City of Palo Alto

  • BUILDING SERVICEPERSON - LEAD

  • City of Palo Alto
  • Palo Alto, California United States View Map
Description

Help Keep One of Palo Alto's Largest Community Centers Ready for Every Day

The City of Palo Alto is seeking an experienced Building Serviceperson Lead to join the team at Cubberley Community Center.

Every day, Cubberley Community Center welcomes people for classes, sports, performances, meetings, and special events. As the Building Serviceperson Lead, you'll help keep the facility clean, safe, and ready for whatever the day brings.

This is a hands-on working lead position. You'll perform custodial and facility maintenance work while helping lead a team of approximately eight part-time custodial staff. You'll assist with staff scheduling, entering timecards, managing custodial supplies, coordinating work orders, opening and closing the facility, and preparing classrooms, gymnasiums, meeting spaces, and other public areas for daily use.

The regular schedule for this position is Monday through Friday, 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

We're looking for someone who takes pride in their work, leads by example, enjoys staying active, and wants to make a positive impact in the community.
About the Opportunity
Cubberley Community Center is one of the City's busiest and most unique facilities. This 35-acre campus serves thousands of residents and visitors each year and hosts everything from youth sports and dance classes to community meetings, theater performances, educational programs, and special events.

As the Building Serviceperson Lead, you'll help keep the campus running smoothly by maintaining clean, safe, and welcoming facilities while supporting the daily operations of the custodial team. No two days are exactly alike, and your work will have a direct impact on the experience of everyone who visits Cubberley.

Typical duties include:
  • Performing custodial and general facility maintenance throughout the campus
  • Helping lead and coordinate the daily work of approximately eight part-time custodial staff
  • Preparing staff schedules and entering employee timecards
  • Opening and closing the facility
  • Managing custodial supply inventory and ordering materials
  • Preparing and submitting facility work orders
  • Coordinating vendor visits, including pest control inspections
  • Assisting with monthly facility fire drills
  • Setting up classrooms, gymnasiums, meeting rooms, the theater, and other spaces for programs and events
  • Inspecting facilities and reporting maintenance or repair needs
  • Providing friendly and professional customer service to staff, tenants, and visitors


About Cubberley Community Center
Located in south Palo Alto, Cubberley Community Center has been operated by the City since 1990 and is one of the City's largest and most active public facilities.

The campus includes classrooms, dance studios, gymnasiums, meeting rooms, a theater, outdoor gathering spaces, and athletic facilities. It is also home to a variety of long-term community partners that provide educational, childcare, health, arts, dance, and music programs for residents of all ages.

Whether you're preparing a classroom for a community workshop, setting up a gym for youth sports, or helping get the theater ready for a performance, your work helps create a welcoming environment for everyone who visits Cubberley.
What We're Looking For
We're looking for someone who:
  • Has experience performing custodial or facility maintenance work
  • Has experience leading or coordinating the work of others
  • Is organized and comfortable managing multiple responsibilities
  • Takes pride in keeping public facilities clean, safe, and well maintained
  • Communicates well with coworkers, contractors, tenants, and visitors
  • Works well independently and as part of a team
  • Is dependable, customer service focused, and willing to pitch in wherever needed


Why Join the City of Palo Alto?
  • Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits
  • CalPERS retirement
  • Stable public sector employment
  • Opportunities for professional growth and advancement
  • Supportive team environment
  • Meaningful work serving the Palo Alto community
  • The opportunity to help maintain one of the City's most valued community centers


Ready to Apply?
If you're looking for a hands-on leadership opportunity where your work makes a visible difference every day, we encourage you to apply and join the team at Cubberley Community Center.

Essential Duties

Essential and other important responsibilities and duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Essential Functions:
  • Supervises inspection of work crews and tasks accomplished.
  • Performs regular scheduled inspections of City facilities.
  • Assures facilities are secured daily, turns off lights, locks doors and windows.
  • Delivers supplies to City facilities and Building Servicepersons.
  • Assists Supervisor in training staff on up-to-date cleaning methods and procedures.
  • Makes minor in-house repairs on equipment or secures outside services.
  • Assists in training staff in proper care and maintenance of equipment.
  • Provides assistance in routine janitorial cleaning duties as necessary.
  • Sets up rooms for meetings.
  • Tends to surrounding grounds within immediate building perimeters.

Related Functions:

Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Sufficient education, training and/or work experience to demonstrate possession of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities, which would typically be acquired through:
  • Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade.
  • Two years custodial experience with Lead or Supervisory experience preferred.
Special Requirements: Possession of a valid California Driver's License.

Supplemental Information

The Selection Process:
  • Applicants will receive recruitment status notifications via email. Governmentjobs.com account also has notification status updates.
  • Applicants will be screened throughout the posting process and highly qualified candidates may be invited to interview at any time after the posting closes.
  • The screening process for this position typically may include a virtual recorded interview and/or panel interviews preceding final interviews with the hiring manager or their designee.


