Cleaner - Mitchelton Special School

2 weeks ago


Brisbane, Australia Education Full time

**About the Department**:
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 the School**:
Mitchelton Special School caters for around 100 students from the ECDP to Year 12. We are situated in a cul-de-sac walking distance from Mitchelton train station. We have just completed significant building works on site to cater to the growing needs of our school community.With the completion of our new building works our facilities include:

- 28 general classrooms
- Library
- Sensory room
- Fully accessible catering kitchen for senior programs
- Cafe area
- 2 multipurpose rooms
- Inground trampolines
- Accessible garden beds
- Undercover area
- Primary School and High School Play areas

Our school is fully airconditioned to ensure the environment is kept at a comfortable temperature for our students to optimise their ability to learn.
We have 3 school buses which are used to transport students to community based learning opportunities, including our Pathways students to Off campus skill development programs to local businesses.
Our school focuses on Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) with our school rules being:

- Safe
- Respectful
- Learner

**About the Role**:
The incumbent will be working with 4 other Permanent cleaners who have worked at Mitchelton Special School for numerous years.
The successful applicant will be provided with Department based training and a School induction program.

**Responsibilities include**:

- Cleaning windows, pictures, doorknobs, taps, sinks, drinking fountains, lavatory basins, glassware, glass doors and cupboards.
- Cleaning and sanitising toilet facilities and sick bays.
- Cleaning and maintaining equipment.
- Cobweb and mildew control, utilising extendable equipment as necessary.
- Cleaning of concrete, bitumen, asphalt and paved surfaces.
- Disposal of rubbish and litter control including removal of material from drains and gutters between and/or surrounding buildings.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

**Interested? To Apply**:

- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 2-page response to the How you will/may 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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