Job Description

Posting number: 27-78

Department: SCHOOL DEPT.

Job classification: School Storekeeper

Posting type: Open

Categories: Building Maintenance, Custodial

Summary

SCHOOL STOREKEEPER

(Inventory, Supply Maintenance and Delivery)

• One (1) Full-time Vacancy
• 40 Hours per week: Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
• Grade D: Hourly Rate Range: $23.70 - $30.16 based on experience

DEFINITION:

Semi-skilled administrative and manual work involving the purchase, inventory and transport of all supplies and materials to the City’s public schools and City offices, as well as caring for and maintaining a school building or buildings, surrounding grounds and related equipment; all other work as required.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Transports supplies and materials to school and City building sites; performs other transportation work including delivering supplies and equipment, ships outgoing items via UPS, US. Mail companies when necessary.
• Performs custodial duties including general school building maintenance such as sweeping, vacuuming, washing floors, cleaning restrooms, and emptying wastebaskets in offices and common areas.
• Monitors supply levels and tracks inventory, requests others to order or places orders with vendors as necessary; monitors and corrects any vendor shipments that are short or wrong; reports order status to staff awaiting items.
• Performs some ground maintenance including removing snow, picking up litter and maintaining neatness of sidewalks surrounding school buildings.
• Prepares rooms for public gatherings, including setting up tables and chairs, sweeping mopping and waxing floors. Opens the building daily as required.
• Performs various minor repairs to equipment and buildings as necessary.
• Performs similar or related work as required or as situation dictates.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience

High school diploma; or equivalent, one year in warehouse operations with shipping, receiving and inventory control experience.

MA Class D Driver’s License required.

Physical Requirements:

Frequent light to moderate physical effort required in performing duties. Frequently required to move (push or pull) or lift objects weighing between 20 and 60 pounds. Frequent bending, kneeling and squatting when cleaning. May spend up to 8 hours per day walking or standing.

Knowledge, Ability and Skills:

A strong knowledge of cleaning materials and methods. Ability to organize and manage a large inventory of items. Ability to operate a motor vehicle; ability to read and follow instructions on the labels of cleaning supplies. Ability to use hand tools for simple repairs and maintenance.

BENEFITS:

All Benefits and privileges are consistent with the Northampton Association of School Employees (NASE) Custodian Unit F Collective Bargaining Agreement Contract.

Who Are We: Dedicated and collaborative teams of educators committed to supporting excellence through coaching and learning. Our mission is to foster educational excellence and opportunity for all learners through collaboration and leadership. We believe that obstacles to learning can be overcome and, once that happens, learning is natural for everyone.

We value: Quality and excellence, innovation, creativity and vision, inclusiveness, equity and diversity and collaboration with others. Creating a community of care is foundational to the work we do….together!

Equity and Social Justice Work is central to our mission, especially in these times. We understand that all forms of oppression are damaging. We engage in this work proactively and purposefully, with the intent of positive outcomes, and because we need to.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Northampton Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, socioeconomic status, homelessness, academic status, gender identity or expression, physical appearance, pregnant or parenting status, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, place of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information, limited-English proficiency, mental, physical, developmental or sensory disability, or by association with a person who has or is perceived to have one or more of these characteristics