Maintenance and Grounds

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Ongoing - Part-time

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Education Support - Level 1, Range 2

**Occupation**:Land, asset, resources and facilities management

**Location**:Melbourne - Western suburbs

**Reference**:1493312

**Location Profile**:

- Kolorer College is a brand-new secondary school being built 33km west of the Melbourne CBD in the suburb of Cobblebank. The school will serve the diverse and growing communities of Strathtulloh, Cobblebank and Thornhill Park and will open for Year 7 students only on Day 1, Term 1, 2026, growing to a Year 7-12 school by 2031. Anticipated enrolments for 2026 are 150-175 students, with a Stage 1 built capacity for 865 students.

**Our School**
- Kolorer College will be a supported inclusion school and will feature outstanding facilities including:

- A two-story building with administration spaces, a library and learning neighbourhood
- A Community Hub with specialist learning areas for Food Technology, the Performing Arts and Physical Education, including an indoor multi-use court and a fitness room
- These facilities will enable our school to offer high-quality learning to our students and a modern work environment to our staff.
- Kolorer, a Wurundjeri word meaning lava flow, embodies the powerful transformation and enduring impact we foster in every young person we serve.
- At Kolorer College, we know that inclusion creates better outcomes for everyone. We are unashamedly ambitious for our students and committed to excellence, learning and growth for all students and staff.
- Guided by our conviction that learning matters, our mission is clear:

- Equip every learner with the knowledge, skills and confidence to lead a life full of purpose and possibility
- Build strength of character, empowering our learners to be thoughtful, informed and active contributors to their community and to world
- Foster a community of belonging that supports and challenges every student, every day.
- We live our values every day by being our **B.E.S.T.**:

- ** Be Brave**:

- face challenges with courage and persistence
- ** Excel Together**:

- aim high, support one another, and celebrate growth
- ** Show Integrity** - act with honesty, fairness, and responsibility
- ** Think and Care** - use wisdom, empathy, kindness and respect to guide our actions, embrace and celebrate the differences and diversity of others.
- Our motto, Excellence Together, reflects this mission and we are strongly committed to the use of evidence-based best practice in teaching, learning and wellbeing to make this a reality. This is an exciting opportunity for you to be part of shaping a learning community where all students - and staff - are known, challenged to grow, and inspired to thrive.
- Please note that, as a progressive and modern workplace, part-time and flexible work opportunities in line with DE policies will be available to all staff members, including those in the Leadership team. Feel free to contact the Principal, Ciar Foster, to discuss these possibilities.

**Selection Criteria**:

- Please provide a written response to each written criteria of no more than 1 page.
- Preferred documentation format in a single PDF document.

**SC1** Demonstrated ability to carry out repairs and maintenance to buildings and grounds.

**SC2** Demonstrated ability to work independently and demonstrated understanding of OH&S guidelines.

**SC3** Demonstrated well-developed interpersonal skills with the demonstrated ability to consult and interact with relevant stakeholders.

**SC4** Demonstrated ability to plan, order and prioritise tasks to ensure deadlines are met

**SC5** Demonstrated commitment to professional development and learning/training.

**Role**:

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- An education support class position at this range will perform tasks that are carried out in accordance with guidelines, accepted practice, and school policy under supervision and direction. This may include coordination of other education support class staff within the work area or educational program.
- An education support class position supports the educational services being provided to students but must not include duties of a teacher as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) or its successor. Supervision of students can be required individually or in groups up to 4 in controlled circumstances and where the responsibility for students remains clearly with a teacher.
- Certification and/or qualifications of up to three years can be required at this level (noting that Registered Nurse is not included at this level, the first level for which is Level 1 range 3).
- A role at this range may include:

- Specific support tasks to achieve outcomes. Typically, this will involve accountability for a single function, (e.g. ensuring data is properly maintained) or the co-ordination of a work area under the direction of the principal or a manager.
- Assisting teachers, within an edu