Activities Coordinator - Community Projects and Trades

About the role

Randstad is recruiting, on behalf of ALPA, an Aboriginal-owned corporation, a full-time permanent remote residential Activities Coordinator for a community project in an isolated Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land. The role combines hands-on mentoring in groundskeeping, mechanics and construction with site coordination, and offers free shared housing and utilities.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee site logistics, maintain small engines such as mowers and power tools, and keep workshops clean, safe and fully stocked.
• Mentor Yolŋu supervisors and participants side by side, teaching groundskeeping, mechanics, tool safety and construction skills.
• Handle site purchasing, stock ordering, safety briefings and operational reporting.
• Build respectful partnerships with Elders and Traditional Owners to deliver community-led projects.

Required profile

• Practical background in trades, groundskeeping, mechanical repairs or heavy outdoor operations.
• Drive to mentor, coach and build capability in others.
• Solid cultural awareness and resilience in remote environments; out-of-the-box problem solving in resource-poor conditions.
• Unrestricted manual driver's licence (mandatory).
• NT Working with Children clearance (Ochre Card) and First Aid certificate, or ability to obtain them.

Required skills

• Computer literacy (Microsoft Office) and understanding of tracking operational outcomes and KPIs.
• Intermediate computer skills.

What we offer

• 14% superannuation and 7 weeks annual leave with 17.5% loading.
• Free shared housing and utilities, plus salary packaging of $15,900 per year tax-free.
• Two paid return flights to Darwin per year and a monthly phone allowance.
• Relocation assistance nationwide.