Ed Support Level 1-range 2 Grounds

Location: North West Region | Sunbury

Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Facilities Management

Reference: 1446211

**Selection Criteria**:
SC1 Demonstrated ability to operate and maintain equipment and machinery, with a particular focus on a range of gardening equipment and machinery.

SC2 Demonstrated ability to conduct general indoor and outdoor maintenance and repair tasks in a school context.

SC3 Demonstrated ability to organise and prioritise assigned work tasks to meet deadlines.

SC4 Demonstrated ability to co-ordinate and manage the use and maintenance of equipment within the work area.

**Role**:
**Grounds**
- Maintaining all grass areas including mowing, trimming and edging.
- Trim trees or any unsafe limbs.
- Controlling weeds including a spraying program.
- Maintaining all existing garden beds including edging, weeding, pruning, planting, mulching and watering
- Establishing new garden beds as directed and perform minor landscaping of the grounds
- Check external student seating and play equipment to ensure they are sound
- Clear drains, spouting, gutters and downpipes as required
- Pressure cleaning of building and paved areas as required
- Weekly inspections of grounds for defects, trip hazards
- Pressure cleaning of buildings and paths as required.
- Collect hardware items as required
- Maintain all equipment in a satisfactory, safe and workable condition.
- Clear grounds of litter, graffiti and empty bins as required
- Cleaning of bio-hazards as required

**Maintenance**
- Perform minor repairs as directed by the Principal, for example;
- Minor plumbing (leaky taps)
- Minor electrical (light globe replacement)
- Minor plastering
- Painting of internal classrooms as required
- Repair of furniture and equipment e.g. table tops, table legs, castors.
- Identify and report the need for repairs
- Undertake general maintenance and minor building works
- Moving of heavy furniture and equipment
- Keep storage facilities clean, tidy and safe, including signage for OHS risks
- General setting up and packing away after major events
- General handyperson duties as directed
- Demonstrate the ability to work independently and also with minimum supervision within a team environment.
- A full Drivers Licence is required
- Assist with moving furniture
- Other duties as directed by the Principal.

**Responsibilities**:
**Gardens, Lawns & Maintenance**
- Maintaining all grass areas including watering, mowing, trimming and edging.
- Trim trees of any unsafe limbs.
- Controlling weeds.
- Maintaining all existing garden beds including edging, weeding, pruning, planting, mulching and watering.
- Establishing new garden beds as directed.
- Other duties as determined by school administration.

**Garbage**
- Clear grounds of litter.
- Empty bins as required.
- Other duties as determined by school administration.

**External Boundary Fences**
- Maintain school grounds to a high standard including garden beds, oval, nature strips are neat & litter free.
- Other duties as determined by school administration.

**Other Duties**
- Ensure discretion and confidentiality are maintained at all times.
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Other duties as required by Principal & Business Manager, in line with role classification
- Being an active member of the staff team.

**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**:
Established in 1981, Sunbury Heights Primary School is located on Charter Road East in Sunbury. Our school grounds adjoin those of Sunbury Downs secondary college. The school supports a large area of Sunbury incorporating the quickly growing Ashfield and Rosenthal estates (Sunbury south). Current enrolment projections for 2025 are approximately 475 students wit