Date Posted: 09/16/2026Req ID: 49915Faculty/Division: Asst VP - Operations & ServicesDepartment: F.&S. Bldgs & Grounds -04Campus: St. George Downtown Toronto Existing Vacancy: Yes Description: The Area Manager, Caretaking is responsible for providing timely, efficient and effective caretaking services to assigned shifts of the St. George campus. Through supervisory of direct reports, oversees the provision of caretaking services including but not limited to cleaning activities, response to campus community needs and customer concerns, service delivery schedules, waste and recycling collection and employee relations on assigned shifts on a 24/7 basis. Responsible for interviewing, hiring and training new recruits at the hourly paid and supervisory staff levels, enforcing/maintaining health and safety standards within the department, responding to campus community needs/customer concerns, ensuring service delivery schedules, handling labour relations and attendance awareness issues, and operating within budget guidelines as directed, participate in the Caretaking Quality Assurance Program to support consistent service standards and performance. The responsibilites include but not limited to: Maintains all service schedules for assigned buildings. In consultation with supervisors, deploys available staff to effectively deliver core services and meet operational requirements. Makes appropriate adjustments to schedule in order to accommodate both planned and unplanned absences, replacements of employees on LTD and other long term leaves, etc. Resolves technical problems and staff-related issues that arise during department/project work on a timely basis, to ensure work can be completed with minimal delay. Keeps current on new procedures and work methods. Prepares reports on new methodology. Integrates new methods into current work design, ensuring health, safety and ergonomic concerns are addressed. Responsible for ensuring that workplace health and safety standards are maintained. Enforces WHMIS and OHSA regulations. Active member of Joint Health & Safety Committee. Review individual timesheets for all employees prepared by Supervisors. Approves timesheet input and submits bi-weekly to Payroll Services PS for processing. This process includes submission of changes to previous pay resulting from unplanned events affecting pay e.g. sick without pay, leave of absence without pay, etc.. Tracks and monitors supply purchases budget of approximately $300K - $400K per year. Monitors salary-related expenditures for indirect reports - approximately $2.5M - $4.0M per year. Makes recommendations to the Manager for budget reassignments throughout the year. In service delivery system SAP, check status of work tickets, arrange requests with supervisors and service partners. Track and review financial records. Maintains both Key and Fob access control for in-house and contracted sites. Manages staff to ensure work tasks are completed on schedule and standa
