Grounds and Maintenance Officer

**About National Trust of Australia (Queensland)|**
Voted one of the Gold Coast’s most popular tourist destinations, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is the crown jewel of the National Trust of Australia (Queensland) [NTAQ] properties. As one of Queensland’s earliest nature-based attractions, the Sanctuary embodies everything NTAQ stands for—protecting, conserving, and celebrating the environmental, built, and cultural heritage of our State.

As an award-winning and iconic Tourist Destination, we are continually innovating our brand and guest experience, and in 2025 will launch a new attraction - Astra Lumina. We are now seeking an experienced **Full Time Grounds and Maintenance Officer** to support the Operations Team to ensure the trail and surrounds are safe and well-maintained for our guests Astra Lumina is an enchanting night walk experience that seamlessly blends art, nature, and technology to inspire and captivate guests. Our Grounds and Maintenance Officer will complete horticulture duties and general maintenance across the Astra Lumina touchpoints, and trail to ensure the that every guest leaves with a memorable and positive experience.

**About the Role**
As our energetic Grounds and Maintenance Officer, you will be reporting to the Operations Manager - Astra Lumina and work within our wider Grounds and Maintenance team to ensure the upkeep of the trail and Sanctuary grounds to ensure the safety and presentation of the park. As an individual with a high attention to detail and safety mindset you will prioritise and complete tasks to a very high standard and in good timeframes.

As our Grounds and Maintenance Officer you may come with a landscaping or general handyman background as you will be carrying out labouring duties including general building and grounds maintenance as well as weeding, planting, mulching, spraying, mowing, brush cutting, and soft and hard landscaping. You may also undertake a variety of landscaping projects within the grounds, and you will be able to work well in a wider team to ensure accurate and timely completion of projects.

As part of a whole-team approach, our Grounds and Maintenance Officer will also assist with operations, including supporting our commercial and guest experience teams, as well as path sweeping, and other tasks to ensure that every guest has an unforgettable Astra Lumina journey.

**About You**
To be successful in this role, you will have experience in a similar position. You will be a safe, tidy, friendly, and courteous worker as this is a work environment where visibility and interactions with guests is an important factor. Other key skills and qualifications we are looking for include:

- Maintenance all-rounder experience highly desirable as is knowledge of and compliance with work health and safety guidelines.
- Able to follow direction, work without supervision and demonstrate initiative to complete job tasks within given time frames.
- Be reliable, hard
- working and demonstrated experience working with a team.
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, with a strong attention to detail
- ** Able to Tuesday to Saturday with hours from 9am - 5pm and on Tuesday 6am - 3pm**, as required by the attraction’s operating hours. **We also have a Casual Role available to support in a similar role.**:

- Be prepared to work in an outdoor environment, with walking and lifting necessary, and in a workplace that has native wildlife such as birds and reptiles,
- Must hold a current manual driver’s licence and First Aid Qualification is an advantage.

This role will require a high level of health and fitness to perform physical duties outdoors in all weather conditions, walk long distances, bending, twisting and lifting within environments that may be noisy and dusty.

**What we can offer**
Just as our charter is to protect, conserve, and celebrate the Environmental, Built and Cultural heritage of our State and we also are committed to ensuring our Team Members are protected, taken care of, and of course celebrated We offer current and future team members:

- Free On-Site Parking
- Tertiary Education Partners for access to recognized Qualifications
- Flexible Working Arrangements and Study Leave
- NTAQ Team Member Card offering unlimited entry to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and other SEQ sites and generous retail & food & beverage discounts
- Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary Family & Friends Passes