Grounds and Maintenance Assistant

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time / From 23/01/2025 - 04/04/2025

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1458514

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1** Demonstrated capacity to perform duties consistent with established guidelines and frameworks, including coordinating and supporting others in respect to specific work functions relevant to the role.

**SC2** Demonstrated capacity to work and collaborate with others in a team environment.

**SC3** Demonstrated capacity to communicate effectively in a team environment, including high level oral and written communication skills.

**SC4** Possess the technical knowledge and expertise relevant to the position.

**SC5** Demonstrated capacity to provide advice and support to management and other school staff in respect to the work area.

**SC6** A commitment to professional learning and growth for both self and others.

**Role**:
The Grounds and Maintenance Assistant, working under the direction of the Facilities Manager is responsible for maintaining the College¿s grounds. Through a proactive and reactive approach, the Grounds and Maintenance Assistant will ensure that the College provides a safe teaching and learning environment for students, staff, parents and visitors.

**Responsibilities**:

- Undertaking general grounds work and minor maintenance works.
- Maintaining the College¿s grounds and garden beds to a high aesthetic level.
- Working through a schedule of regular tasks and maintenance audits.
- Ensuring security is maintained within a work area.
- Working as part of a team to ensure that all OH&S requirements are met.
- Assisting the Facilities team with the maintenance and management of the College grounds.
- Demonstrating excellent customer service skills in order to communicate with all stakeholders, including students, parents, staff and goods and services providers.
- An ability to work independently with confidence and initiative, including prioritising workloads.
- An ability to work as part of a team and contribute towards achieving the goals and objectives of the College.
- Maintaining strict confidentiality at all times.

**Who May Apply**:
Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.

**EEO AND OHS Commitment**:
**Child Safe Standards**:
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
**DE Values**:
The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.

**Location Profile**:
Mount Ridley P-12 College was founded in 2009 and is located in the City of Hume, one of Melbourne's rapid growth corridors. Situated on an 11 hectare site along Hampton Street in Craigieburn and approximately 26 kilometres north of the CBD, the College includes provision for both primary and secondary students and will have an enrolment figure of approximately 2850 students across the whole College in 2024. The current College's Student Family Occupation (SFO) index is 0.6 whilst our Student Family Occupation and Education (SFOE) index is 0.5. Although these figures indicate a high level of family social disadvantage, increased funding levels provided by the Education Department aim to assist with raising the educational outcomes of our students.

The College has four Mini Schools:

- Early Years (Prep
- Year 4);
- Junior Years (Years 5
- 7);
- Middle Years (Years 8 and 9); and
- Senior Years (Years 10
- 12).

An extensive senior leadership team structure consisting of Principal Class members, Leading Teachers and Learning Specialists, assisted by Administration Staff, supports students, staff and families in each Mini School.

Mount Ridley College is well serviced by a range of facilities. Buildings in the Early Years Mini School are based around Learning Neighbourhoods with creative, interactive and reflective spaces in each neighbourhood. There are Prep, Years 1, 2, 3 and 4 Learning Neighbourhoods. The creative spaces are used for small group work and for problem solving or project based work. A common space in