Careers at MITS

Key Responsibilities

• Manage facilities across all MITS sites, including responsibility for MITS’s facilities management software, interaction with external subcontractors and suppliers, and addressing urgent maintenance matters
• Liaise with MITS’s cleaning contractor and ensure facilities are kept clear in accordance with cleaning schedules
• Run routine site inspections and liaise with relevant managers on the outcomes of those inspections
• Monitor gardens and other exterior areas and manage landscaping contractors
• Monitor site security and manage security contractors
• Liaise with internal stakeholders to understand operational needs and requests
• Schedule and lead special projects relating to facilities, plant and equipment
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory, safety and workplace requirements as they relate to facilities, plant and equipment
• Identify and develop process improvements in relation to the maintenance and management of facilities, plant and equipment

Skills and qualifications

• Project management, construction management or contract management experience
• Knowledge of HVAC and other building systems
• Excellent time management and multitasking skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills to interact with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Basic understanding of accounting and finance principles
• Great problem-solving skills

Preferred qualifications

• Experience planning and maintaining facility budgets
• Certified Facility Manager (CFM) credential, or equivalent

A full job description is available above.

Applications should include a current CV and a covering letter highlighting your experience in a similar role and how it relates to this key role at MITS.

Please make any enquiries via our website and we look forward to receiving your application by emailing careers@mits.vic.edu.au Applications close on Sunday 30 November 2025.

These positions will report to our Boarding House Managers across our Year 7 and Senior Boarding Programs which expand across three locations in Richmond.

Supervision hours operate across 7-Days:

• After school - 3.00pm to 9.30pm and 10-10.30pm in our Senior Houses
• Overnight - 3.30pm to 9am - which includes a sleep period and an overnight allowance.
• Weekend Days - 9am to 4pm

Weekend shifts are an important and necessary part of the shift load for each Boarding Coordinator.

To be successful in this role you will be able to demonstrate experience in active student supervision of young people and understand the reasonable and necessary care required to support young people through their boarding and education programs. You will be available on weekdays and weekends and able to contribute through a mix of overnight, evening and day shifts.

Essential Skills and Qualifications

• Experience in supervision in a residential environment such as Boarding, Teaching or as a Support Worker which may include relevant certificate or other training;
• Experience working with Indigenous students with respect for their cultures and a demonstrated desire to work in the spirit of reconciliation;
• Deep experience building relationships of trust and mutual understanding with students;
• Current Working with Children Check or willingness to obtain;
• Current First Aid and CPR qualification or willingness to obtain;
• Current Full Australian Driver’s licence

A full job description is available above.

Applications should include a current CV and a covering letter highlighting your experience in a similar role and how it relates to this important role at MITS.

Please make any enquiries via our website and we look forward to receiving your application by emailing careers@mits.vic.edu.au