Position Details

• 2 Year Contract | Full Time
• Higher Education Officer Level 4 | $72,366 - $78,049 p.a. (Exclusive of 17% Super)
• Location: Mount Gambier | On the Traditional Lands of the First Nations of the South East
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About the Role

We are seeking a Facilities Support Officer to provide exceptional front-line support to students, staff, and stakeholders across our rural campuses and student accommodation facilities. This role is essential in ensuring a positive campus experience, contributing to a welcoming and safe environment.

You will oversee the daily operations of our rural campuses, including conducting Work Health and Safety (WHS) orientations, responding to student accommodation inquiries, and managing inspections and changeovers. Additionally, you'll maintain campus inventories, coordinate the purchase of supplies, and ensure the maintenance of region-based fleet vehicles.

The position will be situated at the Mount Gambier Campus and the incumbent will be required to live in the region.

About You

To be successful in this role you will exhibit:

• Completion of a diploma or Certificate IV with relevant work experience, or a combination of relevant experience and training
• Customer service skills and experience in a front-line customer service environment where a positive, engaged and solution-focused approach is required
• Demonstrated ability to work co-operatively with team members, including staff across Rural and Remote Health and the wider University
• Effective computer literacy including demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and the ability to learn and adapt quickly to new technologies and applications
• Ability to use discretion with confidential and sensitive information
• Familiarity with the implications of living in rural and remote environments.

Life at Flinders

We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
• Flexible working arrangements
• Wide range of professional development activities and services
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff

About Flinders Rural and Remote Health SA

Flinders University Rural and Remote Health SA (FRRHSA) facilitates high quality multidisciplinary health education and research in our State's regional areas.

We have a strong national and international reputation for providing community-engaged inter-professional training for medical, nursing, and allied health students. This includes the Doctor of Medicine Rural Stream (MDRS) program and multidisciplinary rural clinical placements.

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment

Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.  We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• A valid Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.
• It is a requirement of this position that the incumbent maintain a current Working With Children Check which is satisfactory to the University in accordance with the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016 (SA).
• A current SA Driver’s Licence is essential.

How to Apply and Information

• You are required to submit Suitability Statement of no more than 3 pages, addressing the Key Position Capabilities of the position description.
• For more information regarding this position, please contact Melissa Elyse Smith
• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Certification

Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:

08 Dec 2024

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.

Flinders. Fearless.