“An experienced and motivated IT all-rounder with a knack for strategic planning ”

• Permanent Part-time - 30 hours per week - $41.43 ph
• Melbourne - Brunswick East

About CERES

CERES Community Environment Park is an award‐winning, not-for‐profit, environment park and urban farm located by Merri Creek in East Brunswick, Melbourne. Once a landfill site and wasteland, today CERES is a thriving, vibrant community.  With over 450,000 visitors a year, CERES is the most visited environmental centre in Australia.

About ceres it

The IT Department at CERES supports more than 80 computers, a mixed on-premise/cloud server infrastructure, printers, and VoIP phones across four sites as well as a number of websites for a wide variety of business areas involved in activities such as sales, education, events, farming and back-of-house operations. Software mostly includes the usual office applications and email; more specialised applications are of great interest for the future.

The physical network in Brunswick East is extensive and complex covering 15 buildings dotted around the 4.5-hectare park with connections comprising a mix of copper, fiber, and wireless bridges. The site also hosts four retail/hospitality enterprises with a total of ten POS stations; as these are open 7 days we provide emergency on-call support on a flexible rotating roster.

Where you come in

This position supports technology across all areas of CERES and is responsible for end-user IT support for staff as well as maintaining the operations of all critical systems, including routers, switches, servers, phones, and points of sale.

As the go-to IT person for CERES you will be responsible for maintaining the IT budget, proactively offering improvements and strategies for planning IT services, and assisting with projects which require technology usage or integration.

Does this sound like you?

• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Very high level of initiative and the ability to work effectively unsupervised.
• Excellent communication skills with an ability to translate technical language.
• Extensive experience in IT, preferably in an in-house IT department performing diverse tasks.
• Experience working with an NFP sector and an understanding of the unique challenges this creates.

Working at CERES is more than just a job

It’s the feeling of knowing that your work is contributing to making the world a better place and working with others who feel the same.

In addition to a connection to social causes you will have access to:

• Collaborative, values-centred, and highly supportive team environment.
• Access to unique environments including the park with strong links to the environment and community.
• Generous staff discounts across many CERES enterprises.

Sound interesting?

We’d love to hear from you! Please submit your cover letter addressing the Person Specifications in the Position Description and resume as one document.

Please see the full Position Description below.

At CERES we seek a workforce that is as diverse as our society – in ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability, culture, and beliefs – and reflects the communities we work in. We believe diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and core values and we demonstrate this commitment through all our employment practices. Our inclusive workplace culture contributes to making CERES a great place to work. We actively encourage people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from CALD backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ people, people with a disability, and others to apply.

CERES Child Safe standards

• In line with the Child Wellbeing and Safety Amendment (Child Safety Standards) Act 2015, CERES is committed to upholding the Victorian Child Safe Standards, to the best of its abilities and resources.
• CERES Upholds itself as an organisation committed to the right to survival, protection, development, participation, and empowerment of all children and young people.
• It is committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children, young people, and children and young people from culturally diverse and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds and to providing a safe environment for children and young people with a disability.

A position description is attached.