BUILDING/GROUNDS LABORER

Job Requisition ID: 47701 
Closing Date: 06/23/2025
​Agency: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Class Title: BUILDING/GROUNDS LABORER - 05598 
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary (Effective 7/1/25) $4,413 monthly; Full Range $4,413 - $5,926 monthly
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC042
Merit Comp Code: 

 

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

 

All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.

Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.

 

 

Posting Identification Number 47701 

 

 

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Position Overview

Join a World Class Institution!! The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) is hiring a Building/Grounds Laborer. This position is responsible for coordinating activities related to cleaning and maintaining ALPLM's beautiful campus. The ideal candidate is dependable, a self-starter, and is comfortable working alone as well as with others. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is a world class institution that welcomes more than 250,000 visitors every year and houses one of the world's best collections of Illinois and Lincoln-related documents, artifacts, and audiovisual materials. We invite qualified applicants to apply for the position of Building/Grounds Laborer to help ALPLM continue to chronicle the life of one of our nation's greatest Presidents and the history of Illinois.

Essential Functions

• Maintains interior cleanliness of facilities.
• Cleans exhibit areas and stairways open to the public.
• Performs exterior maintenance of facilities.
• Participates in setting up and taking down tables and chairs for meetings, events and receptions.
• Wipes tables in meeting rooms, break rooms and common areas.
• Moves various items throughout the campus.
• Conducts rounds on the premises including parking garage.
• Performs upkeep on Agency vehicles to keep them clean of debris.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to completion of high school. 

Conditions of Employment

• Requires possession of a valid appropriate driver's license and required auto insurance.
• Requires the ability to work holidays, evenings, and weekends.
• Requires completion of a background check and self-disclosure of criminal history.
• Requires the use of an agency-supplied mobile phone. 
• The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as outlined in the job description.

About the Agency

The ALPLM is passionate in or mission to inspire civic engagement through the diverse lens of Illinois history and sharing with the world the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln.  As caretakers of a one-of-a-kind collection of artifacts, we consider our work to learn, teach and share history a great honor. The people of the ALPLM strive to employ innova