General Hand Parks and Reserves

Are you passionate about horticulture and the outdoors? Do you have a keen interest in gardening and landscape maintenance? Looking for a fulfilling role with a 9-day fortnight?

Welcome to the City of Bunbury

A council that takes pride in the services we provide to our community. We work together as one team, enjoy the journey, and take ownership in driving positive change. There's never been a better time to join our vibrant team in Bunbury!

Building a Better Bunbury

We are expanding our Parks and Reserves team and are looking for enthusiastic General Hands with a passion for horticulture and landscaping. Join our experienced team, where your skills and passion for gardening will play a key role in enhancing our parks and reserves.

Your safety is a priority for the City, so active participation in daily planning and safety discussions will be essential to ensuring the successful delivery of our annual landscape maintenance programs.

Could this be the career move you are looking for?
Do you enjoy working outdoors, nurturing gardens, and maintaining beautiful green spaces? If you have a strong interest in horticulture, turf, or landscape maintenance, this is the role for you.

You will have a working knowledge of turf, horticulture, landscape, or reticulation maintenance practices, which will be further developed through ongoing training, coaching, and mentoring from the team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Operation of power tools, plant, and equipment to maintain our parks and gardens
• Active participation in landscape and horticultural maintenance tasks
• Support in delivering a variety of outdoor and horticultural projects across our reserves and public spaces

What you bring to the role:

• A minimum Medium Rigid driver's licence (or willing to obtain within 3 months of commencement, self-funded, with the use of City plant to practice)
• White Card
• Basic Traffic Management Certificate (or willing to obtain, funded by the City)
• Satisfactory National Police Clearance (under 12 months)
• A passion for working in outdoor environments and an interest in gardening and horticulture
• Ability to work collaboratively and safely in a team environment

What we offer you

• Salary of $75,246 (plus super)
• 9-day fortnight for better work-life balance
• Full-time permanent position (after completing a 3-month probationary period)
• 4 weeks of annual leave with 17.5% leave loading
• Salary sacrificing options for additional super contributions
• Reduced gym membership at the South West Sports Centre

If you want to make a positive impact and help shape the green spaces of our great City, we'd love to hear from you!

How to Apply for this Position

Applications are only accepted through the City of Bunbury's Career Portal where you will address the selection criteria and upload a cover letter and resume.

The City reserves the right to close the campaign early and appoint before the positions closing date.

**Applications close Monday 10 February 2025 at 5pm AWST**