Groundskeeper

School Profile
Park Ridge Primary School is located in the North-Eastern Victoria Region, Outer Eastern Melbourne Area. The school is situated on a 3.6-hectare site on the south-eastern border of the City of Knox, within the suburb of Rowville.

The School currently has an enrolment of 547 students, with 13 percent classified as EAL (English as an Additional Language), 13 percent receiving Equity Funding and 1 percent from ATSI (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) backgrounds. The population of our school reflects a Student Family Occupation and Education (SFOE) index of 0.3154.

The school facilities include 18 permanent and 10 portable classrooms, an art room, gymnasium, library, science room and music room. The school¿s multi-purpose centre is used during school hours for assemblies, incursions and specialist classes and houses an accredited out of school hours care program. The school grounds include surfaced playing areas as well as large grassed areas and three playgrounds for student recreational and sporting activities.

The 2024 school staffing profile comprised of 35 teachers including a Principal and two Assistant Principals. Educational Support Staff members included four administration staff, and eleven integration aides.

The school curriculum reflected the Victorian Curriculum framework, with specialist programs in Music, Art, Physical Education, LOTE (Indonesian) and Science across the school. An Intervention program is provided across the school with parent volunteers providing additional support in all year levels.

School Mission
Park Ridge Primary School is committed to providing high quality education and preparing young people to become active, engaged and responsible citizens of the local and global community. The school aims to prepare students to contend with a very dynamic 21st century in which creativity, cooperative work, connectedness to the world and adaptability are key features.

School Vision
The Park Ridge Primary School vision describes the aspirations of our school community. Our school vision is:

Preparing our students to develop the knowledge and skills that will help them become life-long learners who are successful and happy individuals that participate fully in and contribute to our community and the world around us.

School Values
The Park Ridge Primary School values represent the guiding principles and beliefs of our school community. Our school values are:

Respect:      Accept, value and appreciate others and our differences and treat others the way you would like to be treated
Resilience:  Being able to control your emotions, overcome challenges and believe in your ability to achieve

Positivity:    Developing a growth mindset, being grateful and putting your best effort into everything you do

Integrity:     Always do the right thing, own your mistakes, be honest and make good choices

High Expectations:  Encouraging and supporting all members of our school community to strive for excellence

Strategic Plan
The School Strategic Plan and Annual Implementation Plan are located on the School Website and can be accessed via the Current Parents- Newsletter & Policies tab at http://www.parkridge-ps.vic.edu.au/ 
 

SC1    Ability to carry out a physical role with demonstrated ability to proactively undertake a range of school building and grounds maintenance duties.

SC2    Demonstrated capacity to work as a member of a team, to follow instructions and take on the responsibility to work independently without direct supervision.

SC3    Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a range of people in a working/school environment.

SC4    Demonstrated knowledge and awareness of Occupational Health and Safety guidelines and practices in relation to the role.

SC5    Demonstrated commitment to professional learning and growth for both self and others.

Building Maintenance:

• Toilet inspections every morning before school, any graffiti removed immediately, toilet repairs and leaks fixed.
• Remove signs of graffiti from walls and windows immediately.
• Committed to the principle of `continuous improvement¿ and be expected to identify and discuss opportunities for improving existing building maintenance processes within the School.
• Able to demonstrate initiative and the capacity to appropriately prioritise tasks.
• Regularly reviewing the issue tracker and the School proactive maintenance plan ensuring that all parties can track the status of all maintenance requests.
• Ensure classroom furniture and fittings are in good repair.
• Perform both major and minor repair work around the building such as repairing locks and installing window blinds. This may involve works undertaken at heights.
• Maintain the overall condition of all buildings.
• Perform inspection of the premises and ensure that any hazardous conditions are immediately rectified (make safe).
• Ensuring that School equipment used in grounds and building maintenance (e.g. tools and equipment) are properly serviced and maintained and documented.
• Ordering and receiving deliveries of supplies for general maintenance purposes.
• Moving delivered items to relevant staff areas / classrooms as required.
• Ensure that the maintenance sheds are always clean and orderly in accordance with OH&S principles.
• Minor carpentry and brickwork repairs.
• Construction of internal storage facilities.
• Maintenance of grounds and garden beds. This shall include weeding, mulching, fertilising, planting out and replacing as necessary and at the correct time.
• Pruning of all shrubs and trees at the appropriate time.
• Watering of garden areas.
• Blower vacuuming of paths and entrances.
• Apply pesticides, herbicides, insecticides or other chemicals to soil, weeds, plants or other surfaces as required.
• Clean external basketball court when required.
• Undertake general duties as directed by the Principal or Assistant Principal.
• The maintenance person will, at times, be required to undertake other duties related to the role as directed by the Principal/Assistant Principals/Business Manager.
• Room/Venue Set up ¿ supporting the School Learning and teaching activities and other operations by:
  • Moving furniture and other pieces of equipment, of varying weights, between classrooms and / or storage locations.
  • Assisting in venue set-ups e.g. putting out and stacking chairs for assemblies, moving tables/chairs out of storage and setting up same in the gym or Wentworth building.

• The Maintenance person will be responsible for identifying, reviewing, and delivery of facility maintenance, which includes maintenance planning, coordinating maintenance delivery services.  The Maintenance person will perform duties as necessary to insure maintenance of all building systems including preventative maintenance to ensure miminal down time during regular school hours.
• The Maintenance person will be responsible for assisting with Gardening maintenance tasks as directed by the Pricipal/Assistant Principal.
• Responsible for maintaining a detailed plan of all maintenance of buildings, to ensure that all areas are maintained regularly. This plan would show weekly, monthly and annual tasks relating to the overall presentation of the School buildings.
• Attend or access online all mandated professional development as directed by the School.

Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.

The Department of Education and Training is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms – gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department.  The Department recognises that the provision of family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces.

Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the Department’s exemplar available at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/health/protect/Pages/childsafestandards.aspx

The Department’s employees commit to upholding DET’s Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. DET’s Values complement each school’s own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the DET values is available at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/workm/Pages/Public-Sector-Values.aspx

• All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.
• Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check.
• A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided.
• Detailed information on all terms and conditions of employment is available on the Department's Human Resources website at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/Pages/default.aspx