Schools Officer, Grounds and Facilities - Springwood State High School

About Springwood State High School

Situated 20 minutes south of Brisbane CBD, we are a co-educational school for years 7-12. Our natural bushland setting and fantastic facilities provide an inspiring environment for our students to achieve academic excellence within a culture of care. Whether our students are learning in our Performance Auditorium, the Fitness Centre, the eSports Hub, the student run cafe, the pool or our Innovation Centre, our stimulating learning environment provides unique curricular and co-curricular opportunities.

Our dedicated staff create a culture of care through their positive relationships with students. Teachers create personalised learning plans with each student that builds on their strengths and interests. Through inspirational teaching and deep learning our teachers empower students to become a Springwood Learner and reach their full potential.

About the Role

This is a OO2 progression position as per the Role Description. The successful applicant will be appointed to the OO2 classification with eligibility for progression to the OO3 level once specific criteria have been met. Please note salary rate shown is reflective of OO2 to OO3 classification range.

Roles and Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

Lawn management (Mowing, brush cutting, spraying, fertilising);
Garden management (Spraying, weeding, mulching, fertilising, planting new plants)
Facility management (Facilities tasks, identifying risks/hazards, maintaining facilities,
preparing areas of our school for events);
Rubbish management ;
Liaising with internal and external stakeholders (Teachers, Contractors, Hirers etc);
Identifying WHS risks.

About You

As a dynamic and well organised team member you will display excellence in problem solving, time management and a passion to ensure our grounds are maintained to a high standard.
You will collaborate with our Facility Team to ensure our grounds and facilities are maintained to a high standard to allow our students to REACH each day. Have computer skills to use our online jobs program.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

How to Apply

Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
A 2-pg response to the How you will be Assessed section of the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).

The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.<space>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.