Grounds and Maintenance Officer

Australian Christian College; Brookdale; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A private Christian educational institution is looking for dedicated staff to join the property maintenance team in Brookdale, Nova Scotia. This part-time role involves landscaping, maintaining clean grounds, and conducting routine repairs. Ideal candidates will be authentic Christians with strong interpersonal skills, reliability, and a customer service orientation. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a growing school environment while receiving employee benefits.

Benefits

Employee benefits program with discounts

EAP Program with free counselling sessions

Qualifications

• Eligible to work in Australia.
• Valid Working with Children Check.
• Experience in groundskeeping and maintenance in a school environment is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Perform landscaping work.
• Maintain clean and tidy school grounds.
• Conduct routine trade and non-trade maintenance and repairs.
• Provide feedback into planning and development of school grounds.
• Manage inventory for grounds supplies and materials.
• Assist with setting up significant school events.
• Ensure compliance with workplace health and safety requirements.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Customer service skills

Reliability

Attention to detail

Job description

About ACC

Australian Christian College (ACC) is a protestant non-denominational, Christian Education organisation, whose mission is to develop each and every student to be equipped spiritually, academically, socially and physically to flourish into their full potential, and be a positive influence on the world around them.

ACC is wholeheartedly committed to excellence in education so that students are “well known, well loved, and well taught” by dedicated trained Christian staff. ACC is part of Christian Education Ministries, with 17 schools in 5 states, and is also the largest non-government Distance Education provider in Australia.

About ACC Darling Downs

Our Darling Downs campus in Hilbert is a K-10, co-ed Christian school that is blessed with a spacious and modern campus, set in peaceful and semi-rural surroundings. The learning culture is strong and the school is experiencing rapid growth in recent years. Secondary year groups are being added each year until K-12 is catered for.

We’re praying for the right staff to come and join our team, and we’re thankful that you would consider our College as a place where you will have meaningful relationships and do meaningful work. We would encourage you to learn more about our College to see if you might be a good fit for our vision and culture. In addition to our College website, you can learn more about our staff culture by downloading a copy of the ACC Way.

About the role

We are seeking Christian staff to join our property maintenance team in providing an excellent grounds keeping service and property maintenance. This part time role (45.6 hours a fortnight) is expected to start Term 1 2026.

Duties include:

• Landscaping work
• Maintaining clean and tidy school grounds
• Routine trade and non-trade maintenance and repairs
• Providing feedback into planning, preparing and development of school grounds;
• Inventory management for grounds supplies and materials
• Assist with setting up significant school events
• Compliance with workplace health and safety requirements
• (Bus driving desirable but not essential)

Qualifications and Skills:

• Eligible to work in Australia
• Valid Working with Children Check
• An authentic Christian who lives out the faith and attends church regularly
• A genuine friendly person with good interpersonal skills.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Strong work ethic and attention to detail.
• Reliability and punctuality to ensure timely service.
• Experience in groundskeeping and maintenance in a school environment is desirable

• Authentic Christian culture & working environment
• Employee benefits program with 15-50% off leading retails brands
• Be part of helping facilitate a fast growing school
• EAP Program with free counselling sessions