Job Description

Apply By: Monday, October 20, 2025 11:59 pm EDT

Cleaner

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Job ID:

233553

Posting status:

Open

Organization:

Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Gaming

Division:

Ontario Parks - Huronia Historical Parks

City:

Midland

Position(s) language:

English

Job term:

1 Temporary (up to 12 months)

Job code:

50614 - Cleaner 1

Salary:

$931.60 - $1,003.20 Per week
*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.

Helping visitors feel welcome - every day, every season.

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Join the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Gaming for a unique opportunity at Huronia Historical Parks. Help preserve Ontario's heritage by keeping our historic sites clean, safe, and welcoming. As a Cleaner at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, Huronia Historical Parks (HHP), your work helps tourism, culture, and community pride - ensuring visitors experience the province's rich history in a well-maintained environment that reflects the care and respect Ontarians have for their past.

About the job

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As a Cleaner at Huronia Historical Parks, you'll play an involved role in keeping Sainte Marie among the Hurons clean, safe, and welcoming. Your core responsibilities will include:



cleaning public and staff areas like washrooms, offices, and visitor spaces caring for historic buildings and furnishings by using proper techniques to clean woodwork, artifacts, and display areas following health and safety protocols to ensure a clean environment during daily operations and special events helping with seasonal operations by guiding student workers and assisting with basic maintenance tasks managing cleaning supplies by tracking inventory, making small purchases, and safely handling of cleaning materials

Please note: You will need to perform physically challenging tasks such as walking, standing, twisting, lifting and repeated bending

What you bring to the team

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Mandatory requirements

You have a valid "G" driver's license, or equivalent, as recognized by the Province of Ontario

Technical expertise:

You have demonstrated experience with cleaning methods and the use of cleaning equipment and materials to ensure proper use You have knowledge of WHMIS requirements for the handling and storage for corrosive and toxic materials/chemical solutions used for cleaning You have knowledge of relevant sections of the Occupational Health and Safety Act requirements You can learn cleaning techniques and conservation practices associated with reproduction and period furnishings

General skills:

You can identify maintenance needs and repairs and supply shortages You have communication skills to provide information about cleaning, repair and maintenance matters to staff members, to assist with training of students, and to occasionally instruct and direct visitors You have experience maintaining records of the use of cleaning materials, and other supplies You have prioritization skills to ensure tasks are completed daily

Don't meet every qualification?

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If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!

How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility

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We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.



Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.



Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives accessibility Anti-Racism Policy

What we offer

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The Ontario Public Service is one of Ontario's largest employers. Employees work for a wide range of ministries, with offices in more than 70 cities across the province. We offer:

a career that can grow across ministries and job functions flexible learning and developmental opportunities, including education and mentorship programs a modern, friendly and accessible physical work environment many employee networks offering support for and education about underrepresented groups


This role comes with the option to participate in a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that includes:

a defined-benefit lifetime pension plan (guaranteed, ongoing inflation-protected income after retirement) group health, dental, life and disability benefits an Employee and Family Assistance Program, which provides confidential counselling services

Additional information:

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Apply by:

Monday, October 20, 2025 11:59 pm EDT

Position details:

1 English Temporary, duration up to 12 months, 16164 Hwy 12, Midland, Central Region, Criminal Record Check

Compensation group:

Ontario Public Service Employees Union

Work hours:

Schedule 4.7

Category:

Maintenance and Trades

Posted on:

Friday, October 3, 2025

Note:

About security checks:

A criminal or other federal offence record

does not automatically disqualify you

from the position. We consider each situation based on the position's responsibilities.

If a check is needed and you've lived outside of Canada in the past 5 years for 6 or more months in a row, or if you are not a Canadian resident, you'll need to provide an out-of-country police clearance certificate from the country you lived in.

Employment screening checks are only reviewed and evaluated by the Transition and Security Office, which also maintains them and keeps them strictly confidential.

How to apply:

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You must apply online.

Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.

Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.

Read the job description to make sure you understand this job.

OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.

If you require a disability related accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please Contact Us to provide your contact information. Recruitment services team will contact you within 48 hours.

Language requirements and assessment:

All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matiere de langue et evaluation:

Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichees en francais et en anglais. Consultez la section Langue du ou des postes en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaitre les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont evalues en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/francais), vous devrez egalement passer un test de competences linguistiques en francais.

Strengthening Ontario, together