Unit Support Officer

7 months ago


Brisbane, Australia Education Full time

About the Department of Education
The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About Aspley Special School
Aspley Special School is located within the Metropolitan region of the Queensland Department of Education. The student catchment area is geographically very large, spreading from the inner city to Eatons Hill, Sandgate and Bracken Ridge.
We are unique in that it is the only special school in the Brisbane City Council area that provides programs for secondary aged students with disability. To ensure that all students, regardless of ability, are succeeding, our school provides individualised programs to meet the needs of the students.
Our school is focused on 'learning for life' to ensure that students are developing the skills required for post-school life.

**About the RoleResponsibilities include**:

- Maintain centre grounds and facilities, undertake improvement activities, effect maintenance and adjustment to plant and equipment required for the normal functioning of the centre, assist teachers, instructors in delivery of outdoor and environmental education programs, and maintain the centre's buildings, equipment and surroundings to a safe and healthy condition.
- Under the supervision of qualified teaching personnel assist in the instruction and demonstration of components of outdoor and environmental education programs.
- Emergency and routine maintenance of equipment including minor maintenance and servicing of machinery, scientific and audio visual equipment, gas equipment, camping and recreational equipment, cooking equipment and tools.
- Emergency and routine maintenance of facilities including regular maintenance of grease traps, water softener, water bores and pumps, hot water and septic systems, cleaning of incinerators, stoves and fireplaces, and garbage removal, cleaning of roofs, guttering and underneath buildings, maintenance of taps, light bulbs and tubes, and clogged pipes, regular testing of fire hoses and pumps.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
How to Apply
- Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
- A 2-pg response to the How you will be Assessed section of the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.



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