AddressPosition Summary
Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC) is a community controlled Public Benevolent Institution delivering human services and social enterprise activities for the benefit of Aboriginal people from the Alice Springs Town Camps, urban Alice Springs, and Central Australia.
The Municipals & Essential Services (MES) Team Leader is responsible for Municipal & Essential Services which includes grounds and roads maintenance, environmental and waste management, street lighting, power, water, and sewage on Tangentyere Council Town Camps. The Municipal & Essential ServicesTeam Leader is responsible for their team to deliver scheduled and unscheduled Municipal & Essential Services work on Town Camps to a high standard. The Municipal & Essential ServicesTeam Leader also is responsible for the training of Municipal & Essential Services Team Members.
The MES Team Leader works closely with the Activities/MES Coordinator to monitor team member performance and attendance, identify suitable training, and ensure that Employability Skills are incorporated and emphasised in daily tasks.
The role is also responsible for maintaining and housing vehicles and equipment and ensuring WHS policies and procedures are understood and adhered to. This includes Traffic Management Plans and Safe Work Method Statements.
As part of your role, you will be working with children, people with a disability and people who are vulnerable. It is your obligation to always ensure their safety and report any concerns in line with our duty of care obligations. We have zero tolerance when it comes to abuse of any kind and will take disciplinary action, including and up to termination of employment, should we determine that abuse has taken place or there has been a failure to report any suspected or alleged abuse.
Responsibilities
• Provide leadership for the Municipal & Essential Services team to achieve required outcomes.
• Training and supervision of Municipal & Essential Services Team members.
• Ensure MES Team proactively follows schedules and punctually responds to Tangentyere Council MES requests for work.
• Develop positive relationships with communities and stakeholders.
• Maintain up-to-date records and report on work progress to the CDP/MES Coordinator.
• Ensure all vehicles, plant, and equipment are maintained and secured in accordance with organisational policy.
• Advocate and adhere to Tangentyere Council occupational health and Safety policies and procedures.
• Assist with achieving quality management objectives across the organisation.
• Assist with achieving safeguarding objectives across the organisation.
• Assist with achieving compliance objectives across the organisation.
• Other reasonable duties as required.
Qualifications and Selection Criteria
Required
• An understanding of Aboriginal Culture and issues impacting Indigenous people in Alice Springs.
• Trade qualification or a minimum of five years industry experience in municipal services, or in a related industry.
• Demonstrated experience in team supervision and leadership and the ability to implement and supervise work schedules.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve organisational goals and targets by effectively maintaining team engagement.
• Sound knowledge and relevant experience in the municipal services delivery.
• Demonstrated experience of applying WHS practices including undertaking risk assessments.
• Current licences and competencies for plant as well as current Work zone traffic management qualifications.
• Current First Aid Certificate, or ability and willingness to attain.
• Hold as a minimum a current Heavy Rigid vehicle NT driver’s licence as a minimum.
• Current NT Working with Children (Ochre) Card, satisfactory Police Check, and proof of full (3) vaccination against COVID-19.
