Gardener - Handyperson - Bunbury, Australia - Department of Education, Western Australia

Description

Advertised Vacancy Number: IPS/SS885887

Appointment Pool

Newton Moore Senior High School (SHS) is seeking to establish a pool of dedicated Gardener - Handypersons for appointments to permanent and fixed term, full-time and part-time vacancies which may arise during the 2024 school year and up to the end of Term 2, 2025. Appointments can be made from the pool at any time for commencements within the 2024 school year, up to the end of Term

As a Gardener - Handyperson, suitable applicants will work to provide gardening, grounds, and facility management to ensure a safe and clean school environment. You will maintain and present the school grounds and gardens in an attractive clean and tidy condition and provide a suitable growing environment for both soft and hard landscaping, including turf management.

In this role you will help perform maintenance and light repairs. The role also includes performing routine landscaping on the school grounds. In this role you will maintain tools, help stocktake and ensure equipment is in a serviceable condition and provide advice and support to the Manager Corporate Services on school grounds and maintenance.

Suitable applicants should display effective communication skills, be able to develop and maintain good working relationships with staff and external stakeholders and ideally be able to work unsupervised, with the ability to identify and recognise work that is required to be completed. You should also be well organised, have attention to detail, a positive outlook and be a team player.

About our school

provides students from Year 7 to 12 with a personalised, globally aware educational experience. The school, at the heart of South Bunbury, has a strong sense of community and celebrates the strengths of students through a variety of innovative programs.

We have strong academic rigour yet at the same time we have wrap-around support where every child is catered for as an individual. Our results indicate that we value add. We understand that the basis for improving student learning outcomes is high quality teaching and learning.

Our students live the vision: 'Achieving Today, for Tomorrow'. We have strong links with a range of partners within the education community, parents, government and non-government agencies, industries and other local schools. We share our knowledge and work with these groups to improve student outcomes. At our school, we ensure that we have stimulating and innovative educational programs. We have an unwavering commitment to thoroughly prepare our students for their future.

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We have a strong commitment to offering innovative and best practice educational programs. The school delivers two Department of Education Approved Specialist Academic Programs: Science Horizons and Engineering. Newton Moore SHS is also a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) for Certificate II courses in Aquaculture and Workplace Skills and provides enrichment through the following programs:

The Department is an equal opportunity employer and encourages people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and persons from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.