Maintenance Handyperson – Landscaper

Redfern, NSW

Highlights

• Attractve salary and other great employment benefits including inclusive Paid Parental Leave
• Permanent full time. Monday to Friday – 35 hour working week, working with a a supportive and collaborative team
• Enjoy non-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900 per year of your salary tax free plus an additional $2500 for meals, entertainment and accommodation
• Company van and equipment provided
• Career development and growth opportunities
• Access Health and Wellbeing programs including EAP- Employee Assistance Program- free confidential support for you and your family.
  
  

What we do

St George Community Housing (SGCH) provides sustainable, safe, and affordable housing as the foundation for our customers to connect to opportunities and build their communities. With a business head and a social heart, we deliver together with passion and purpose, guided by our values. Recognised as Employer of Choice (Public Sector and Not For Profit) at the 2022 Australian Business Awards, at SGCH you can realise your potential, whilst being supported to balance and achieve.

About The Maintenance Handyperson – Landscaper Role

We have a fantastic opportunity to join our Common Area and Inhouse Maintenance team as a Maintenance Handyperson – Landscaper! This is a full-time permanent role, based across all SGCH offices and portfolio locations including Liverpool, Redfern and St Leonards where required.

As the SGCH Maintenance Handyperson – Landscaper you will provide excellent customer service by performing timely and responsive landscaping maintenance work. The role carries out high-quality maintenance of residential properties, including tree trimming, planting, building garden beds, and other landscaping tasks and support office services with landscaping tasks and collaborates on small projects with the Handypersons team.

Your Duties Will Include But Are Not Limited To

• Perform landscaping maintenance tasks, including tree trimming, planting, building garden beds, laying turf, paving, fencing, and other ad hoc maintenance activities ensuring all tasks are completed safely and to a high standard
• Provide responsive and respectful customer-centric landscaping maintenance services
• Complete WHS risk assessments for each work request and project
• Collaborate with handypersons team to achieve small projects as well as teams across the organisation to improve outcomes for customers
• Accurately collect and record tenancy and other information
• Identify and follow safe work practices and be vigilant about their application by self and others
• Use core office software applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.
  
  

To succeed in the role, you will be a dedicated professional with a passion for delivering quality landscaper works, personable and have strong attention to detail. You demonstrate integrity, emotional intelligence and possess a forward-thinking mindset.

About You (essential Requirements)

To succeed in the role, you will have the below key attributes:

• Certificate III in Landscape Construction or equivalent, Construction Induction Safety Certificate (White Card), and understanding of Australian Standards, BCA, statutory requirements, and WHS legislation
• Extensive experience in landscaping and garden maintenance, operating power tools and gardening machinery, and driving a trailer, inlcuding ability to stand for long periods and undertake manual work, such as heavy lifting using a range of equipment, machinery, and tools
• A current NSW driving licence and a willingness and ability to regularly attend SCGH sites and offices across the region
• Demonstrated skills in customer service, time management, prioritising and planning, communication and digital literacy.
• An ability and willingness to work independently with self-motivation, compassion, resilience and a social heart to continuously improve and deliver the best outcomes for the business and customers of diverse backgrounds and vulnerability.
  
  

The recruitment process may include interviews and other forms of skills and behavioural assessments. The appointment of a suitable candidate will be subject to pre-employment screening which may include reference checks, a National Police Check, Health Assessment, etc.

Applications for this role will be reviewed as received; therefore, we encourage you to submit your interest at your earliest.

Please note we may establish a Talent Pool from this process.

How To Apply

Please refer to the full Maintenance Handyperson – Landscaper position description for further details including the essential criteria.

If this sounds like you, please send a cover letter addressing the essential criteria and a copy of your up-to-date CV using the form below.

Position Description: Maintenance Handyperson – Landscaper