Groundskeeper/Maintenance

This role requires at least one weekend day

"With pride, we make public spaces friendly and vibrant for the communities we serve."

Are you a person with a passion for service to your community of Virginia Beach? Are you the kind of person that enjoys working outside? How about talking to people, do you enjoy engaging with others? If yes, we’d like to meet you!

Block by Block provides cleaning, safety, social outreach for the street residents, transit ambassadors, park ambassadors...in a nutshell, we provide services for anything your downtown needs to be a more desired destination.

We are currently seeking some very detail-oriented people to join our team and make a difference in the community of Virginia Beach.

We need the following in a candidate: Strong work ethic, outgoing personality and a great eye for detail and a desire to work within this very happy team.

This role will provide a high level of visibility at the street level to carry out a wide variety of tasks to improve the overall appearance of the service district they are assigned to.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Manual Litter Collection – circulate through assigned work zone with a rolling can containing supplies and tools to take care of address the following tasks:

Removing litter, fast food bags, cups, containers, cigarette butts and other debris on sidewalks, street gutters, and alleys. Trash removal and cleaning the sidewalks are mostly what Ambassadors do. Anything that keeps your district from looking clean and inviting has to go.

Remove graffiti and posters from light posts, trash cans, news boxes and other public infrastructure. We look high and low for anything in eyesight that needs to be removed. You know those stickers for bands and bars? Handbills that junk up the telephone poles, well they got to go too.

Damp wipe and straighten horizontal surfaces, such as trash can lids, news boxes and other infrastructure. This is vital. WE have always cleaned and sanitized touchpoints. We clean everything that doesn't move.

OBSERVE AND REPORT – while on patrol be watchful for unwanted behaviors or criminal activity and report to Safety Ambassadors via two-way radios. Must be able to articulate an accurate description of persons, vehicles, and other similar identifiers.

HOSPITALITY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE – While on patrol we will go out of the way to actively acknowledge pedestrians with a friendly greeting or identify visitors in order to provide directions, information, city information or recommendations. We go out of our way to engage with visitors and foot traffic. That means that we will cross the street to say "hello." Our ambassadors never meet a stranger.

REPORTING – must be able to provide written reports of broken infrastructure, graffiti on private property, and provide a basic daily report of accomplishments and tasks completed. We use Smartphones to document stats on what we clean. We need someone that can work on a cell phone.

PROFESSIONALISM – Must maintain a positive, professional environment in full compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, procedures and overall Block by Block standards of expected professionalism. VERY important. You wear our uniform, and you represent our company nationwide. We need people that will respect that and remain professional in the public eye.

PHYSICAL ABILITIES –

Must have the physical capacity to walk or traverse continuously during an eight-hour shift, with normal breaks (two fifteen minutes, and one thirty-minute meal break).

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.

Must be able to work outdoors in all conditions with provided inclement weather gear.

COMMUNICATION – Must be able to speak, read, and write the English language to create basic reports.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with qualified disabilities to perform the essential duties/functions.

Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.

Block By Block is committed inclusive and accepting environment and to providing equal opportunity to everyone.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to allow individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

We are proud to offer the following benefits:

- Insurance: Medical with available FSA and/or HSA, Dental, Vision, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Life, and Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Critical Illness, and Accident.

- Paid time off: Vacation, Sick Time and/or PTO (Only where required by local requirements and contract agreements), Paid Leave (only where required by law), Holidays (only where required by contract agreement), Floating Holidays (only where required by contract agreement), Birthday Pay (eligible after one year of service at most locations unless otherwise stated in CBA), Jury Duty (only where required by law).

- Other: 401K Retirement Savings Plan.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $17.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Every weekend
• Monday to Friday
• Morning shift
• Weekends as needed

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Virginia Beach, VA 23451: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person