Horticulturalist - Wollongong Botanic Garden
Closes: Dec 20, 2024
Horticulturalist - Wollongong Botanic Garden
Permanent
This is a Permanent Full-Time position, salary from $76,076.52 per annum plus superannuation (Salary package will be assessed based on skills, experience and qualifications).
At Wollongong City Council we have a steadfast commitment to creating an Extraordinary Wollongong. We are in an exciting period of transformation and focused on delivering exceptional services, infrastructure and facilities for our community.
Our strength is the diversity of our people. Together our responsibility is to create an inclusive place where everyone is welcome, valued and belongs. We lead with courage, openness and curiosity. Our conversations and actions celebrate diversity, inclusion and belonging. Learn more about us here.
Are you passionate about native plants and someone who is eager to grow their skillset in horticulture and learn from a team of qualified horticulturalists? We are looking for an enthusiastic entry level horticulturalist to ensure the timely implementation and care of the Living Collections within the Botanic Garden. Your excellent communication and organisational skills will ensure the provision of high-quality Botanic Garden assets through detailed maintenance, construction, customer service and teamwork.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone starting out in the field who excited to learn, work outdoors and contribute to the development of a Botanic Garden of excellence.
Please note that this position involves undertaking repetitive manual tasks and applicants should be suitably fit to undertake the duties as outlined in the job description.
Find out more about what we do here Wollongong Botanic Garden
What you will be doing:
- You will be part of a team of horticultural display staff as part of the greater Botanic Garden team, enhancing the values of the site and annexes, and contributing more broadly to the city's conservation, education, recreation, and tourism services.
- Working with the Curator and your supervisor as part of a team to achieve service standards, complete projects, assist customers, and maintain physical assets.
- You will be responsible for programmed maintenance, horticultural activities, and small landscape construction projects.
- Your tasks will be operational and varied including, specialised horticulture, plant and turf maintenance, renovations of existing garden beds, plant displays, minor irrigation requirements and plant pest and disease management. You will also support events on site.
- Interact on a regular basis with council staff, volunteers, and the public.
- You will be dedicated to the safe and efficient operations of the Botanic Garden and Annexes.
About You
- You will be a highly motivated team member, who will be committed to help create an extraordinary Wollongong.
- You will have a genuine Interest in horticulture and would like to further develop and grow your early career in horticulture.
- You will enjoy a variety of horticultural maintenance and construction work, with an eye for detail, excellent presentation, and excellent customer service focus.
- You have high standards of service delivery within a Botanic Garden or open space setting.
- You enjoy being a part of a diverse team with a commitment to staff wellbeing, safety, training, and competency.
- This would be especially suited to some-one highly motivated, with a passion for native plants.
- You possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Benefits of working for council
- We provide flexible working arrangements such as flex- you just need to ask!
- 35 hour work week
- We are value-led, support and encourage personal and professional growth, recognise and reward performance and embrace change.
- We provide generous leave provisions including 5 weeks annual leave per year of service Long Service Leave after 5 years We are committed to providing a safe working environment for all, (everyone, every day and everywhere) and make available wellbeing programs to support mental, physical and social wellbeing of our staff to be at their best.
- Uniform and PPE provided
- Access to Fitness Passport
For more information, click on Apply to be redirected to Wollongong City Council's E-recruitment site.
Interested?
Click on 'Apply' to complete your online application.
You will be prompted through the application to answer the essential requirements as outlined on Page 3
Contact Felicity Skoberne, Botanic Garden Curator, on (02) 4227 7301 for questions related to the job.
Applications Close 11.59pm Monday 2 December 2024
We encourage applications from everyone regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, cultural background, faith, disability or gender identity. People with disability are encouraged to reach out so they can be supported in recruitment processes, to enable them to demonstrate their skills and capabilities to meet the requirements of the job.
Wollongong Council adheres to the principles of a child safe organisation and is committed to the care and protection of all children and young people in the community.
Applicants are required to undergo an employment screening process which will include Reference, Identity and Medical History Checks, and may also include a Criminal History and Working with Children Check. Employment is subject to clearance of all these checks
