• Permanent, full-time opportunity
• Based at our Kensington location
• Base Salary + Superannuation = $70,728 + Salary Packaging

Do you enjoy being around dogs and have a passion for maintenance?

If so, then this might be the perfect role for you!

About us

Vision Australia is a leading national provider of blindness and low vision services in Australia. We work in partnership with Australians who are blind or who have low vision to achieve the possibilities they choose in life.

About who we support

Vision Australia provides services to more than 25,500 people clients from 35 Vision Australia centres in Victoria, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia; and through outreach programs in the Northern Territory and Tasmania.

About the role

This is located at our Seeing Eye Dog centre, where there are 100 dogs on site and this role is required to look after the end-to-end process maintaining the site with dogs within the premise. Some of the duties involved:

• Assisting Maintenance Manager in identifying and managing operational and maintenance requirements across all sites, including the completion of general maintenance and repairs yourself (depending on nature of the job)
• Supporting the coordination of work with external contractors, including sourcing of quotations and supervision of works in accordance with Contractor scopes of works;
• Ensuring that works are carried out within agreed timeframes and according to priorities, to maintain daily operational running of the sites;
• Providing information to all staff volunteers and other onsite stakeholders regarding works that are being carried out that may affect their working environment or conditions;
• Cleaning of SED property staff area, lift, dog run areas, dog cleaning facilities outside of houses, prior to events and any other adhoc cleaning required (beyond the regularly cleaning contracted externally).

View the Position Description for this role

About you

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Experience in hands on Facility and Maintenance roles;
• A background in carpentry (desired);
• Forklift licence (desired);
• Excellent self-management and time keeping skills.

Benefits of working at Vision Australia

• Generous salary packaging options
• Flexible working arrangements

• Exciting career paths
• Exceptional professional development opportunities

Salary Packaging

• With the offer of Salary Packaging, you can use some of your salary to pay for everyday expenses before income tax is calculated, meaning you pay less tax and have more money to spend. That’s because your salary packaging money is deducted first and then your tax is calculated on the remaining amount.

Find out more about Salary Packaging

Contact

If you have any questions about the role, please contact the below Hiring Manager.

Name: Caroline Smith

Email: [email protected] using the subject line: Maintenance Officer - Seeing Eye Dogs enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Compliance

Vision Australia is committed to do all that is reasonable to ensure the safety, welfare and wellbeing of clients (including children); their families; the community; staff and volunteers; and any other person entering Vision Australia’s workplace. Police checks, state working with children checks, NDIS Worker Screening checks and Professional Registrations form part of Vision Australia’s probity screening standards ensuring that quality services are provided in a safe environment.

To apply

If this sounds like a great fit for you then please complete our online application process.

Applications should consist of a full resume and a cover letter. Please note pdf documents are not accepted for accessibility reasons.

For more information about working at Vision Australia go to www.visionaustralia.org/careers.

We highly encourage applications from candidates who are blind or have low vision.