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Housekeeping Aid Leader
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 8 days ago
On-site Durham, NC $19.9 – $23.3/hr Apply by Jun 22, 2026 Custodial Working ESFJESFPESTPISFP Hospitality
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This position is located in the Veterans Administration (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6), in VA Medical Center (VAMC) Durham, North Carolina. The primary duties of the employee is that of a work leader, performing work which requires physical abilities and effort that involves specialized skill working and providing guidance of cleaning methods for all areas of the medical center.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties include but are not limited to: Independently performs the full range of cleaning duties in an assigned building or other area.
- →Gives guidance on how to operate cleaning equipment and tools properly along with adjusts/performs minor maintenance on such equipment.
- →Occasionally works on ladders and scaffold to clean ceiling fixtures, wash walls, replace light bulbs, and perform similar task.
- →Provides needed instruction, materials, keys, tools, and operating supplies to the work crew.
- →Relays instructions received from supervisor, e.g. by assigning the immediate tasks to be performed by individual members of the group led; following up and inspecting work assignments performed.
- →Working along with other workers and setting the pace; leading by example.
- →Maintaining a current knowledge and answering questions of other workers on procedures, policies, written instructions and other directives.
- →Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
- →The position is a working leader for housekeeping operations throughout the VA Medical Center(s).
- →The position leads Housekeeping Aids and others as assigned.
- →The position leads three (3) or more employees in performing their duties while performing the full range of housekeeping tasks required to maintain the Medical Center and other facility units in a clean, organized and sanitary condition.
- →The position is guided by EMS and Medical Center policies and procedures, VA regulations and verbal instructions from EMS Management.
- →The leader communicates instructions from the Supervisor to the employees and then validates the completion of the work assigned.
- →The position coordinates projects with nurses and other area supervisors to ensure work timely and successful completion.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓There is no educational substitution for this JOB POSITION
Personality Fit
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