As our Grounds and Facilities Manager, you will play a key role in maintaining and enhancing our school’s grounds and facilities, ensuring they are safe, welcoming, and well-presented. This rewarding role offers the opportunity to lead improvement projects, coordinate maintenance activities, and make a lasting impact on our school community.

This is a temporary full-time position for the period of 1 year, unless otherwise determined.

Job details

About the School

Yarrabah State School caters for an indigenous student population enrolled from Pre-prep to year 10 across three separate campuses within the community of Yarrabah in Far North Queensland. A Special Education Unit supporting students across all campuses is located at the Primary campus with a specialist facility provided at the Secondary campus.

Your Role

Responbilities include, but are not limited to:

• Contribute to strategic facilities planning and budgeting, providing advice and identifying opportunities to achieve cost savings across capital works, maintenance, utilities, and infrastructure projects.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, departmental policies, and operational standards while coordinating routine maintenance services, including electrical testing, pest control, and facility upkeep.
• Lead and support workforce management activities, including the recruitment, induction, training, and supervision of School Officers, trainees, and venue hire operations.
• Oversee maintenance programs, equipment servicing, efficiency audits, waste management processes, and the effective allocation of duties across facilities and grounds teams.
• Manage school stores and asset systems, including stock control, inventory management, equipment recording, banking of school funds, and the distribution of supplies.
• Maintain the security and operational integrity of school facilities through key and security system management, after-hours emergency response, vandalism prevention, and tracking of maintenance and repair requirements.

Interested? To Apply:  

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)  
• Attach a 1-page written statement in response to the attached role description. 
• Attach evidence of the mandatory requirements outlined in 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.  

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached Role Description and Applicant Information Package and follow the instructions.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• FNR690998 - Role Description (PDF, 384KB)
  Role Description
  
  Applicant Information Package (PDF, 286KB)
  Information Package for Applicants