Maintenance Officer

Maintenance Officer
- Permanent - Part Time, 30.4 hours per week across 4 days - enjoy the stability
- Your contribution counts - focused initiatives to reward and recognize our teams
- Salary packaging - increased take home pay through salary packaging including novated leasing options
- Birthday leave - take time to celebrate with your friends and family

About the Role
- Maintain the presentation of Cedar on Collins, Kiama, including buildings, windows, pathways, BBQ areas, outdoor furniture, and waste disposal
- Create productive relationships and partnerships with residents, other Fresh Hope agencies and external service providers/community organizations.
- Proactively model the Fresh Hope Values in all interactions with your team, stakeholders, and external parties
- Manage routine schedules and provide a range of general property repairs and maintenance services for the sites buildings, equipment and grounds;
- Ensure that the irrigation systems are maintained to an appropriate standard;
- Coordinate, induct and supervise the activities of external contractors;
- Work within WHS guidelines to ensure a safe environment for residents and staff, reporting hazards where appropriate;
- Administration of property services electronic databases, registers and reporting systems;
- Monitor maintenance budget expenditure

What You Bring
- Trade qualifications and/or experience in Property/Building maintenance;
- Knowledge and experience working within WHS requirements with a strong resident and safety focus
- Be approachable, empathetic, honest, patient and kind-natured, and importantly possess a sense of humour
- Proactive approach at fostering solid professional relationships, and possess an inclusive, positive and collaborative style.
This is imperative given that your role relies on creating productive relationships and partnerships with residents, other Fresh Hope agencies and external service providers/community organisations.
- Be “tech savvy” and have the aptitude, resourcefulness and drive to acquire a working knowledge of new programs and systems as required. Solid Microsoft Office suite skills are a given (including Word, Excel, Outlook);
- Experience in maintaining budgets and monitoring expenditure;
- A current NSW Driver’s License;
- First Aid Certificate (or wiling to obtain)
- National Criminal History Check (within the last three years) suitable for aged care, or willingness to acquire.

About Us

**Fresh Hope Communities exists to create spaces that cultivate belonging and places that feel like home.**
For almost 90 years, we have been providing quality support and lifestyle choices across retirement, residential and respite settings, as well as conference and outdoor adventure experiences for school and community groups. We have over 1000 staff and together we service residents and customers across NSW.