Northeast Iowa Food Bank

The ideal Office Custodian for the Northeast Iowa Food Bank understands and is passionate about the organization’s mission to provide nutritious food and grocery products to nonprofit organizations and individuals in northeast Iowa. This individual will be a vital component of the Food Bank in the fight against hunger. This team member must demonstrate outstanding ability to work with the Facilities staff to ensure assigned areas are clean, orderly, safe, and secure.

A passion for social justice and compassion for others are keys to being a staff member at the Northeast Iowa Food Bank. The Northeast Iowa Food Bank strives to work as a unified team to close the Meal Gap in northeast Iowa, to this end the Office Custodian will need to be capable of working as a team, as well as being a self-starter. In addition, maintaining a positive outlook will play a key role in being a motivator and encourager for the community, clients, and volunteers alike.

The responsibilities of the Office Custodian include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Perform daily housekeeping tasks in the office areas, lobby, conference rooms, breakroom, hallways, and restrooms ensuring AIB standards are met. Accurately record completion of daily tasks.

• Perform weekly, monthly, and quarterly tasks on the cleaning schedule for the interior areas of responsibility and facility grounds to ensure compliance with AIB standards. Keep accurate records of tasks completed on the cleaning schedule.

• Report and remove any safety hazards inside the Food Bank and facility grounds. Document and report all safety hazards to their supervisor.

• Identifies and reports the need for repairs to the facility to their supervisor.

• Track inventory of supplies and report to their supervisor replenishment needs.

• In instances of a federal, state or locally declared emergency, NEIFB is considered an essential service and emergency responder; all employees may be called in to perform regular or emergent duties.

• Perform other duties as assigned to meet Food Bank needs.

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• Ability to perform basic mathematical functions

• Ability to lift and carry objects weighing up to 60 lbs.

• Ability to work independently and with staff to achieve objectives

• Ability to work with diverse populations including individuals of various educational ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds

• Interpersonal problem-solving, communication, and customer service skills

• Valid Iowa Driver’s License and safe driving record

• Ability to work, learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment.

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While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts, high, precarious places, and fumes or airborne particles. The employee frequently is exposed to wet or humid conditions; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme heat; and general outside weather conditions. The employee is exposed to extreme heat and cold and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

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The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is possible that requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to sit, walk, and stand for extended periods of time; talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands repetitively to finger, handle, feel or operate standard office equipment and power equipment; reach with hands and arms; use step ladders; and lift 60 pounds. Stoop, twist, kneel, crouch, or bend frequently. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.

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NEIFB Bank Core Values – A.C.C.E.S.S.

• Attitude of Helpfulness

• Confidently Humble

• Clear Communication

• Empathetic to the Community

• Solution Centered

• Striving for Excellence

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NEIFB Core Focus  
Our Purpose:  
Collaborate + Educate + Advocate = Feed the Food Insecure

Our Niche:

Every Meal.  Every Day.  Everyone.

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Northeast Iowa Food Bank hereby affirms it is an equal opportunity employer, offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, gender expression or identity, pregnancy, leave status, genetic information or age and provides Equal Employment Opportunity to handicapped individuals, disabled veterans, and veterans of the Vietnam era.  Further, the Northeast Iowa Food Bank is an equal opportunity provider.

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