Maintenance

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

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Education Support - Level 1, Range 3

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

**Location**:Melbourne - Western suburbs

**Reference**:1493044

**Location Profile**:

- Wimba Primary School opened its doors in January 2024 in the thriving suburb of Tarneit, approximately 25km west of Melbourne's CBD. This year, the school welcomed over 420 students across Prep to Year 6 and has quickly established itself as a vibrant and valued part of the local community.
- Guided by the core values of **Community, Excellence, Integrity, and Happiness**, Wimba Primary School is committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and respectful learning environment. We prioritise positive student experiences and the development of strong, healthy relationships. Every child is recognised for their individual strengths and supported to achieve their personal best.
- Our mission is to cultivate excellence in every student through high-quality, evidence-based teaching and learning practices.
- In 2025, approximately 76% of our enrolments were students with English as an Additional Language (EAL). The Student Family Occupation and Education (SFOE) index for 2025 is 0.3283.

**Facilities and Programs**
- Our state-of-the-art campus includes:

- A central administration building with library, staff areas, and amenities
- Flexible, contemporary classrooms that promote collaborative and innovative learning
- Specialist spaces for Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Science, and Technology
- Expansive outdoor areas including hardcourts, sports fields, and play zones
- A community hub featuring a gymnasium, canteen, and multipurpose spaces for music and drama
- Our Foundation to Year 6 curriculum aligns with the Victorian Curriculum and includes targeted support in literacy, numeracy, and wellbeing. In 2025, we offered specialist programs in **Physical Education, Music**, **STEM**, and **Visual Arts**, with a strong emphasis on inclusion and personalised learning.
- We place a strong emphasis on community engagement. Parents and carers are welcomed as partners in learning, with many opportunities for involvement. Our school offers a rich variety of student leadership roles, enrichment programs, wellbeing initiatives, sporting events, and cultural celebrations.
- Wimba Primary School also provides an accredited Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) service, offering both before and after school care to support working families.

**Join Our Team**
- As a growing school, Wimba Primary is dedicated to ensuring every student is known, valued, and cared for. We are seeking passionate, collaborative educators who are committed to supporting students to reach their academic and social-emotional potential.

**Please submit Cover Letter, CV and SC as one PDF document.**
- Providing 3 professional references and their contact details in your documents as they may be contacted prior to shortlisting

**Selection Criteria**:

- SC1 Demonstrated ability to carry out repairs and maintenance to buildings and grounds to a high standard (formal trade qualifications and/or training is desirable).

SC2 Demonstrated capacity to work as a member of a team, to follow instructions and take on the responsibility to work independently without direct supervision.

SC3 Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a range of people in a work/school environment.

SC4 Demonstrated knowledge and awareness of Occupational Health and Safety guidelines and practices in relation to the role.

SC5 Demonstrated commitment to professional learning and growth.

**Role**:

- The attendance of this role requires the successful applicant to:

- work from 7:30am - 3:36pm each day,
- work one week of each of the term holidays, and
- work two weeks of the summer holidays.
- Wimba Primary School is looking for a full-time Facilities Manager.
- be a fully qualified tradesperson (e.g. plumber, electrician, etc),
- positively impact the culture of the school, by engaging with all
- stakeholders (students, staff, families),
- be self-directed but able and willing to follow directions from the Principal,
- work from 7:30am - 3:36pm each day,
- work one week of each of the term holidays
- work two weeks of the summer holidays.
- Range 3 is distinguished by the introduction of management responsibility and accountability for the delivery of professional support services. The role will usually impact beyond the work area or professional field. It seeks to gain cooperation of other staff members or members of the school community to achieve specific objectives, such as in school administration, operations or educational programs.
- Direction on targets and goals is provided but the position will have some degree of latitude in determining how they are achieved. This latitude will generally be limited by standard procedures and school policy. Deviation from standard procedures and school po