Groundsman And Maintenance Handyman

We’re seeking an experienced Groundsman to join our team at Saints Catholic College

You’ll support the Maintenance supervisor across our residential facility, with duties including:

• General grounds upkeep, landscaping, irrigation installation and repairs
• Support with repairs in rooms, preventative maintenance and refurbishment projects during academic breaks
• Develop and deliver propagation systems, summer and winter gardening programs including pruning and feeding programming
• General maintenance over the course of the academic year

What you’ll need:

Experience in gardening/landscape/grounds maintenance, including:

• Knowledge of herbicides, pesticides and safe work practices
• Experience in propagation of Australian native plants
• An in depth understanding of plant positioning and effective use of shade and space.
• An in depth understanding of plant maintenance including pruning and feed cycles.
• Horticultural certifications preferred, not required.
• Handyman skills an advantage.
• Current Open driver’s license

About You

You will have a positively charged character and are a person who is in alignment with the SCC mission, vision and values. You will have a strong and centered personality, be team orientated, flexible, proactive, optimistic, a good communicator and have a commitment to high quality work and efficiency.

Selection Criteria

• Recent and significant experience in a similar role in either hospitality or student accommodation.
• Proven organisational skills
• Proven ability to manage competing tasks
• Must be competent to work autonomously and have sound judgement and decision-making skills
• Must be creative, innovative and be outcome focused
• Experience in a collegiate environment and/or education is not a necessity but is an advantage.
• Must have an eye for detail and hold a high bar for quality and aesthetics of works performed.

Requirements

• Availability and willingness to work outside standard hours as reasonably required
• Working with Children Blue Card (or capacity to obtain one)
• Current and satisfactory National Criminal History Records Check
• Current First Aid Certificate (or willingness to obtain or update)

What we offer

• An amazing location and a supportive structure with a personal/family/work life balance.
• An environment that is not fast paced, but suited to the well time managed and considered decision maker whose experience in fluid working environments will be the basis to their success.
• A college fully focused on becoming the leader in Student Accommodation Services that other colleges will then model their own systems on.
• Meals when on duty provided.

Applications

• Please include a resume that details you start & finish of tenure with each employment (month & year).
• Please include a concise cover letter that explains not only why you are the perfect candidate, but why you want the role. Max 300 words.
• Does your application speak to who you are as a person? Your application will only get you to an interview…who you actually are will get you the job.

• Looking for candidates available to work:
  • Monday: Morning, Afternoon
  • Tuesday: Morning, Afternoon
  • Wednesday: Morning, Afternoon
  • Thursday: Morning, Afternoon
  • Friday: Morning, Afternoon
  • Saturday: Morning, Afternoon
  • Sunday: Morning, Afternoon
• No experience required for this role
• Working rights required for this role
• Expected start date for role: 08 March 2024
• Expected salary: $30 per hour