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Senior Horticulturist

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• Ongoing full-time opportunity
• Location – Blue Mountains Botanic Garden – Mount Tomah.
• Salary relative to experience and ranges from $78,260 to $86,539 + super

The role
In this role, based in the beautiful and iconic Mount Tomah Botanic Garden, you’ll be leading a team to manage and maintain the horticultural functions across the estates, ensuring the living collections and garden areas are expertly cared for. Your day-to-day will involve supervising maintenance, coordinating with other horticultural staff, and providing technical advice on landscape development. You’ll also be instrumental in staff development, fostering a culture of kindness and passion for horticulture, where everyone works safely and efficiently.

One of the main challenges you’ll face is balancing the demands of maintaining high horticultural standards in a busy public environment. You’ll need to effectively manage resources, coach your team, and adapt to the changing needs of the estates while keeping everything running smoothly. Our team culture is built on kindness—it’s at the heart of how we treat each other and care for the plants we love.

For more information read the full Role Description: Senior Horticulturist

What you will bring to the role

• Horticultural Expertise: You’ll have a deep understanding of horticulture, with a keen eye for detail that meets the high standards expected in a botanic garden.
• Team Leadership: You’re a natural people person with proven experience leading teams, fostering a culture of kindness, and helping your team thrive.
• Physical Capability: You’re ready and able to undertake fieldwork, including working outside normal hours if needed, and can comfortably lift and carry up to 15 kilos.
• Technical Skills: You’re skilled in maintaining and using a wide range of horticultural equipment, ensuring everything runs smoothly.
• Operational Experience: You bring hands-on experience in the coordination, maintenance, and development of large parks or gardens, keeping them in top shape.

What is an essential requirement:

• Horticultural trades certificate or equivalent experience and technical knowledge in horticulture and maintenance techniques. 

About us
Botanic Gardens of Sydney, under the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, is Australia’s oldest scientific institution and a custodian of over $1.2 billion in cultural, heritage, and botanical collections. As the premier botanical research institute, we encompass world-leading botanic gardens and Sydney’s leading outdoor live entertainment precinct. We engage international, national, and regional visitors, making us a leading entity in the NSW tourism sector.

Why join our team?

• Fantastic Team Culture – Be a part of passionate and hard-working teams who approach their busy day-to-day work with good humour and a sense of fun!
• Genuine long-term Career Opportunities – Opportunity to grow your career as a Horticulturist.
• Focus on Wellbeing and Work/Life Balance – A regular rostered/allocated day off can be accrued. The Fitness Passport program gives members discounted access to gym, aquatic, and leisure facilities across NSW.
• Benefits – Staff are entitled to Uniform and Uniform allowance and Free Parking on site.

Join us
Apply online with your resume and cover letter. Click here to apply (please note we only accept applications via this link): https://iworkfor.nsw.gov.au/job/senior-horticulturist-484481  

Applications close Sunday, 13 October 2024 at 11:55PM. Contact Marion Whitehead on [email protected] or on 02 4634 7911 for further details. A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months.

If we can make adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team on [email protected] If you are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander check out our Aboriginal guide to applying for a role.