Senior Gardener

• Permanent full-time position
• Personal and professional development opportunities
• A supportive workplace with great flexibility and a focus on wellbeing

Why you'll love this role:

Bring your horticultural expertise to help us create stunning landscapes that enhance our community! Under the guidance of the Parks Presentation Coordinator, you'll:

• Apply professional horticultural practices to maintain and elevate the quality of Council’s landscapes and garden areas.
• Share your skills by mentoring team members in sound horticultural principles, ensuring our parks meet the highest standards.
• Undertake diverse horticultural and maintenance duties, including interpreting plans, laying out/constructing gardens, and maintaining landscapes to specification.
• Play a key role assisting in scheduling and programming work to maintain and upgrade garden sites, helping to drive excellence in all projects.
• Use your knowledge to ensure effective weed control, and maintain compliance with Health and Safety requirements at all times.

If you’re passionate about creating and maintaining exceptional outdoor spaces, this role offers an exciting opportunity to make a lasting impact in our community!

What you'll bring - skills, experience and certificates:

• Certificate IV in Horticulture or equivalent with extensive relevant experience and a demonstrated understanding of the principles and practices in high quality horticultural maintenance.
• Understanding of sound weed control practices that comply with Health and Safety Organisation codes of practices.
• Demonstrated traffic management skills
• Medium rigid motor vehicle licence
• Competency in safe operation of light to medium plant.
• Experience working in a team environment or individually to deliver high quality horticultural outcomes

Mandatory Pre-employment checks:

• Medical Check
• Functional Capacity Assessment

We offer:

• Salary $75,630.27 per annum plus super
• Genuine work-life balance and generous leave arrangements with a nine-day fortnight (fortnightly RDO’s)
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave -primary carer/2 weeks of paid parental leave
• Study assistance
• Award-winning learning and development opportunities
• Health and well-being initiatives including Fitness Passport

How to apply:

For more information about this position please view the position description, please submit your resume and cover letter addressing the key selection criteria. To discuss this opportunity and if you have any questions please contact Vanessa Bluett on 0479 199 871 for a confidential conversation.

Applications close: Sunday, 2 February 2025 at 11.45pm

Why choose Banyule?

Banyule City Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer; we value diversity and inclusion, and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds. If you have a reasonable adjustment, support, or access requirement, we encourage you to inform us through your application or email employment@banyule.vic.gov.au.

Our Values:Our employees align their careers with Banyule because they share our values of respect, integrity, responsibility, initiative, and inclusion. They thrive in our strong learning and development culture, and the positive way we work in partnership with the community.

Diversity Statement:Our community is made up of diverse, cultures, beliefs, abilities, bodies, sexualities, ages, and genders. We are committed to access, equity, participation, and rights for everyone: principles that empower, foster harmony, and increase the well-being of an inclusive community.

To discover more about Banyule's commitment to advancing gender equality in the workplace, please find Banyule's Workplace Gender Equality Action Plan 2021-2025.

Acknowledgement of the Traditional Custodians:Banyule City Council is proud to acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as Traditional Custodians of the land and we pay respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, past, present and emerging, who have resided in the area and have been an integral part of the region’s history.

Banyule City Council endorses the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full and accepts the invitation to walk with First Nations peoples, to a better future for us all.

Child Safe Standards Statement of Commitment:Banyule City Council is a child-safe organisation committed to the safety and well-being of children.

Council has a zero tolerance for child abuse. All allegations and safety concerns will be treated seriously and acted upon. As a child-safe organisation we are committed to providing a child-safe environment where children feel safe, are empowered, valued and protected. Council will actively listen to children, ensuring their voices are heard and considered in decisions that affect their lives.