**Churches of Christ, Home Care, Gold Coast**
**Permanent, Part-time Opportunity**
**Imagine working for us**
Our values encourage us to be accepting of differences and embrace all. Our size and variety offer you real choices and opportunities to grow your career.
We also offer:
- Salary-packaging benefits that can increase your take-home pay;
- Five weeks of annual leave and the ability to purchase more;
- Grants (for eligible employees) to assist in formal study;
- Access to online learning platforms to further develop your skills;
- Discounts through our large network of retail partners.
Established in 1930, We are one of Australia's largest and most diverse not-for-profit organisations.
Active in the areas of children, youth and family services; community housing; retirement living; home care; and residential aged care services, we provide care and compassion to vulnerable people at different stages of their life journey. With over 200 Services in more than 100 communities, we positively impact around 45,000 lives a year.
**About the role**
We are currently looking for an experienced Gardener/Maintenance officer to join our Gold Coast Home Care team. As a reliable and skilled Maintenance Officer, you will ensure that our community is provided with efficient and customer-focused service. The role requires daily travel as you will be providing services to our clients all over the Gold Coast, and as such good communication and compassion are important.
The types of services you will provide includes:
- Mowing, fertilising, pruning, and garden rubbish removal,
- Maintaining an inventory and preventative maintenance schedule of mowers, whipper snippers, and all motorised garden equipment in accordance with manufacturer recommendations;
- Completing and updating records using Procura, the organisations' client reporting and recording system (training will be provided).
This opportunity offers:
- Monday to Friday work, with no night or weekend work;
- All tools and equipment will be provided.
Remuneration for this role is $24.67 - $24.87 per hour commensurate with experience.
**About you**
You are an experienced, highly organised Maintenance Officer with a proven capability to self-manage and prioritise. Your excellent communication skills and compassionate nature will allow you to build relationships with our much-loved clients as you resolve gardening and maintenance issues as they arise. Your green thumb and love for the outdoors will enable you to make a positive impact in our clients' lives.
To be successful in this role your skills knowledge and experience will include:
- Applied knowledge of Workplace Health and Safety requirements, or the ability to acquire within one month of employment;
- Demonstrated experience in a handyman/maintenance role;
- Current driver's licence;
- Home and/or garden maintenance certificate would be an advantage;
- National Police Certificate or the ability to acquire.
Importantly, you will be someone who closely aligns with our organisational values of: Unconditional Love, Continual Innovation, Mutual Trust, Wise Stewardship, and Safety.
- Under Churches of Christ policy and/or the applicable public health directions, team members are required to be vaccinated for Covid-19. As part of the recruitment processes, we ask that you provide evidence that your vaccination meets the requirements of Churches of Christ policy or the applicable public health direction._
**To apply**
**Applications will be assessed as received