Facility Services Manager

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**Employment Type**
Fixed Term Full Time

**Location**
Maintenance

**Position Summary**

**About Us**:
At Uniting AgeWell, our focus is on supporting older people to experience a sense of wellbeing, choice and independence in their lives, to feel valued members of their community and to have easy access to the community or residential services they need to live the life they want. With a range of services in many locations in Victoria and Tasmania, our 3,900 staff and 600 volunteer staff are committed to high quality services and care.

**About the role**:
The Facilities Services Manager coordinates the provision of facility maintenance services including strategic (planned) maintenance across all Uniting AgeWell sites to ensure statutory requirements and essential services compliance for all properties are met. This position is Fixed term full time contract for 12 months; reporting to the General Manager of Infrastructure and overseeing Facility Services Supervisors, Administrator and Maintenance staff.

Key responsibilities of the role also include but are not limited to:

- Supervision of Repair and Maintenance functions of facilities across Vic and Tas
- Represent Uniting AgeWell Facility Services at accreditation visits and ensuring compliance with OH&S Guidelines (incl. set up and maintenance of records)
- Creating and overseeing the operation of an Energy Audit System and plan for replacement and redundancy of plant and equipment
- Management of communication and security systems
- Supervision of electrical testing and tagging, management of vehicles used by Uniting AgeWell facitility services personnel and waste management
- Reviewing performance with budget and preparing reporting
- Foster efficient organisation and good relations to achieve objectives
- Proactively facilitate implementation of new and amended operational policy and practice standards through effective communication, coaching and education

**About you**:
You are passionate about what you do and want to make a difference in the lives of our residents/clients, enhancing their self-esteem and empowering them to make choices.

This is the place for you if you:

- Hold tertiary qualifications in a discipline such as mechanical or electrical engineering or building facility operation and maintenance
- Demonstrate understanding of relevant legislation and regulations
- Are experienced with residential aged care or retirement living sectors preferred
- Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work within and proote a harmonious team approach to the delivery of resident care and services
- Can deliver highly developed negotiation and stakeholder management skills, with proven capacity to function effectivey in a complex environment
- Excellent report writing skills
- Highly developed conflict resolution and negoitstion skills
- Capacity to work independently, manage competing priorities and deliver quality outcomes on time
- An understanding of and ability to support Residential Aged Care Standards, OH&S and other legislative requirement related to role and responsibilities
- Ability to liaise with Maintenance Contractors and Supplier
- Demonstrated ability to contrinute to continuous development activities
- Commitment to continuing professional development
- Thrive in a team and also appreciate the one to one interactions
- Are committed to being part of a workplace culture based on the **B**E**S**T** way of life (Believe, Excel, Support and Trust)

**Essentials for working in Aged Care**:

- A current Working With Children & Vulnerable People card
- Current and ongoing flu and COVID-19 Vaccinations
- Australian working rights
- Ability to pass a national police clearance and/or NDIS Clearance as required

**Why choose Uniting AgeWell**:

- Be a part of a values based organization
- Join one of Victoria/Tasmania’s leading aged care providers in one of the fastest growing industries
- Work in your local community and make a difference to the lives of our residents/clients
- Career pathways, education and training opportunities
- Benefits, including salary packaging

**Selection Criteria**
Essential : Are you willing to meet the requirement for mandatory annual vaccination(s)?

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