Maintenance Officer

**Position Purpose**:
**About the Role**:
The Maintenance Officer will play a vital role in maintaining both residential and commercial properties, ensuring they meet safety and operational standards. You will be responsible for managing grounds, garden, and responsive maintenance requests, supporting the property team in overseeing contractors, and contributing to team efforts in maintaining the high standards of MacKillop Family Services' properties.

**This is a Permanent Full Time opportunity based in Canberra, ACT within our Residential Care program. The position reports to the Property Coordinator.**

**Key Selection Criteria**:
**To be successful in this role, you will need**:

- A solid understanding of Aboriginal culture and values and an awareness of the current issues faced by Aboriginal children, young people, and families.
- A qualified trade background with experience in general maintenance, specifically in rural grounds, structural work, and related facilities.
- Proficiency in using hand and power tools and performing minor equipment maintenance.
- A collaborative approach to working within a team environment.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Preferred trade background in carpentry, plastering, or building.
- Ability to inspect properties and ensure safety standards are upheld, reporting findings to the Property Coordinator.

**For a full position listing, please click APPLY. The Position Description is available for review at the bottom of the page.**

**Why Join Us**
- Salary packaging - we can help you to maximize your salary packaging up to $18,550 per year, which allows you to reduce the amount of tax you pay.
- Fitness Passport - which is a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to you and your family. For a fraction of the price of a regular gym membership.
- Employee Assistance Program
- Free access to a wide range of options with all aspects of life such as social, financial, physical, mental health by providing counselling and coaching supporting relating both to your circumstance, even including health advice from qualified nutritionists.
- Supportive Environment - Monthly supportive meetings with your direct manager.
- Sanctuary Organisation - MacKillop’s work is underpinned by the Sanctuary Model, an evidence-supported, whole of organisation framework that brings our values to life. The model reinforces our ability to create a safe environment that teaches people to cope effectively with stress and trauma, and to heal.

**You must have a**:

- Satisfactory Criminal History Check (paid for by MacKillop);
- Valid Employee Working with Children Check;
- Valid and current NDIS Workers Screening Check (for risk assessed / client facing roles).

**Our Commitment**:
MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person’s ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.

It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.