Schools Officer, Grounds

**About the Department**:
The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.

**About Yeronga State High School**:
Our school's vision is 'Quality Pathways to Success'. This vision is simple yet powerful and is predicated on high standards, solid foundations, innovative practices, strong traditions and the agreed values of: quality, harmony, and sustainability.
Yeronga State High School provides opportunities for all students, irrespective of background and ability to access a broad range of knowledge skills and competencies. Yeronga SHS provides learning pathways to a socially, economically and environmentally balanced future. These are accompanied by the promotion of values and attitudes that enable the student to become more resilient and ready for the dynamic world of post secondary options and directions both within Australia and overseas.

**Role**:The main responsibilities of the position are**:

- A range of activities to ensure that the school grounds are facilities are maintained to a very high standard
- Oversee the maintenance of school ovals through regular mowing, watering and soil maintenance lawn and garden maintenance, including regular weeding and the use of appropriate insecticides and fertilisers where necessary
- Plant and water trees, shrubs, gardens and undertake general maintenance of grounds

In this role at Yeronga State High School, you will have responsibility for the following activities and delivery of the following key tasks:

- Ensure compliance with Workplace Health and Safety requirements including maintenance of a safe work environment, safe storage and handling of chemicals, fertilisers and fuels
- Attend to/or arrange repairs and maintenance within the school, including those which relate to furniture and equipment, locks and windows
- Communicating effectively and displaying a high level of interpersonal skills to function as an effective team member
- Display confidentiality, tact, reliability and sensitively to staff, students and their families

A Working with Children Blue Card is mandatory and the employee must be willing to undergo a criminal history check prior to recruitment.
This is a OO2 progression position as per the Role Description. The successful applicant will be appointed to the OO2 classification with eligibility for progression to the OO3 level once specific criteria have been met. Please note salary rate shown is reflective of OO2 to OO3 classification range.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

**How to Apply**:Applicants are requested to submit**:

- A resume indicating a brief work history and include the details of 2 referees.
- A1-page written statement explaining your suitability to the role.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
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