OPS Groundskeeper
Jacksonville, FLFull-time$16/hrPosted 1w agoStill listed today
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Job overview
The OPS Groundskeeper supports Housing & Residence Life by keeping Housing areas, courtyards, dumpster and recycling areas, stairwells, sidewalks, and parking lots clean. The role also includes outdoor grill and equipment cleaning, leaf raking, work orders, special projects, event work, and assistance with campus maintenance. A background check is required; a credit check may also be required.
Skills & qualifications
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Full job description
Department Housing & Residence Life-OPS Compensation $16.00 Hourly Job Functions
- Empty trash containers located in Housing areas.
- Maintain the courtyards by removing any trash or debris.
- Continually keep the dumpster/recycling area clean and maintained.
- Remove any trash or debris from the courtyards, stairwells, or sidewalks in and around Housing Areas.
Grounds and Equipment Maintenance
- As directed: Clean the outdoor cooking grills in and around the Housing Areas.
- Use the “leaf blower” to clean debris from the A/C units in Osprey Village.
- Use the gas-powered vacuum to maintain the courtyards and parking lots.
Marginal Functions
- Raking leaves.
- Special projects/event work.
- Work orders.
- Assists with campus maintenance.
Required Qualifications
Statement(s) of Understanding This position requires a background check. In conjunction with the University's policy, this position may also require a credit check.
The holder of this position is designated as a “Responsible Employee” pursuant to their role under Title IX. Therefore, the incumbent must promptly report allegations of sexual misconduct, sexual violence, and child sexual abuse by or against any student, employee, contractor, or visitor to the University’s Title IX Administrator or any divisional Title IX Coordinator
Equal Opportunity The University of North Florida (UNF) is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all who interact in our community. In building this environment, we strive to attract students, faculty and staff from a variety of cultures, backgrounds and life experiences. The University of North Florida does not commit or permit discrimination or harassment on the basis of genetic information, race, color, religion, age, sex, disability, marital status, national origin, or veteran status in any educational, employment, social, recreational program or activity that it offers. In addition, UNF will not commit or permit retaliation against an individual who reports discrimination or harassment or an individual who cooperates in an investigation of an alleged violation of university regulation.
Carnegie UNF is a Carnegie Community Engaged Institution. This designation celebrates the University’s collaboration with community partners from the local to the global level. It reflects UNF’s mission to contribute to the public good and prepare educated, engaged citizens.
How this job compares
Set against the 11,474 open Maintenance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$16/hr
- Florida median$17–20/hr137 hourly ranges
- US median$18–20/hr3,760 hourly ranges
This rate, $16/hr, is 13% below the Florida median midpoint ($18/hr) — in the middle half of Maintenance hourly ranges in Florida.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 774 open Maintenance jobs in Florida and 11,474 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Florida
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- Experience
- Maintenance postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (2,274 postings).
- Education
- 151 of the 11,474 open Maintenance jobs (1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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