Company Description:
About Roxbury Community College:
Roxbury Community College is an urban, public, 2-year
College serving a diverse community including peoples of color, recent immigrants and nontraditional populations. The College mission is to
help students achieve educational goals through delivering high-quality transfer and career programs. RCC (Roxbury Community College)
strives to honor traditional commitments, and to be responsive to new challenges and insights through workforce training, ESOL and community
education.
The student population at the college is diverse in ethnicity, gender, language, age, and background. Roxbury Community
College is an AA/EO employer and strongly encourages applications from candidates who would enhance the diversity of its staff. Reasonable
accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of
Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act requires all institutes of higher education to disclose campus policy statements and crime
statistics. Our annual report is available at www.rcc.mass.edu/clery.
Job Description:
Title: Maintainer I
Unit: AFSCME
Department: Facilities
Reports To: Executive Director of Facilities
Date: August 2025
RCC seeks a responsible person to perform janitorial, custodial, housekeeping, grounds-keeping
and other maintenance tasks as assigned with in Roxbury community college campus.
Essential Duties:
- Cleans classrooms, meeting rooms, bathrooms, corridors, walls, etc. by washing, waxing, buffing, sweeping, polishing, dusting, and
vacuum cleaning. Responsible for emptying and cleaning the waste barrels, garbage cans, and other waste receptacles. - Performs manual
labor such as loading/unloading freight materials or equipment and delivering goods to personnel. - Locks and unlocks the premises,
reports hazardous and unusual situations to the appropriate authorities. - Makes general repairs of a simple nature.
- Operates
electric trimmers, buffers, or other similar mechanical or power equipment. - Performs routine manual tasks involved in maintenance,
repair or beautification process of grounds, i.e. grass cutting, clearing drains, loading and unloading of vehicles, moving and setting up
furniture/equipment, snow removal and sand / ice-melt spreading, cleaning the walkways, roads, parking lots, painting fences, posts and
building exterior. - Performs routine tasks to assist skilled trade technicians.
- Care for plants, trees,
flowers. - Sweep sidewalks, remove leaves and debris/rubbish.
- Other related duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Legal authorization to work in the USA.
- Ability to follow oral and written
instructions. - Ability to understand and apply rules & regulations, policies & procedures, specifications & standards, and guidelines
governing the assigned tasks. - Ability to establish and maintain harmonious working relationships with coworkers, faculty and staff,
students, and visitors. - Ability to lift and carry heavy objects
- Ability to climb and work on ladders and
scaffolding. - Manual dexterity and mechanical aptitude.
Additional
Information:
Compensation: Grade 10 Step 1 per the AFSCME CBA
Employees of Roxbury Community College are
considered employees of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and receive benefits that include:
- High quality and affordable health
insurance through the Commonwealth’s Group Insurance Commission (GIC) - Reasonable Dental and Vision Plans
- Flexible Medical
Spending Account and Dependent Care Assistance Account - Low cost basic and optional life insurance
- Retirement Savings:
State Employees’ Pension or Optional Retirement Program (ORP) and Deferred Compensation 457(b) plan or 403(b). - 12 paid holidays per
year and competitive Sick, Vacation, and Personal Time - Tuition Benefit for employees and dependents at state colleges and
universities - Short-Term Disability and Extended Illness program participation options
- Professional Development and
Continuing Education opportunities - Qualified Employer for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program
- Cell Phone Bill
Discounts with Verizon and T-Mobile Cell Phone Carriers - Access to the Commonwealth’s Mass4You, employee assistance program
- Free employee parking on the Roxbury Campus
- Public Transportation is available to the College via the MBTA Orange Line
Roxbury Crossing Station & connecting bus stops, an eight-minute walk to the campus.
Location: Roxbury
Community College Campus
Unit: AFSCME
Shift Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:00am-3:30
pm
Expected start date: August 2025
Application Instructions:
Application
Instructions:
Applicants interested in applying MUST submit the following documents via the online application:
1. Cover Letter
2. Resume
3. Three references
After completing
all the steps above, please go back into the newly created account and double check that your resume and cover letter uploaded as you
intended.
Roxbury Community College understands that persons with specific disabilities may need assistance with the job application
process and/or with the interview process. For confidential assistance with the job application process, please contact Pat Noel, ADA
Coordinator at 857-701-1200 or [email protected].
ADA Compliance:
The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education – Roxbury Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the
Americans with Disabilities Act, The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education – Roxbury Community College will provide reasonable
accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential
accommodations with the employer.




