Maintenance Officer/gardener

**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time
**Location**:Moruya**
**Position Classification**: Gardener No Cert
**Remuneration**: $57,461.42 per annum
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ523958
**Applications Close**:13 October 2024
**Interview Details**:Scheduled within 10 days of closing
Southern NSW Local Health District covers a large area of the southern half of NSW. Surrounding the ACT on three sides and all the way down to the Victorian border, it extends from the pristine beaches of the NSW South Coast, the farmlands of the Southern Tablelands, across the picturesque Great Dividing Range and the spectacular Snowy Mountains. We have 18 facilities and our hospitals take care of more than 200,000 people. As we are a major local employer, our staff are a part of our local communities. To find out more on what it is like to live and work in Southern NSW LHD click here - We Are Southern

**What we offer**:

- Flexible work arrangements
- Salary Packaging - up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing
- Corporate Health and Fitness program
- 10.5% Superannuation on top of your gross income
- Annual Leave Loading

**Where you'll be working**
There is an abundance of lifestyle benefits available to you in country NSW and you will be amazed at what you will have access to - and it all comes without the queues and crowds of a big city. Moruya 305 kilometres south of Sydney and 175 kilometres from Canberra. Moruya has charm and secrets to share with those ready to explore. The coastal drive from Broulee is stunning, with the road running alongside the Moruya River, before opening to reveal a wide flood plain tracking down from the Deua Mountains. Imagine Rural - Southern NSW Local Health District

**What you'll be doing**

The Gardener/Maintenance Officer maintains gardens, grounds and assets to ensure well-presented, safe and compliant facilities for provision of quality patient, client and consumer care.

**Selection Criteria**:

- Demonstrated experience in gardens and grounds maintenance.
- Demonstrated ability to operate, maintain and undertake minor mechanical repairs and maintenance on gardens and grounds equipment.
- Demonstrated time management and problem solving skills necessary to work with limited supervision in an outdoor environment.
- Demonstrated experience in general labouring duties, minor engineering repairs and knowledge of basic cleaning techniques.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team to achieve common organisational goals.
- Current unrestricted drivers’ licence and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances.

**Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases**
This is a Category ‘B’ position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive PD2022_030

All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. OASV requirements also include proof of vaccination against influenza and is compulsory for NSW Staff that enter any Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) or who work in NSW Health owned and operated RACFs

All NSW Health Category A workers are required to have received at least two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. You will be required to provide a record of your COVID-19 vaccination status if successful.

**Australian Work Rights**

Applicants can request reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please contact (convenor) should you require assistance.

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