With pride, we make public spaces friendly and vibrant for the communities we serve.
We are currently seeking some very friendly & detail-oriented people to join our team and make a difference in your city. We need the following in a candidate: a strong work ethic, an outgoing personality, a great eye for details, and a desire to work within a happy team.
Block by Block is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
**Shifts: AM shifts & Swing shifts 6am-2:35pm 2:30pm - 11:05pm
Position: Clean Ambassador
JOB SUMMARY
This role will provide a high level of visibility at the street level to carry out a wide variety of tasks that 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 the following tasks:
- Removing litter, fast food bags, cups, containers, cigarette butts and other debris on sidewalks, street gutter, and alleys. Trash removal and cleaning the sidewalks are most of what associates 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? They have to go too.
- Pull isolated weeds. Weeds, weeds, weeds, they seem like they sprout up overnight! We pull them all. Weed abatement is a big part of this job. Weeds grow around the tree wells, the cracks in the sidewalks, the vacant lots, you name it. If there is a crack, a weed can get in.
- 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, cleaning associates are watchful for unwanted behaviors or criminal activity and report to safety ambassadors via two-way radios. Cleaning associates must be able to articulate an accurate description of persons, vehicles, and other similar identifiers.
HOSPITALITY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE - while on patrol, cleaning associates 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 associates 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 smart phones to document stats on what we clean. We need someone that can work 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. This is VERY important. You wear our uniform, and you represent our company the nationwide. We need people that will respect that and remain professional in the public eye.
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: $19.76 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
- Referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Morning shift
- Night shift
- Weekends as needed
Ability to Relocate:
- Los Angeles, CA 90028: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person