Facilities Officer

**Welcome to Beenleigh State High School**:
Beenleigh State High School delivers an outstanding educational experience for all. Our school is positioned within a unique setting at the heart of the Beenleigh city centre and we enable the conditions for our students to connect and thrive through creative and supportive learning environments. All students are encouraged to pursue personal excellence across a range of fields within academics, citizenship, sport and the arts. Our inclusive educational community provides a caring and supportive environment, recognizing the importance of a connected and collaborative approach to developing a breadth of mind and desire to care for ourselves, each other and the environment. Within its 60 year history, Beenleigh State High School embodies the Latin roots of 'Semper Altiora' - to Aim Higher, and continues to live through the values 'We care, We are responsible, We achieve', across all settings, classrooms and school grounds.

**Your role**:
**As the Facilities Officer your responsibilities include**:

- Oversee and maintain school facilities and grounds for the use/hire of the school's facilities and fleet vehicles, including access permits, keys and alarms, servicing, cleaning, maintenance and identify minor works.
- Undertake and/or organise scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and repair requests, assigning and prioritising tasks and arranging for external contractors as required.
- Conduct and/or organise safety and security inspections across the site in accordance with the Facility Management Plan and make recommendations.
- Undertake and/or organise activities for the annual maintenance schedule including pest control, carpet cleaning and electrical checks.

Inclusion and Diversity
We all have a role in making ourworkplace one that embraces and valuesdiverse backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences, creating a workplace where we all belong. Reasonable adjustments may be discussed with your manager, approved and documented to support and promote human rights and diversity across theworkforce.
- Oversee the school's routine works budget including purchases for stock items and repairing of existingequipment, in accordance with government guidelines and departmental policy and procedures.
- Maintain systems, registers, processes and procedures to administer transactions related to facilities management and reporting including Work Area Access Permits (WAAP), WH&S incidents and oversee and /orundertake administration.
- Be responsible for the use and storage of the school's resources including equipment and chemicals and undertake regular stocktake in accordance with the Facility Management Plan.
- Research, source and recommend new equipment purchases for the school.
- Liaise with the Business Manager and other officers as appropriate, for the coordination of the school's calendar of events and use of the school's facilities.
- Contribute to the school's Facility Management Plan by reporting on facility management activities, issues and budget.

**How 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 written statement in response to the attached role description.

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.