Highlights

• Permanent full time. Monday to Friday - 35 hour working week
• Enjoy non-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900 per year of your salary tax free plus an additional $2500 for meals, entertainment and accommodation
• Work with a supportive and collaborative team
• Career development and growth opportunities
• Access Health and Wellbeing programs including EAP- Employee Assistance Program- free confidential support for you and your family
• Paid Parental Leave and other great employee benefits.

About the Maintenance Officer, Groundskeeper role and about you

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Officer- Groundskeeper to join our Customers- Homes and Places team in our Metro North East Region.

To succeed in this role, you will be a dedicated professional with a passion for working outdoors. You will be enthusiastic, personable and have strong attention to detail. You take pride in high-quality work, are reliable, creative, results focus and have physical task ability. You demonstrate integrity and possess a forward-thinking mindset.

You will be a key part of a wider maintenance service team to maintain our common area grounds to a high standard. Your duties include but are not limited to:

• pressure washing common areas and patching and painting bin bays
• making over blocks by trimming trees, edging, hedging, mulching and weeding
• when necessary, back filling another maintenance team member across Sydney to maintain waste services, bin rotations and responding to garbage chute blockages and lawn mowing.

You may be required to support the In-House Maintenance Team undertaking minor repairs and maintenance duties in times of inclement weather such as patching and painting, minor carpentry, small, odd jobs with the team, and cleanups duties. You work as part of a team of Maintenance Officers and, from time to time may be called upon to work in other locations.

If this sounds like you, please head to our website https://www.sgch.com.au/join-our-team/ to download the full position description for further details on the role and what’s on offer.

This position is a permanent full-time position based at St Leonards, Redfern and across the SGCH portfolio locations with travel to other SGCH locations as required.

How to apply

To apply for this role, please click ‘Quick Apply’ and submit your up-to-date CV by 9am Friday 28 March 2025:

The recruitment process may include interviews and other forms of skills and behavioral assessments. The appointment of a suitable candidate will be subject to pre-employment screening which may include reference checks, a National Police Check, Health Assessment, etc.

Applications for this role will be reviewed as received; therefore, we encourage you to submit your interest at your earliest.

Please note we may establish a Talent Pool from this process.

What we do

As a Tier 1 provider under the National Regulatory System for Community Housing, SGCH offers subsidised rental housing for people on low to moderate incomes. We are a profit-for-purpose organisation that receives income from rent and reinvests it to deliver maintenance services and increase the supply of social and affordable housing. We balance business acumen with a social heart, strive for operational excellence and foster continuous learning and growth. We embody our ETHIC values and nurture a culture of kindness, respect, and teamwork to drive our mission to provide sustainable, safe, and affordable housing for all.

SGCH is an Equal Opportunity employer. Diversity makes us stronger, and we want an organisation that reflects the communities we serve.