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Position Summary
Tangentyere Council
Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC) is a community controlled Public Benevolent
Institution delivering human services and social enterprise activities for the
benefit of Aboriginal people from the Alice Springs Town Camps, urban Alice
Springs, and Central Australia.
The position is responsible for leading and coordinating
grounds maintenance services across Tangentyere Council Town Camp Community
Centres and fee for service yard maintenance in Town Camps and Amoonguna
Community. The position provides day‑to‑day supervision of Grounds Maintenance
Team Members, ensuring scheduled work is completed safely, efficiently, and in
accordance with work plans, WHS requirements, and organisational policies. The
Team Leader is also responsible for supporting on‑the‑job training, skill
development, and employability outcomes for Grounds Maintenance Team Members.
The Grounds Maintenance Team Leader works closely with the
MES Coordinator to monitor work quality, team performance, and attendance,
identify training needs, and ensure employability skills are embedded into
daily tasks and job expectations.
The role is responsible for the care, maintenance, and safe
storage of vehicles, plant, tools, and equipment used in grounds maintenance
activities and for ensuring all relevant WHS policies and procedures are
understood and adhered to by the Grounds Maintenance Team.
As part of your role, you will be
working with children, people with a disability and people who are vulnerable.
It is your obligation to always ensure their safety and report any concerns in
line with our duty of care obligations. We have zero tolerance when it comes to
abuse of any kind and will take disciplinary action, including and up to
termination of employment, should we determine that abuse has taken place or
there has been a failure to report any suspected or alleged abuse.
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Responsibilities
- ·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Provide effective leadership and direction
to the Grounds Maintenance Team to deliver high‑quality, safe, and timely
grounds maintenance services across Town Camps and approved fee‑for‑service
locations.
- ·Supervise, mentor, and support Grounds
Maintenance Team Members through structured on‑the‑job training, performance
management, and role modelling of expected workplace behaviours and
employability skills.
- ·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Plan, coordinate, and monitor daily, weekly,
and monthly grounds maintenance schedules to ensure works are completed
efficiently, meet agreed timeframes, and respond promptly to service requests.
- ·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Work collaboratively with the MES
Coordinator to identify priorities, allocate resources, monitor workload
capacity, and address operational issues impacting service delivery.
- ·Build and maintain positive, respectful
relationships with Town Camp residents, Community Centres, and internal
stakeholders to ensure grounds maintenance activities meet community needs and
organisational standards.
- ·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Ensure vehicles, plant, tools, and equipment
are inspected, cleaned, maintained, securely stored, and recorded in accordance
with organisational policy and asset management requirements.
- ·Assist with achieving quality management
objectives across the organisation.
- ·Assist with achieving safeguarding objectives
across the organisation.
- ·Assist with achieving compliance objectives
across the organisation.
- ·Other reasonable duties as required.
Qualifications and Selection Criteria
Required
- ·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Demonstrated understanding of Aboriginal
culture and issues impacting Aboriginal people in Alice Springs and Central
Australia.
- ·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Relevant qualification or minimum five (5)
years equivalent experience in grounds, municipal, or essential services
delivery.
- ·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Demonstrated experience supervising staff,
implementing work schedules, and maintaining team engagement to achieve service
targets.
- ·Sound knowledge and experience in municipal and
essential services delivery.
- ·Demonstrated experience applying WHS practices,
including risk assessments, in a supervisory context.
- ·Hold, or be eligible to obtain, a current NT
Medium Rigid driver’s licence.
- ·Current licences and competencies for relevant
plant and temporary traffic management.
- ·Current NT Working with Children (Ochre) Card
and satisfactory Police Check (within six months)
Desired
- ·Current First Aid Certificate, or ability and willingness to attain.
