Maintenance Office

**Churches of Christ, Retirement Living, Warwick**

**Permanent, Full-time Opportunity**

**Imagine working for us**

Our values encourage us to be accepting of differences and embrace all. Our size and variety offer you real choices and opportunities to grow your career.

We also offer:

- Salary-packaging benefits that can increase your take-home pay;
- Five weeks of annual leave and the ability to purchase more;
- Grants (for eligible employees) to assist in formal study;
- Access to online learning platforms to further develop your skills;
- Discounts through our large network of retail partners.

Established in 1930, We are one of Australia's largest and most diverse not-for-profit organisations.

Active in the areas of children, youth and family services; community housing; retirement living; home care; and residential aged care services, we provide care and compassion to vulnerable people at different stages of their life journey. With over 200 Services in more than 100 communities, we positively impact around 45,000 lives a year.

**About the role**

Are you a master at multi-tasking hands-on gardening and maintenance services within a large retirement living environment? We are seeking a dedicated, experienced and organised Maintenance Officer/Gardener looking for a new challenge.

Regency Park Retirement Village has expansive gardens and you will be providing lawn and garden maintenance, tree and shrub pruning, hedging and garden refuse removal.

Your days will be varied and you will also:

- Undertake general maintenance work including, but not limited to, repairs, installation and cleaning;
- Undertake maintenance work in accordance with the preventative maintenance schedule;
- Complete all relevant record keeping and administration utilising the organisation's asset management system where appropriate.

Remuneration for this role is $24.67 - $24.87 per hour commensurate with experience.

**About you**

You are a self-starting and driven individual who loves working collaboratively as part of a team, however, you are also capable of working on your own. With your highly developed customer focus and excellent service skills, you resolve gardening and maintenance issues as they arise.

You have proven knowledge and physical capacity to use and maintain equipment as required by the role. Your ability to work autonomously and manage your own time is exceptional. You have a welcoming, caring, compassionate nature and are ever ready to provide support.

To be suited to this position ideally you will have:

- Demonstrated experience in a maintenance role (previous retirement living experience highly regarded) with physical capacity to carry out maintenance duties as required;
- Home and/or garden maintenance certificate would be an advantage;
- Ability to maintain and develop relationships with internal and external services providers;
- Applied knowledge of Workplace Health & Safety requirements, or ability to acquire same within one month of employment;
- Possess a current Queensland driver's licence (or ability to acquire same within 1 month of employment).

Importantly, you will be someone who closely aligns with our organisational values of: Unconditional Love, Continual Innovation, Mutual Trust, Wise Stewardship and Safety.
- Under Churches of Christ policy and/or the applicable public health directions, team members are required to be up to date with their COVID-19 Vaccination. As part of the recruitment processes we ask that you provide evidence that your vaccination meets the requirements of Churches of Christ policy or the applicable public health direction._

**To apply**

**Applications will be assessed as received