Leading Hand - Living Streams

Permanent Full Time + fortnightly RDO’s

$67,000 - 78,000  + super + allowances

We Engage and Do

Technical Services - Parks and Reserves 

Join the City of Armadale as our newly created role, Leading Hand for Living Streams. In this position, you will play a crucial role in overseeing and guiding the enhancement and maintenance of our living streams. Your responsibilities will include ensuring safe and sustainable practices, maintaining compliance with environmental regulations, and providing leadership within our team.

What Will Be Working On

• Plan, prioritise and manage activities of the team to meet program needs.
• Efficiently plan, execute, and inspect daily tasks while operating machinery.
• Coordinate tasks effectively, ensuring work activities are promptly addressed.
• Assist with the implementation of current living streams environmental management plans and programs.
• Assist in developing and implementing monitoring programs for water quality, vegetation condition and weed mapping/identification.
• Providing comment on detailed environmental designs.
• Receive, investigate and respond to community enquiries on living streams and natural areas matters, providing both technical and administrative advice.

What are we looking for

• Certificate IV in Conservation and Land Management or relevant equivalent qualification.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of land management principles and practices including maintenance, conservation, revegetation and regeneration in riverine, wetlands, riparian and natural environments.
• Strong Knowledge of Water Sensitive Urban Design principals.
• Native vegetation identification and familiarization of.
• Natural vegetation regeneration/revegetation, particularly in riverine/wetland areas.
• Problem solving / project management.

The perks available to you

• We are set up to improve your Wellbeing - Free membership to Armadale Fitness and Aquatic Centre, offering access to gym, pool, sauna, group classes as well as a annual calendar of Wellbeing events.
• If you put in extra super, we will match it (up to a  maximum of 15%) which will help secure  your financial future
• Flexible leave policies and additional days off
• Employee Assistance Program for personal and professional support
• 17.5% Annual Leave Loading for when you take annual leave

How to Apply:

Click on Apply and send us your CV.

Need help with your application? Call us at 9394 5617 or email hr@armadale.wa.gov.au.

Apply soon! We're reviewing applications as they come in, and the position may close earlier than expected.