Cleaner

Please be advised that scheduled maintenance is to be undertaken from Saturday 3rd December 2022 from 2 AM to 5 AM (AWST) and the system will be unavailable during this window.

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Independent Public School - Southwest Education Region

Dunsborough Primary School

Cleaner

Pool Ref IPS/SS791906

Level 1, $1,006.20 - $1,025.80 (pro-rata) per week (GS (Misc.) GA 2021)

Advertised Vacancy Number: IPS/SS791906

Dunsborough Primary School (PS) is seeking to establish a pool of Cleaner’s for appointments to permanent and fixed term, full-time and part-time vacancies which may arise during the 2023 school year and up to the end of Term 4, 2023. Appointments can be made from the pool at any time for commencements within the 2023 school year, up to the end of Term 4, 2023.

As a cleaner you will be responsible for internal cleaning duties, including the maintenance of carpets and hard floor surfaces, toilet cleaning, furniture and fittings, window cleaning, dusting, rubbish removal, and other items of general cleaning. In addition, you will also carry out external cleaning duties, including the cleaning of verandas and covered areas, rubbish removal, cleaning of drinking troughs, window cleaning, removal of cobwebs and other general cleaning duties. During vacation times, you will also undertake the stripping and sealing of vinyl floors, window cleaning, shampooing of carpets, pressure cleaning of verandas and undercover areas.

In this role you will ideally have good attention to detail and will be able to work well both individually and as part of a team to ensure a clean and safe school environment. You should be organised, honest, reliable, and punctual and have excellent knowledge of cleaning equipment and safe cleaning procedures, methods, and practices.

Together Everyone Achieves More. This is our simple but powerful motto that drives everything we do at our school. Enter our school and you will sense our strong community spirit and experience the friendly, caring and welcoming nature of our staff, students and parents.

The abundance of trees, our natural bush borders with extensive nature play areas, including the occasional visit by a curious kangaroo or two gives Dunsborough Primary a unique 'rural' feel, but with all the trimmings of a modern city school. Explore more and you will see amazing artwork on display, hear students playing a range of musical instruments and witness the whole school engaging enthusiastically in regular fitness and sporting activities.

Along with our excellent staff, it is our wonderful students who make our school such a great place. They take care of each other, show respect for themselves and others, accept differences and strive to be the best they can.

The Department is an equal opportunity employer and encourages people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and persons from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

Further information about this position can be found in the attached job description form (JDF).

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For further job related information:

You are encouraged to contact Elizabeth Schmitt, Manager Corporate Services, for further information about this employment opportunity, including information about living and working in Dunsborough, by telephoning (08) 9781 3777 or emailing

Application Instructions

Our aim is to make it easy for you to apply!

Your application should include: * A detailed CV outlining your work history and experience in the context of the role. Your CV should include two (2) work related referees, one being your current Line Manager and;

• A one (1) page cover letter addressing the Work Related Requirements, detailing your experience in the context of the role and business needs of the school.

To submit your application:

• Email your completed application form and documents to

before the closing date and time.

• Hand-deliver your completed application form and documents to the school reception: 40 Turner St, Dunsborough WA 6281 before the closing date and time.

The application form for emailed and hand delivered applications can be found in the attachments at the bottom of this advertisement.

Please allow enough time to complete this process as applications cannot be accepted after the closing date and time.

Eligibility and Training requirements

Employees will be required to:

• Provide evidence of eligibility to work in Australia for the term of the vacancy
• Obtain a current Department of Education Criminal Record Clearance prior to commencement of employment
• Obtain or hold a current Working with Children Check

And complete the Department’s:

• Aboriginal Cultural Appreciation course
• Induction program within three months of commencement
• Online training in manual tasks and hazardous substances within three months of commencement
• Fundamentals of Cleaning training as soon as practicable
• Training specific to this role required by Departmental policy and;
• Training in Accountable and Ethical Decision-Making within six months of appointment.

The Department applies a ten (10) day breach period to this selection process.

Applications must be submitted before 3: 30pm (WST) on Friday, 16 December 2022

APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE

PROFORMA, FAXED, POSTED AND LATE APPLICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTED.