General Hands X 14 Posts

Qualifications and Experience

• At least 2 years working experience in cleaning, house-keeping, landscaping or ground maintenance.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Cleaning, washing, sweeping, mopping, dusting, polishing and vacuuming of designated areas to the required standard.
• Clearing up after flooding and/or any other emergency cleaning.
• Moving furniture, equipment, and supplies.
• Prepare venues for diarised activities & other events (e.g. Meetings, Conferences and Workshops) and ensure that they are ready on time and meet the requirements of each event.
• Arranging furniture in all teaching and learning venues.
• Emptying bins and recyclables and transporting to disposal area.
• Cleaning immediate external environment to buildings.
• Cutting grass and mowing of lawns
• Weeding and cultivating of flower beds and lawns
• Watering and irrigation of flower beds and lawns
• Pruning and trimming of ground covers, shrubs, hedges and trees
• Preparation of land for planting lawns and other plants
• Planting lawns and other plants
• Spraying for disease, weed and pest control
• Pick up litter, sweep hard surfaces, rake leaves and weed pavers
• Timeous collection and disposal of refuse
• Propagation of plants
• Maintain allocated tools and equipment in safe and usable condition
• Perform any other duties as and when assigned by superiors

NB:  Midlands State University is an equal opportunities employer. In the interest       of promoting gender parity, female candidates are encouraged to apply.

TO APPLY

Applicants must submit copies of applications with the following: application letter, certified certificates and curriculum vitae giving full details of names, place and date of birth, experience, present salary, date of availability, contact telephone number(s) and names and email addresses of three referees to:

The Deputy Registrar (Human Resource)
Midlands State University
vacancies@staff.msu.ac.zw

Application documents must be in a single scan pdf format.

This advert will remain active until all the advertised posts have been filled.

Applicants should clearly state the post being applied for in the subject line.  It should also be noted that non-adherence to any of the above instructions will automatically cause the application to be disqualified.

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be communicated to.