Our online application system is provided byNeoGov. If you have problems while applying online, please contactNeoGov'sLive Applicant Support at (855) 524-5627 between 6:00 AM and 5:00 PM Pacific Time, Monday - Friday.

This position is represented by Service Employee International Union (SEIU).

Compensation (SEIU) :Comprehensive compensation plan, to learn more clickHERE.

The City of Palo Alto is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

See our Benefits at a Glance Bookletfor more details.
Learn more about our Memorandum of Agreements (MOAs) between the City and its bargaining units, by clicking HERE.

Closing Date/Time: 7/17/2026 11:59 PM Pacific
City of Palo Alto

City of Palo Alto

650-329-2376

The Community


The birthplace of Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, is a community of approximately 68,000 residents and nearly 100,000 jobs. Located on the mid-Peninsula between San Francisco and San Jose, Palo Alto is recognized worldwide as a leader in cutting-edge technology, medicine, and green innovation. The community's treelined streets and historic buildings reflect its California heritage, and, at the same time, many world-class businesses maintain or started offices here, such as Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Amazon, Broadcom, Hewlett-Packard, Houzz, Rivian, SAP and SAP Ariba, Tesla, and Varian Medical Systems. Numerous start-ups are also at home in Palo Alto, arguably making it the start-up capital of the world. Stanford University is foundational to the history and prestige of Palo Alto, reflected in the community's dedication to lifelong learning. Stanford's cultural and educational offerings are integral to the vibrancy and charm of Palo Alto, while the City's exceptional K-12 school district ranks among the top public-school systems in the country. With more than 50% of adult residents holding a graduate degree or higher, Palo Alto is frequently listed as one of the most educated cities in the nation. Palo Alto boasts a genuine sense of community and an active citizenry with strong environmental values. Beautiful neighborhoods are complemented by vibrant commercial corridors and a bustling economy featuring premium shopping and dining options. Excellent healthcare facilities, performing arts, and diverse recreational opportunities are some of the community's incredibly desirable and cherished amenities. To learn more, visit https://www.paloalto.gov/Departments/City-Manager/Latest-News

City Government

Palo Alto is a full-service charter city with a council-manager form of government. The seven-member City Council is elected at large, and the City Council annually selects the Mayor and Vice Mayor from among its members. The Mayor and City Council appoint the City Manager, City Attorney, City Clerk, and City Auditor. The City Manager is responsible for the strategic direction and day-to-day operations of the City. Palo Alto is organized into 15 departments/offices with 1,093.10 authorized positions in FY 2025. There is also a FY 2025 capital budget of $316.2 million. Palo Alto owns and operates its own utilities, including electricity (carbon-neutral), gas, water, wastewater, and an expanding fiber network. This dynamic municipal environment ensures an ever-engaging platform for unique problem-solving and advances new initiatives, including sustainability, broadband, and effective service delivery. Community assets also include five libraries, 36 parks, five community centers, a museum and zoo, youth centers, a general aviation airport, an 18-hole golf course, a regional water treatment plant, and wildland open space preserves at the San Francisco Bay and in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains offering 41 miles of walking/biking trails in addition to its police, fire, and ambulance services. Palo Alto has long been a leader in sustainability, and the City's ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals are part of what sets it apart. Since the City's first Climate Protection Plan was passed in 2007, Palo Alto has set goals that exceed State and Federal targets. Today, the City's goal to reduce emissions 80% below 1990 levels by 2030 (the "80x30" goal) and achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 guides sustainability efforts. An award-winning City, Palo Alto is recognized nationally as innovative and well-managed. City services and performance also receive impressive marks from community members in the Palo Alto Community Survey.

Many of those ratings put City programs and services in the highest percentiles among the hundreds of benchmark cities. Palo Alto makes decisions through comprehensive processes and proactively seeks to involve its extremely informed, educated, and engaged residents. Projects are naturally a cooperative effort among the City Council, Boards, Commissions, Committees, engaged residents, neighborhoods, businesses, property owners, and staff.

Join an Award Winning Team 

Palo Alto is an award-winning City recognized nationwide as innovative and well-managed. Palo Alto is one of a small number of California cities with a AAA bond rating. Recently, Palo Alto became one of the most livable cities in the U.S. by Livability.com. It's the only city to receive the Platinum Beacon Award in sustainability best practices by California’s Institute for Local Government. We offer a variety of career paths that relate to building and improving communities. The City has fourteen departments employing 1,000 full-time staff. Police officers, fire fighters, paramedics, and building inspectors keep us safe. Engineers and public works staff build and re-build the physical infrastructure. City planners help envision and shape future community growth. Recreation, arts and library professionals enhance community life. Utilities provides electric, gas, water, sewer and other services. Internal services departments help manage, staff, and protect the City.

Want to learn more about our benefits? Learn more by reviewing our "Benefits at a Glance Booklet."

Contact Us

Phone: 650-329-2376   

Email: Recruit@paloalto.gov   

Location: City Hall, 1st Floor | 250 Hamilton Ave 94301 | View Map

 

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