Maintenance and Grounds Officer

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time / From 07/10/2024

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Economics

Reference: 1431996

**Location Profile**:
Ashley Park Primary School is located at 105 Orchard Road, Doreen. We are in our sixth year, opening in January 2019 and have an enrolment of 470 students. Our staffing profile consists of Principal, Assistant Principal, Business Manager, 2 x Learning Specialists, 23 Community teachers, 3 Tutors, 2 teachers who provide graduate and mentor release each week, a team of 5 specialists delivering PE, Spanish/Drama, Visual Arts and Music/Dance and 18 ES (at varying EFT) who support students, first aid and the office and the other ES who you will work and liaise with in this grounds & facilities maintenance role.

The school design is state of the art consisting of our Silver Gum Centre - admin, library and staff facilities and the Eucalypt and Wattle Learning Spaces which are open plan, flexible and adaptive sharing an outdoor learning street. Our Ironbark Sports and Arts Centre includes a full size competition grade basketball stadium and performing arts space. Recently we have also had installed 2 double storey portables that house up to 200 students. The school site is large with ample play areas for the students including an AFL oval, outdoor multi courts, nature play area, sandpit, cubby zone and three playgrounds. Our local community utilise these school facilities outside of school hours. We outsource a before and after school care program that also offers curriculum day and vacation care.

The vision for Ashley Park Primary School is to be all we can be, a collaborative school community formed through strong partnerships that contribute to the engagement, wellbeing and achievement of all students. Our mission is to provide a comprehensive education that empowers our students to contribute to their world, shape their desired future and develop the understandings, skills, capabilities and dispositions that will enable them to be the best they can be.

Our school values are:

- Be kind. Be ambitious. Be responsible. Be all we can be.

The school is organised into six learning communities - Foundation, Junior 1 and Junior 2, Middle 3 and Middle 4, Senior (Yr 5 & 6). The structure and organisation continues to be flexible while our numbers in each year level grow. Our teachers work in collaborative teams to plan, implement and evaluate a highly effective literacy, numeracy and inquiry focussed, teaching and learning program for the cohort of learners in their learning community. Each community teacher has a group of students for which they are the contact teacher for parents and families. They also begin and end the day with this group while working with many students across the cohort utilising our like needs groupings approach, throughout the school day.

This is a fabulous opportunity to work in a 21st century learning environment that places the student at the centre, the family at the fore and capitalises on the creativity and expertise of the teaching and education support staff to realise the potential of all.

This position requires working 22.8 hours across 3 or 4 days with a 7.00 or 7.30am start time. Days and hours of work will be negotiated with the successful applicant.

For more information please contact Keren Barro on
- phone 8776 0200

**Selection Criteria**:
SC1 Demonstrated ability to proactively undertake a range of maintenance duties including some trade experience relevant to the role.

SC2 Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a range of people in a working environment.

SC3 Ability to use sound organisational skills to identify, prioritise and address maintenance and grounds issues as they arise.

SC4 Demonstrated capacity to work effectively as both a member of a team and independently, to undertake necessary maintenance and grounds tasks.

SC5 Demonstrated knowledge and awareness of Occupational Health and Safety guidelines and practices.

SC6 A strong ethic and a sense of pride in efficiently completing work to a high standard and in a timely fashion.

**Role**:
Some attendance over school holiday periods will be required and may be negotiated.

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.

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