HOUSEKEEPER 2

Code: 44104 Common Competitive Range: R10 (FY2027) Work week 40: FLSA coveredOvertime table (4A:3, Appx. A)

Salary: $41,070.21 - $59,026.81/year FY2027 schedule (last updated 2026-07-27)

Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.

Definition

Under direction of a supervisory official in an institution or school, performs housekeeping work involved in care, cleaning, and maintenance of offices, living quarters, school areas, wards, and cottages; does related work as required.

Examples of work

• Organizes assigned housekeeping and related work and develops effective work methods for a group of employees engaged in general institution household work.
• Assigns and instructs employees, patients and/or inmates assigned to housework and supervises the performance of their work.
• Plans, organizes, and supervises work involved in scrubbing, waxing, and polishing floors and linoleum, in washing woodwork, in vacuuming rugs and carpets, in dusting, in polishing furniture, in hanging curtains, in bed-making, and in other tasks concerned in maintaining dwelling places and other areas in a clean and orderly condition.
• Supervises the cleaning, dusting, and polishing of furniture, woodwork, and office areas, the emptying and cleaning of waste receptacles, and the general cleaning of floors, stairways, hallways, restrooms, offices, and lobbies.
• Supervises the cleaning of and reports damages to window shades, Venetian blinds, and light fixtures.
• Checks, mends, distributes, records, and condemns household linens and inmate clothing; sees that accurate linen counts are made and recorded.
• Supervises the making of beds and the moving and placement of furniture.
• Ensures that nickel and brass work, door knobs, and plates are kept in a clean and polished condition.
• Ensures that doors and windows are locked, that lights are turned out, and light bulbs are replaced when required.
• Ensures that vacuum cleaners, scrubbers, buffers, waxers, and other equipment and machinery are properly used, adjusted, and maintained.
• Receives complaints and where possible makes necessary adjustments, or reports the complaint to the proper supervisory officer.
• Maintains inventories of equipment and supplies including linens.
• Reports unsafe conditions and unusual occurrences to the proper persons.
• Periodically makes inspections of wards, dormitories, cottages, apartments, and other living areas, offices, halls, academic quarters, restrooms, and other areas to ensure that proper housekeeping, safety, and sanitary standards are being maintained.
• Supervises work involved in making rooms and living quarters ready for occupancy; periodically inspects the presence and condition of mattresses, pillows, blankets, and towels.
• When so required, condemns linens, bedding, mattresses, and inmate clothing, and requisitions new items.
• Prepares requisitions for equipment, materials, tools, and supplies and sees that these are properly stored, safeguarded, recorded, and used.
• Prepares simple reports of time, materials, supplies, and equipment.
• Maintains housekeeping records and files.
• Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Experience

Three (3) years of experience in institutional or industrial housekeeping work.

License

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Knowledge of institution housekeeping routines.
• Knowledge of housekeeping tools and equipment.
• Ability to plan, organize, and carry out institution housekeeping work and develop effective work methods.
• Ability to give assignments and instructions to employees, patients, and inmates assigned to housekeeping work and to supervise the performance of their work.
• Ability to prepare work programs and schedules for domestic workers.
• Ability to issue supplies and maintain inventories of household equipment and supplies including linens, bedding, and other household equipment.
• Ability to recognize potentially unsafe conditions and situations and report these to the proper officers.
• Ability to prepare reports of time, costs, and supplies.
• Ability to maintain housekeeping records and files.
• Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
• Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.

Note

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.