Team Leader Maintenance

Work Type/s: full time, ongoing contract
- Location: Based in Melbourne (Fitzroy North)
- Applications close: 29November 2024

Aboriginal Housing Victoria’s vision is to ensure that Aboriginal Victorians secure appropriate, affordable housing as a pathway to better lives and stronger communities.

Aboriginal Housing Victoria (AHV) is an Aboriginal[1] community organisation responsible for managing more than 1,600 rental properties for Aboriginal people living in Victoria.

Our vision is to ensure that Aboriginal Victorians secure appropriate, affordable housing as a pathway to better lives and stronger communities.

In addition to being the largest Aboriginal Registered Housing Agency in Australia, AHV is the lead agency for Victoria’s Aboriginal housing and homelessness policy, _Mana-na woorn-tyeen maar-takoort_. As the housing and homeless policy lead in the Victorian Aboriginal community, AHV has responsibility to work in partnership with the Government to secure the resources and reforms to implement the policy, while we support sector development to empower Victoria’s Aboriginal community to determine its chosen housing future.

AHV's housing services are targeted to those most in need of support. Through the provision of secure housing by an Aboriginal rental provider, AHV helps strengthen and maintain Aboriginal communities and cultural ties.

Reporting to the State Manager Maintenance (Community Housing), the Team Leader Maintenance is responsible for:

- Managing the delivery of responsive, vacated and planned maintenance activities across AHV’s property portfolio within budgets and required timeframes
- Managing a team of property compliance officers to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of responsive, vacated and planned maintenance. This includes the oversighting of contractors’ delivery of works, ensuring compliance with the contract requirements, and the performance requirements of the Housing Registrar.
- Contributing to AHV achieving its strategic directions as set out in the business plan by managing the associated activities within set time, cost and quality parameters. This in turn will support AHV in its contribution to the self-determination and self-management of the Victorian Aboriginal Community.

Key attributes and skills required for the role include:

- Awareness and appreciation of Aboriginal societies and cultures and an understanding of the issues affecting Aboriginal people in contemporary Australia and the diversity of circumstances of Aboriginal people.
- Ability to work independently, including capacity to exercise effective personal judgement.
- Demonstrated experience in managing building and repairs projects on time and to budget.
- Strong understanding of building codes, finishing standards, products, suppliers, contracts, scope of works and the variation process.
- A good understanding of the principles of property and asset management along with experience in undertaking property inspections and compliance audits.
- Proven ability to lead and manage a team in the delivery of maintenance works.
- Highly organised with the ability to work on multiple tasks, manage competing priorities with proven ability to meet demanding deadlines.
- The ability to work independently, own responsibilities and use professional judgment in managing complex matters and work well within a team.
- Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively to ensure client service delivery to clients with complex needs.
- Demonstrated capacity to be a change leader and drive improvements to existing management processes.
- Exceptional and effective interpersonal, communication, negotiation and facilitation skills with experience in building and managing relationships internally and externally with a wide variety of customers and stakeholders.

This position will be based in our Fitzroy North office with travel required.

Please direct inquiries about the position to Drago on 0466 913 708.

[1] Throughout this document the term “Aboriginal” is used to refer to both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.