Title: Housekeeping Worker - #WWRW0094
State Role Title: Hsekeep &/or Apparel Worker I
Hiring Range: Anticipated starting salary Low $30,000 to Low $40,000 comm w/experience
Pay Band: 1
Agency: Dept for Aging & Rehab Svcs
Location: Wilson Wkfc Rehab Ctn
Agency Website: https://www.wwrc.virginia.gov/
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
About the Agency
Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center provides people with disabilities comprehensive, individualized services to realize personal independence through employment.
About the Position
Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center (WWRC) is seeking a Housekeeping Worker to maintain cleanliness and sanitation across the campus. Responsibilities include cleaning floors, carpets, bathrooms, lounges, residential rooms, hallways, offices, kitchens, elevators, and laundry rooms using prescribed detergents and disinfectants. Duties also involve polishing fixtures, replenishing supplies, unclogging toilets, identifying asbestos‑containing tiles, reporting damaged tiles, and cleaning woodwork, windows, furnishings, and equipment as needed.
The position operates cleaning equipment such as buffers, shower machines, golf carts, specialized vacuums, and pressure washers, maintains inventory, orders supplies, and submits work orders.
Additional duties include assisting grounds with snow removal, moving furniture, trash removal, sweeping sidewalks, event setups, and recycling. Safety responsibilities include responding to bed bug, MRSA, and head lice situations; reporting pests; conducting building sweeps; identifying bloodborne pathogens; quarantining affected areas; using proper PPE; and disposing of biohazard materials.
Other duties may be assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have:
Knowledge/Experience:
Knowledge of cleaning techniques and practices; and of use of cleaning supplies and equipment
Skills/Abilities:
Physical ability to perform reasonably strenuous housekeeping tasks such as lifting, bending, reaching and squatting are required.
Ability to understand and follow oral or written instructions; and to work effectively with diverse customers.
Additional Considerations
N/A
Special Instructions
This position has been designated a sensitive position under Va. Code § 2.2 1201.1.
A fingerprint based criminal history check will be required of the finalist.
Benefits:
WWRC offers a comprehensive benefits package to include your choice of health insurance plans, flexible spending accounts, VRS retirement, employer paid basic group life insurance, employee paid optional group life, 13 paid holidays, Sick Leave, Annual Leave, Family Personal Leave, employee discount programs, and much more!
Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during the application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contact recruitment@dars.virginia.gov for assistance.
Minorities, Individuals with disabilities, Veterans, AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other National Service Alumni are encouraged to apply.
To Apply:
Equal Opportunity Employer State applications will only be accepted as submitted online by 11:55 p.m. on the closing date through the Commonwealth of Virginia’s New Recruitment Management System. Mailed, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered applications and/or résumés will not be accepted. PageUp will provide you with confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé are submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
Contact Information
Name: Human Resources
Email: Recruitment@dars.virginia.gov
In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.
Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.