Groundsperson/cleaner

**Position**:Groundsperson/Cleaner
**Commencing Date**:As soon as practicable
**Tenure**:Full Time, Permanent
**Hours**:38 hours a week over 5 days
**Salary Range**: $58,375-$59,711 per annum pending experience
**Closing Date**:Monday, 25 September 2023 unless filled prior

**St Mary's Catholic School, Bowen** is a co-educational primary school located in Bowen. St Mary’s is proudly the first Catholic school established in the Townsville Diocese and has 121 students from Prep to Year 6. Established by The Sisters of St Joseph in 1872, the parents of St Mary’s Catholic Parish have banded together with the help of religious orders and the wider Church to educate children with Jesus as the role model and Gospel values at its heart. St Mary's Catholic School has a proud ongoing tradition of academic excellence and serving the Bowen community, with small class sizes to enhance students’ learning opportunities

**About the role**

**St Mary's Catholic School, Bowen **is seeking an experienced and dedicated **Groundsperson/Cleaner**. **This role is a **full time, permanent** **position** commencing as soon as practicable.

The Groundsperson/Cleaner, under the direction of the Principal, contributes to the effective and efficient operation and environment of the School by providing a high level of maintenance, upkeep and cleanliness to the facilities of the School.

The Groundsperson/Cleaner will be required to assess repairs quickly to enable maximum resolution to ensure safety at all times. The Groundsperson/Cleaner will work within a team to provide a clean, safe and pleasant environment for students and employees and create a physical environment that is conducive to learning and safe student movement.

The Groundsperson/Cleaner will work with limited supervision under the direction of the Principal.

**Key Accountabilities**

The Groundsperson/Cleaner will be expected to work within and adhere to Workplace Health and Safety guidelines and demonstrate the knowledge and ability to work in a team environment.

Other duties include:

- Attend regular meetings with the Principal for allocation of tasks and a willingness to rotate duty roster
- Maintain lawn, trim trees overhanging infrastructure, hedging, blowing down and outdoor vacuuming
- Assist with constant upkeep and upgrading of school grounds and gardens, including fertilising, poisoning, landscaping and minor irrigation checks and repairs as required
- Operating and maintaining cleaning equipment including vacuum cleaners, polishers and blowers ensuring a commitment to safe operating procedures
- Vacuuming carpets, mats and other floor surfaces
- Sweeping, mopping and buffing tiled floors
- Dusting desks, tables, shelves and ledges
- Cleaning windows, fans, fridges, stoves, toilets, sinks and basins
- Sweeping, blowing and hosing/pressure cleaning paved areas
- Bin runs, rubbish removal, tilling sandpits and pressure cleaning
- Assist with setting up for school functions and displays
- Carry out minor repairs to the College property and equipment, including:

- Assist with marking playing fields
- Routine maintenance and cleaning of machinery and sheds, including external cleaning
- Assist with general maintenance, upkeep and cleaning duties as reasonably requested

Other related duties as reasonably requested by the Principal.

**About you**

**Experience**
- Demonstrated experience in a cleaning/grounds/services/operational role or similar
- Understanding and commitment to Workplace Health and Safety legislation and professional regulations to reduce the risk of harm to self and others relative to the role of a cleaner
- Ability to follow safety precautions that may involve the use of protective equipment where work environment involves exposure to potentially dangerous materials, machinery, use of tools and other equipment.

**Skills**
- Manoeuvring within the school environment appropriate to the position - demonstrating agility and adherence to manual handling techniques
- Ability to communicate effectively to meet the necessary standards with respect to clarity, accuracy and professionalism appropriate to the position
- Ability to prioritise workloads and manage multiple tasks with competing timelines
- A demonstrated ability to develop and sustain productive working relationships.

**Attributes**
- Enthusiastic, energetic, flexible with a proactive attitude
- Flexible and responsive to the needs of the college community and driven to achieve the best outcomes
- Ability to accept responsibility for own work.

**Mandatory Criteria**
- Current Working with Children Suitability Card
- Undertake Workplace Health and Safety Training
- Current Driver’s Licence
- Ability to travel from time to time within the Catholic Diocese of Townsville
- Ability to perform the physical requirements of the role in a safe manner

**Desirable Criteria**
- Relevant certificate or trade qualifications.

For some positions, it may be necessary for the successful appli