Job Details

Salary : $1,733.00 - $3,120.00 Monthly
Location : New Orleans, LA
Job Type: Classified
Job Number: 216215
Department: Southern University-New Orleans
Opening Date: 01/08/2026
Closing Date: 1/16/2026 11:59 PM Central

About this Job
Southern University at New Orleans, a public, historically black university, empowers and promotes the upward mobility of diverse populations of traditional and nontraditional students through academic programs, teaching, research, and service to achieve excellence in higher education using various teaching and learning modalities.
This Custodian position ensures that the campus is kept clean, safe, and orderly at all times by performing routine cleaning tasks such as sweeping, mopping, dusting, and sanitizing. Custodians play a crucial role in maintaining a hygienic and well-kept environment, which is essential for the well-being of building occupants.
Minimum Qualifications

No experience or training required.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:

• Maintains cleanliness and sanitation of designated areas, including restrooms, offices, and common spaces, through comprehensive sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, and polishing procedures.
• Moves, rearranges and dusts furniture and fixtures.
• Reports needs for repairs to higher-level custodians.
• Washes blinds, windows, and walls.
• Picking up trash, watering plants, etc.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: This will be filled as a Probational appointment.

Work Schedule: 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Compensation: $20,800 annually.

How to Apply:No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

* Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.Contact Information:Ms. Patricia Alexander
Southern University at New Orleans/HR Department
email address:
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at

Parental Leave - Up to six weeks paid parental leave
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Holidays and Leave - State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran's Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement- State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (),
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (), among others