Schools Officer, Grounds and Facilities

About the Department of Education
The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About Middle Park State School
Middle Park State School is proudly an Independent Public School.
This allows us to provide the opportunities to our students to achieve higher productivity and better quality educational outcomes.
While remaining part of the state school system, we have embraced the additional autonomy to provide:

- Enhanced local governance Our school council approves and monitors our strategic direction, further strengthening collaborative local decision-making.
- Increased innovation As an Independent Public School, we are able to embrace innovation to maximise student learning outcomes by responding directly to our community needs.
- Locally tailored workforce Middle Park State School has been granted the autonomy for greater flexibility with staffing options through such means as direct recruitment and allocation of our staffing model.
- Increased financial flexibility Our school flexibly directs our budget to best meet our students' needs.
- Building for the future The ability to cut red tape, remove layers of management and give our local community a greater say in decision-making allows our school to formulate plans that best match the strategic vision for the school.

The end result is that this allows us to be more effective and accountable, respond better to local issues, promote greater community engagement, and ultimately and most importantly, achieve improved educational outcomes.
About the Role

**Key responsibilities and required skills/experience**:

- undertake ground improvement and enhancements;
- maintain school grounds, including mowing, watering;
- undertake general maintenance of grounds care equipment, eg mowers and brush cutters;
- liaise with various stakeholders to maintain buildings and facilities;
- responsible for a range of day to day activities, for example mail collection, resource deliveries;
- undertake urgent cleaning duties outside of cleaning staff hours;
- support a variety of cleaning duties at the school;
- ensure compliance with workplace health and safety requirements;
- ability to comply with regulations, codes and specifications;
- ability to perform duties without intensive supervision;
- ability to work in a fast-paced school environment;
- previous experience in grounds maintenance desirable but not essential.

This is a OO2 progression position as per the Role Description. The successful applicant will be appointed to the OO2 classification with eligibility for progression to the OO3 level once specific criteria have been met. Please note salary rate shown is reflective of OO2 to OO3 classification range.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
How to Apply
- Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history).

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
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