. Does laundry and provides cleaning services during special events held at President’s residence.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to follow instructions, use cleaning materials manuals, operate power equipment, and handle sanitizing agents.

• Ability to ensure privacy, confidentiality and discretion in all interactions at the President’s residence

• Ability to work in a team environment and communicate with other employees, faculty, and students in campus community

• Ability to read, write, and perform basic arithmetic

Shift

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 9:00 a.m. through 3:00 p.m

Travel

Local travel between campus locations only

Driving

Driving a personal vehicle for non-passenger use

Starting Salary/Rate

Expected hiring range: $20.00 - $22.15

Pay transparency disclosure: The selected candidate’s salary will be determined based on factors that include the available budget, internal equity, and the final candidate’s qualifications, experience, education and other job-related credentials. This hiring range is provided as Rensselaer’s good faith estimate of the expected hiring range at the time of posting.

Application instructions

Follow the on-screen prompts to create a brief online profile. Please be ready to upload your resume and cover letter.

If you need assistance with the online application process, please contact careers@rpi.edu.

Job Posted Date

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Total Compensation and Benefits Information

Rensselaer’s Total Compensation Program is designed to provide stable pay growth, a comprehensive and affordable benefits package, and a comprehensive and affordable retiree medical and prescription plan. Rensselaer is recognized locally and nationally for the depth and breadth of its compensation and benefits program. Our goal is to provide you and your family with a comprehensive health and welfare program as an umbrella of financial security and protection during your employment. For more information, please visit Benefits | Human Resources (rpi.edu) ( .

We welcome candidates who will bring diverse cultural, ethnic, national and international perspectives to Rensselaer’s work and campus communities.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity, Race/Gender/Veterans/Disability Employer.

Advertised: 12 Sep 2024 Eastern Daylight Time

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About the Company:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Institute programs serve undergraduates, graduate students, and working professionals around the world. Nearly 29 percent of undergraduate students this year are from areas outside of the Northeast. First-year students hail from 43 states , in addition to the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and from countries all around the world.

Rensselaer offers more than 145 programs at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels. Students are encouraged to work in interdisciplinary programs that allow them to combine scholarly work from several departments or schools. The university provides rigorous, engaging, interactive learning environments and campus-wide opportunities for leadership, collaboration, and creativity.

For almost two centuries , Rensselaer has maintained its reputation for providing an undergraduate education of undisputed intellectual rigor based on educational innovation in the laboratory, classroom, and studio.

Driven by talented, dedicated, and forward-thinking faculty , Rensselaer has dramatically expanded the research enterprise by leveraging our existing strengths and focusing on five signature research areas: biotechnology and the life sciences ; energy and the environment ; computational science and engineering ; nanotechnology and advanced materials ; and media, arts, science, and technology .

The Institute is especially well-known for its success in the transfer of technology from the laboratory to the marketplace so that new discoveries and inventions benefit human life, protect the environment, and strengthen economic development.

Academic Approach and Educational Innovations

Rensselaer is anchored by two vibrant roots:

• One root, written into the school's founding documents , is the application of science to the common purposes of life. This kept the focus on engineering solutions to national and international needs and challenges. Rensselaer graduates constructed the canals, roads, bridges, skyscrapers, and basic infrastructure of America, which helped to form the basis for 20th century society.
• The second root, also built into the school's origin, was the employment of unique educational strategies. In the earliest days, after initial instruction, students taught what they knew to each other since teaching reinforces learning. Likewise, students performed scientific experiments rather than watch faculty conduct them, as had been the common practice.

The Rensselaer Plan 2024

Armed with our intellects, our energy, and a bold vision for the future, we launched a process to realize the mission of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in new and tangible ways. We conceived and implemented The Rensselaer Plan , to bring new meaning, and new substance, to the question we ask ourselves as the first technological university in the nation: Why not change the world?

We began our journey of transformation where necessity demanded. We have made major investments in our people, programs, platforms, and partnerships; and, together, we have brought about a true Renaissance at Rensselaer. These investments have enabled us to transform Rensselaer into a top-tier technological research university with global reach and global impact. That transformation serves as a solid foundation on which we will build even greater achievements in the future.

Our journey of transformation continues, under The Rensselaer Plan 2024 . In the same spirit as its precursor, the revised Plan is evergreen, prepared to grow and evolve, as the Institute grows and evolves. In advancing The Rensselaer Plan 2024 , we are moving from transforming Rensselaer to Rensselaer being transformative: transformative in our students' lives; transformative in our innovative pedagogy, nationally and internationally; transformative in the global impact of our research.

Company Size:
100 to 499 employees

Industry:
Education

Founded:
1824

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Full time, Part time, Local area, Shift work,

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