About this role
Nemours is seeking a General Services Aid to join our team in Wilmington, DE.
Encompassing a 77-room mansion, the largest French-inspired formal gardens in North America, and 200+ acres of grounds, Nemours Estate was owned and developed by Nemours’ benefactor, Alfred I. duPont (1864-1935). The General Services Aide will assist with daily cleaning in Nemours Estate’s Mansion, with particular attention paid to the specialized handling and care of collections items and architectural features. The selected candidate will attend periodic trainings in best practices and will escalate questions when they arise to the Manager of Collections and Interpretation.
Housekeeping tasks are required throughout the staff areas of the Mansion including restrooms, kitchen, offices, and breakrooms. Keeping public areas such as restrooms and other buildings presentable and in good order, may be assigned on an as-needed basis.
The schedule for the selected candidate is 8:30 a.m. -5:00 p.m. The selected candidate must also be available to work alternating weekends.
Responsibilities:
- Cleaning delicate, fragile and sensitive historic artifacts
- Sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, waxing and buffing floors
- Cleaning restrooms
- Cleaning kitchen areas
- Pulling and hauling away trash from receptacles in offices, buildings and around the Estate and Shands House
- Cleaning interior windows
- Changing and replacing light bulbs
- Removing trash, debris and leaves from porches and walkways around buildings
- Delivering and/or distributing shipping packages and/or mail around the Estate
- Available to work weekends, and occasional after hour events.
Requirements:
3 months to a year of training beyond high school
3-6 months of relevant work experience
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Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org.
Other facts
About Nemours Children's Health
Nemours Children's Health is committed to improving the health of children. As a non-profit children’s health organization, we consider the health of every child to be a sacred trust.
Through family-centered care in our children’s hospitals and clinics in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida, as well as world-changing research, education and advocacy, Nemours fulfills the promise of a healthier tomorrow for all children — even those who may never enter our doors.
Nemours began more than 80 years ago with the vision of Alfred I. duPont to improve the lives of children and to do whatever it takes to prevent and treat even the most disabling childhood conditions.
Today, through our children’s hospitals and health system, we directly care for 250,000 children annually in Delaware Valley and Florida, including families who travel from across the country and world to see our specialists — treating every child as we would our own.
We also reach beyond the walls of our hospitals and clinics to be a voice for children on a national and international level, and to lead the way in prevention, intervention, education, and research.
Nemours is growing to better serve the children and families in our care. We have 1.1 million square feet of space currently devoted to providing children’s healthcare or under construction, all designed with significant input and advice from our patients and families.
What you'll do
- The General Services Aide will assist with daily cleaning tasks at Nemours Estate, focusing on the care of collections items and architectural features. Responsibilities include cleaning various areas of the mansion and maintaining public spaces.
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