Clarification from the agency

Applications will be accepted from current Capitol Building (CB) employees only.

This Position is Limited to Current Capitol Building Employees Only.

Tour of Duty: Sunday Night - Friday Morning | 10:00PM - 6:30AM

Cleaning of Building Interiors and Exteriors

• Performs the full range of cleaning duties in an assigned area without instruction.
• Cleans interior and exterior areas assigned.
• Performs a variety of custodial duties that involve handling, moving, and controlling heavy powered equipment and performing minor equipment maintenance.
• Performs various tasks in maintenance operations including sweeping, mopping, dusting, walls and ceiling surfaces, cleaning tiles, sandstone, marble, bronze, cement, wood, emptying waste baskets, ash trays, recycling.
• Performs cleaning operation of elevators, public rest rooms, committee rooms, stairwells, hallways, office suites.
• Collects, sorts and moves large quantities of materials which is consolidated for pickup such as aluminum cans, plastic/glass bottles, paper from central and desk side locations and newspapers recycled by office staff.

General Labor Tasks

• Works on ladders and scaffolds to perform tasks such as washing and restoring:  window blinds, ceiling fixtures, walls, and changes light bulbs, as needed.
• Performs laborer work, including loading and unloading trucks, and using various moving equipment and devices including fork lifts, hand and power lifts, and pallet jacks, and carts for construction debris.
• Assists trade shops to set up scaffolding, ladders, and carry equipment, materials and tools to work site for construction or renovation.
• Removes construction debris and assists with tarps and moving heavy furniture as needed.
• In shops and warehouses, maintains an assigned area clean and orderly.
• Sweeps and mops floor.
• Removes oil, hydraulic fluid, and other spilled liquids.

Furniture Moves, Set-Up and Support for Office Moves, Special Events and Special Requests

• Moves and arranges furniture, furnishings and equipment for room assignment changes, room space changes and special events.
• Sets up and/or rearranges committee rooms, dining areas, outside plazas, assembly rooms, auditoriums, meeting rooms, offices, etc., for many types of affairs.
• Performs various work assignments as required by Members of Congress, their staff, committee staffs, and other clients.

Serves as Team/Work Leader

• Passes on to other workers instructions received from supervisor, and starts work (e.g., by assigning the immediate tasks to be performed by individual members of the group led).
• Ensures that needed plans, blueprints, materials, and tools are available, and that needed stock is obtained from supply locations.
• Checks work in progress and when finished, checks for compliance with supervisor's instructions on work sequence, procedures, methods, and deadlines.
• Demonstrates proper work methods and answers workers' questions regarding procedures, policies, written instructions, and other directives (e.g., technical orders); obtains needed information or decisions from the supervisor on problems that come up during the work.
• Provides information to supervisor on status and progress of work, causes of delays, and overall work operations and problems (e.g., additional on-the-job training requirements for individual employees).
• Assures that safety and housekeeping rules are followed (e.g., assures that machine capacities are not exceeded and that tools are properly used).
• Performs the same type duties as the employees being led.
• Works along with other workers, setting the pace.

Conditions of employment

• You must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license.
• You must be able to pass a drug test.
• Your resume and question responses must demonstrate job-related elements.

• To be employed by the Architect of the Capitol in a paid position, an individual must meet one of the categories below:

  • A citizen of the United States;
  • A person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B);
  • A person who is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible;
  • A person who owes allegiance to the United States (nationals of American Samoa, Swains Island, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and nationals who meet other requirements described in 8 U.S.C. 1408); or
  • A person who is currently an officer or employee of the Government of the United States.

Qualifications

You must meet all eligibility and qualification requirements by the closing date of the job announcement.

You must meet the following SCREEN-OUT(S) required for this position.

• Ability to lead people in the performance of laborer/recycler work

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Review your resume and responses carefully. Your eligibility for consideration and qualifications for the position will be determined based upon a review of your detailed resume and your responses to job specific self-assessment questions.

Your resume will be evaluated based on evidence of your ability to demonstrate the job elements for this position, possession of any specialized experience, and how well your background and experience relates to the self-assessment questions in the job announcement. The self-assessment questions relate to the following job elements and competencies:

-- Ability to Lead

-- Work Practices (keeping things neat, clean and in order)

-- Ability to Interpret Instructions

-- Dexterity and Safety

Your responses to the self-assessment questions serve as the basis for your initial rating. You will receive a numerical score based on your responses to these questions. Next, your responses will be evaluated by a Human Resources Specialist and/or a subject matter expert against the information provided in your resume and optional cover letter. Your resume must support your answers to the self-assessment questions. Falsifying your background, education and/or experience is cause for non-selection or disqualification from further consideration.

Please note that a complete application is required for consideration. (Please review the “Required Documents” section of this job announcement to see what must be included in a complete application).