Job Description

Staff reporting to
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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.

Responsibilities

• · 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.
• · 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.
• · 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.
• · 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

• · Demonstrated understanding of Aboriginal
  culture and issues impacting Aboriginal people in Alice Springs and Central
  Australia.
• · Relevant qualification or minimum five (5)
  years equivalent experience in grounds, municipal, or essential services
  delivery.
• · 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.