Facilities Officer

**Date**:20 Jan 2025

**Location**: Park Holme, SA, AU, 5043

**Company**:Silver Chain Group Limited

**Facilities Officer**
- Park Holme office location
- Work from home flexibility
- Fixed-term 12 months opportunity - 76 hours per fortnight

**The opportunity**

We have an exciting and rare opportunity for a Facilities Officer to join our team on a fixed term full-time basis for a 12 month period. This role is based at our Park Holme office.

Whilst reporting directly to the Director, Property and Facilities in Western Australia (WA), you will also work closely with the Senior Facilities Officer (WA) and the Property Business Partner who is located in South Australia (SA). In this role you will provide and deliver facilities solutions for your own portfolio of clinics and offices across SA and eastern states. The facilities solutions include ad hoc and preventative maintenance, and security requirements. You will also be responsible for the delivery of minor capital works and restorative works projects as required. There will be a requirement from time to time to travel and visit sites within your portfolio.

**Key responsibilities**
- Ensure all building works are prioritised and scheduled in accordance with agreed timeframes, service level agreements regulations and Australian Standards.
- Ensuring that all works are delivered within the estimate provided and within budget.
- Liaise with staff and contractors on various facilities management issues.
- Attend sites as required to co-ordinate and monitor work to ensure effective contract management and client satisfaction is being met.
- Ensure all service requirements are met within the agreed service level agreements.
- Recommend any saving or sustainability solution which will assist delivery of the Property and Procurement strategy and plan.
- Undertake the coordination and all administrative aspects for selling Silverchain property.
- Oversee the coordination and administrative requirements for sub-leasing Silverchain property to third parties.
- Provide soft key security access to Silverchain staff.
- Provide support to the Senior Facilities Officer in other matters relating to facilities management as required.

**About you**
- Demonstrated knowledge in a similar role.
- Experience in delivering minor capital works and restorative works projects.
- Knowledge of leasing and selling property.
- Highly developed verbal and written communication skills to liaise and negotiate with internal and external stakeholders in relation to various facilities management issues.
- Well developed problem solving skills with the ability to research and analyse information and recommend solutions.
- Highly developed organisational skills to prioritise workload and adhere to time frames.
- A proven capability in project management.
- Knowledge of issues and trends affecting property and asset maintenance, including processing, planning, and monitoring of budgets.

**Benefits**
- Competitive salary + Super + the ability to salary package up to **$18,550.**:

- Comprehensive health and wellbeing resources and support.
- Exclusive fitness and health insurance discounts.
- Option to purchase an extra 2 weeks leave per calendar year.
- Paid parental leave of 12 weeks.
- 17% Leave Loading.
- Subsidised gym membership with participating gym partners.

**How to apply**

**About Silverchain Group**

For 130 years, Silverchain has been a leading provider of high-quality health and aged care in the homes and across Australia. It is our ambition to create a better home care system for all Australians.

Join our team of more than 5,800 staff, including corporate staff, nurses, doctors, allied health, care experts and a dedicated research and innovation division, operating as Silverchain, RDNS Silverchain and KinCare. We care for more than 140,000 clients across Australia. We’ll provide you with opportunities to help you develop and grow in your career, with training and education programs to help you achieve your goals.

We reserve the right to commence the recruitment process and extend or withdraw this advertisement prior to the closing date.