Bilingual Training Inspector

• Paid vacation, sick, parental, and community service leave.
• 19 paid holidays a year including one week off for Thanksgiving Break and almost two weeks off for Winter Break.
• Affordable health insurance; retirement through the Virginia Retirement System.
• A work-life balance and integration program, Balanced Dukes , is designed to support and enhance the overall well-being of our employees.
• A Tuition Waiver Program that allows employees to have tuition waived for undergraduate and graduate level courses taken at JMU.

• Establishes and maintains practices to increase Environmental Services’ diversity, inclusivity, and engagement.
• Helps current Environmental Services staff, whose primary language is not English, to be successful and meet the mission and objectives of the department and the university.
• Converts all training guides and applicable departmental documents and communications to a readable Spanish version.
• Assists with duties associated with the recruitment process such as serving on the interview panel when needed to translate from Spanish to English and assisting in completing references checks when calling Spanish references.
• Partners with HR to develop and implement recruiting and hiring strategies to attract diverse employees. Participates in job fairs, and attends community events, and international fairs.
• Conducts inspections of university buildings to ensure cleanliness. Provides input to management for improvement.
• Assists in training new hires in addition to regular training for current employees and ensures employees have the knowledge and skills to meet all cleaning standards and safety procedures.
• Fills in for housekeeping supervisors as needed.

• Working knowledge of cleaning methods, chemicals, equipment, and machines and of safety practices related to custodial service.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Strong and effective communication abilities in both English and Spanish to include translating / interpreting verbally and in written format.
• Ability to: supervise; and the ability to effectively train others and explain processes; work independently; lead the work of others; read, write and perform basic mathematical calculations; perform manual labor on a sustained basis, and operate large cleaning equipment such as buffers and vacuums.
• Ability to work with diverse and underrepresented populations.
• Applicants must be at least 19 years old with a valid driver’s license.

James Madison University is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating and supporting a diverse and inclusive work and educational community that is free of all forms of discrimination. This institution does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, parental status, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or veteran status.

We promote access, inclusion and diversity for all students, faculty, staff, constituents and programs, believing that these qualities are foundational components of an outstanding education in keeping with our mission. The university is interested in candidates whose experience and qualifications support an ongoing commitment to this core quality.

Anyone having questions concerning discrimination should contact the Office for Equal Opportunity: (540) 568-6991.