Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan
Job type: Part time / From 28/01/2025
Organisation: Schools (Government)
**Salary**: Salary not specified
Occupation: Facilities Management
Reference: 1452715
**Selection Criteria**:
SC1. Demonstrated practical ability to maintain buildings and grounds, including using trade experience relevant to the role.
SC2. Excellent communication skills indicating the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of individuals including teachers, students, parents and external agencies/trades.
SC3. Demonstrated capacity to manage procurement and budgets as appropriate to the schools' facilities (including buildings, grounds, equipment and furniture) requirements.
SC4. Proven ability to work as part of a team and manage the workflow of the maintenance/facilities support staff and contractors.
SC5. Demonstrated knowledge and commitment to occupational health and safety needs as related to the school.
**Role**:
Objectives will, generally, be clearly defined; guidelines will be broad and day-to-day direction mínimal. Management responsibility extends to ensuring appropriate support levels are maintained across the school. Range 4 generally provides key support and timely advice to the leadership team and school council and liaises with the general school community, the Department and other government agencies and service providers.
Specialised professional roles will carry a high level of independence and accountability where suitable scope is provided to achieve objectives.
An education support class position supports the educational services being provided to students, but must not include duties of teaching as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) or its successor. Supervision of students cannot be required except where it is an integral part of the employee's position or involves supervision of students individually or in small groups, in controlled circumstances, where the responsibility for students remains clearly with a teacher.
**Responsibilities**:
The Facilities Manager will be responsible for the overall physical maintenance requirements of the school. This position will require identification and rectification of short-term needs as well as a knowledge of occupational health and safety issues.
- Ensure the maintenance requirements of the school are met.
- Manage the maintenance and good order of all school facilities and assets.
- Manage contractors.
- Liaise with DET cleaning company
- Maintain the School Maintenance System Data Base and monitor works to be completed.
- Work with school leadership on the EMP matters.
- Prepare agendas/minutes of all meetings of Buildings and Grounds Committee.
- Oversee relevant annual budgets
- Liaise with and support school leadership on all matters relating to OH&S.;
- Attend all meetings relating to major building projects.
- Manage maintenance staff
- Arrange regular visits to discuss outstanding work.
- Oversee the operations of AIMS
- Coordinate all OH&S; Meetings including Chair, agendas and minutes.
- Provide Official purchase order forms for repairs and maintenance
- Manage all maintenance jobs
- Manage and organise all quotations for all major and minor works within the school.
- Manage all compliance ESM and data log
- Manage and maintain the current electrical tagging system.
- Oversee chemical register documentation
- Manage school assets including organising stocktakes
- Manage school works contracts
- Capacity to manage a diverse and sustainable school eco system.
- Liaise with the principal team and Business Manager on a regular basis
- Other duties as directed.
**Who May Apply**:
Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.
**EEO AND OHS Commitment**:
**Child Safe Standards**:
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:
**DE Values**:
The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department'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 department values is available at:
**Other Information**:
- All staff employed by the department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.
- A resume including relevant experience as well as personal details (name, address and contact numbers, business and home)