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What this job is
A Facilities Manager oversees the day-to-day operation, maintenance, and safety of buildings, grounds, and facilities within a workplace or multi-site estate. They manage contractors, budgets, compliance with building codes and Work Health and Safety legislation, and ensure that physical spaces and systems support organisational operations. This role sits between senior management, tenants or occupants, and external service providers.
Pay
A$2,115 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Asset managementcore
- Develop revenue generation strategiescore
- Escalation Managementcore
- Goal Setting and Planningcore
- Manage visitor flows in natural protected areascore
- Negotiationcore
- Oversee the printing of touristic publicationscore
- Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
- Prepare travel packagescore
- Problem Solvingcore
- Process Improvement Identificationcore
- Quality Assurance Monitoringcore
- Regulatory and Legislative Awarenesscore
- Report Writingcore
- Reporting and Analyticscore
- Risk Identificationcore
- Sales strategiescore
- Set up pricing strategiescore
- Stakeholder Communicationcore
- Tourism marketcore
- Translate strategy into operationcore
- Verbal Communicationcore
- Written Communicationcore
- Attention to Detail
- Complaint Handling
- Comply with food safety and hygiene
- Develop tourism products
- Handle personal identifiable information
- Maintain customer service
- Manage budgets
- Manage distribution channels
- Manage staff
- Measure customer feedback
- Microsoft Excel Data Management
- Oversee quality control
- Oversee the design of touristic publications
- Plan marketing strategy
- Policy Interpretation
- Recruit employees
- Research and Analysis
- Workload Self-Management