Team Leader, Early Childhood Maintenance Program

Hudson Global, Inc.; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Hudson Global, Inc. is seeking a Team Leader to oversee the Early Childhood Maintenance Program for the Department of Education in Queensland.

The role focuses on governance, performance and asset stewardship across education facilities, with Brisbane CBD as the base and a two-day-per-week work-from-home option. You will manage thousands of maintenance requests, provide strategic financial oversight and engage diverse stakeholders to drive improvements ensuring safe, compliant learning

Qualifications

• Experience managing maintenance, infrastructure, asset management or facilities related programs.
• Strong knowledge of governance, financial management and risk management practices.
• Proven ability to manage high-volume work programs and competing priorities within tight timeframes.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to provide clear and practical advice to diverse audiences.
• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills, with the ability to interpret information and make sound recommendations.
• Experience leading teams, projects or complex operational programs in a government, education, infrastructure or related environment will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Lead the assessment, prioritisation, approval and monitoring of more than 4,000 reactive maintenance requests and 80 planned maintenance projects annually.
• Ensure maintenance services are delivered in accordance with legislative, regulatory and departmental requirements.
• Support the ongoing safety, functionality and compliance of early childhood education facilities to minimise disruption to service delivery.
• Provide financial management, governance oversight and assurance for maintenance expenditure, including approval, monitoring and acquittal of funding.
• Deliver timely, accurate and strategic maintenance advice to regional stakeholders and Central Governing Bodies (CGBs).
• Prepare reports, briefs and performance information to support asset planning, risk management and executive decision-making.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with regional offices, schools, contractors and other stakeholders.
• Monitor maintenance program performance and identify opportunities for continuous improvement, risk mitigation and value-for-money outcomes.

Skills

Maintenance program management

Governance

Financial management

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Team leadership

Job description

• Initial contract until 20th October 2027 with possible ext/s paying approx. $750/day
• Brisbane CBD Location with flexibility to WFH 2 days per week
• Experience managing maintenance, infrastructure, asset management or facilities related programs.

Our client, Department of Education (DoE), are currently seeking a Team Leader, Early Childhood Maintenance Program until 20 October 2027.

About the Role

DoE are seeking an experienced and motivated Team Leader to oversee the delivery, governance and performance of maintenance programs supporting early childhood education and care facilities across Queensland.

Reporting within Infrastructure Services, this role is responsible for leading the assessment, prioritisation, approval and monitoring of maintenance activities, ensuring facilities remain safe, compliant and fit for purpose. The position provides strategic advice, financial oversight and stakeholder support to enable informed decision-making and effective asset stewardship.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the assessment, prioritisation, approval and monitoring of more than 4,000 reactive maintenance requests and 80 planned maintenance projects annually.
• Ensure maintenance services are delivered in accordance with legislative, regulatory and departmental requirements.
• Support the ongoing safety, functionality and compliance of early childhood education facilities to minimise disruption to service delivery.
• Provide financial management, governance oversight and assurance for maintenance expenditure, including approval, monitoring and acquittal of funding.
• Deliver timely, accurate and strategic maintenance advice to regional stakeholders and Central Governing Bodies (CGBs).
• Prepare reports, briefs and performance information to support asset planning, risk management and executive decision-making.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with regional offices, schools, contractors, consultants and other stakeholders.
• Monitor maintenance program performance and identify opportunities for continuous improvement, risk mitigation and value-for-money outcomes.

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

• Experience managing maintenance, infrastructure, asset management or facilities related programs.
• Strong knowledge of governance, financial management and risk management practices.
• Proven ability to manage highvolume work programs and competing priorities within tight timeframes.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to provide clear and practical advice to diverse audiences.
• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills, with the ability to interpret information and make sound recommendations.
• Experience leading teams, projects or complex operational programs in a government, education, infrastructure or related environment will be highly regarded.

Why This Role Matters

• Supporting safe, compliant and fitfor-purpose learning environments.
• Maintaining strong governance and oversight of maintenance funding and project delivery.
• Enabling timely responses to critical maintenance issues, including in regional and remote communities.
• Supporting informed decisionmaking and long-term asset management outcomes.

This is an excellent opportunity for a high-performing professional to make a significant contribution to the management of essential education infrastructure and the delivery of quality learning environments across the state.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Hudson

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Casual Loading

Please note for all Australian based contract and temporary roles only, the pay rate is inclusiveofmandatory 25% casual loading. This excludes permanent and fixed term roles.

Due to current Victorian labour hire licence restrictions, Hudson is not advertising, offering or accepting applications for contract, temporary or labour hire roles that are based in Victoria or otherwise connected to Victoria. This includes contract, temporary or labour hire roles where the candidate resides in Victoria, even if the role is based in another state. These restrictions do not apply to permanent or fixed term employment opportunities.