Facilities Associate

Facilities Associate

Catherine Cook School seeks a vibrant and innovative Facilities Associate. This position is a hands-on, community-centered role that helps ensure the smooth daily operation of the school through facilities maintenance, event support, and campus logistics. The ideal candidate is proactive, service-oriented, and adaptable, with a strong attention to detail and a willingness to support students, faculty, families, and visitors in creating a safe, welcoming, and well-maintained environment.

The role contributes to the growth of the Cook community by connecting with and caring for students and colleagues through weekly duties and administrative tasks. It also involves growing as a life-long learner through active participation in meetings and professional development opportunities. The Facilities Associate applies skills as supported by training and protocols for proactive and responsive community building. They proactively and reflectively communicate through various platforms the vision, goals, and progress of their work with both internal and external collaborators. They grow our culture of belonging and wellness through active participation in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and social-emotional learning (SEL) efforts. They serve as an Ambassador for our Enrollment Management and Development efforts and employ Google and Outlook Applications for individual and team collaboration and communication.

Facilities support includes collaborating with facilities staff to complete work tickets, daily student arrival and dismissal support, monitoring two-way radio and responding to all transmissions including emergencies, cleaning, janitorial, and snow removal. The role also involves receiving deliveries, distributing packages, and providing access for vendors and service personnel. The Facilities Associate maintains professionalism and customer service orientation in all interactions with faculty/staff, students, parents, vendors, neighbors, etc. They have a willingness-to-help attitude and an eye for detail and organization.

Event support includes proactively planning and executing logistics for events/meetings/games by organizing space selection and reservation with event organizer, managing internal events calendar, furniture setup/teardown, janitorial/maintenance, and security needs. The Facilities Associate keeps security informed of on-campus events for arrival and flow purposes, adjusts hours to be on campus for events, and makes sure the event organizer is able to contact them during the event via radio and/or phone.

The ideal candidate for this role will embody a strong service mindset, excellent problem-solving skills, and a collaborative approach to supporting the school community. They will be resourceful, dependable, and adaptable, with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a safe, efficient, and welcoming campus environment.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities include working knowledge in building trades and facility systems including fire and life safety, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, building automation systems, etc. The candidate must be able to safely operate hand/power tools and equipment including ladders, snow blowers, box cutters, hand trucks, saws, drills, grinders, sanders, etc. They must have good communication and interpersonal skills, effectively operate a two-way radio, and have basic proficiency in Microsoft Office programs including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Applications including Docs, Spreadsheets, etc. The candidate must be able to work safely, efficiently, and manage multiple tasks at the same time. They must be a skilled problem solver, highly resourceful, creative, and proactive, work well on a team and independently with supervision, and have regular, predictable, and reliable attendance.

Physical requirements and working conditions include the ability to stand, bend at the waist, sit, crouch, kneel, crawl, reach and lay horizontally for sustained periods of time, and/or as job may require. The candidate must be able to safely ascend/descend ladders and lift/push/pull a minimum of 50lbs without assistance. They must be exposed to extreme temperature and weather conditions, high noise levels from machinery/power tools, construction, students, etc., atmospheric conditions such as fumes/airborne particles from cleaning solutions, paints/solvents, vehicle exhaust, construction dust, etc., biological substances such as blood, human waste, vomit, etc., and mechanical and electrical hazards.

The salary range for this position is $24-$27/hour. When extending an offer, Catherine Cook considers factors such as the position's scope and responsibilities, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, and market and organizational considerations. Catherine Cook School is an equal-opportunity employer. We recognize that skills and insights are developed through a variety of professional and lived experiences. We seek to be more representative of the communities in which we live and who we teach. We are intentionally seeking candidates who can demonstrate the core qualifications of this role through a combination of both non-traditional and traditional personal and professional experiences.

Catherine Cook offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the well-being and financial security of our employees. Our benefits for full-time eligible employees include medical, dental, and vision coverage, 403(b) plan, 100% of the premium covered for Basic Life insurance, STD, LTD, AD&D, HSA, FSA, Dependent Care available, professional development opportunities, generous paid time off, pet insurance, and identity theft protection.