128 views

Senior Horticulturist Nursery

Together we shape thriving communities, public spaces, places and economies.

• Permanent full-time opportunity, with opportunities to grow your career within a team of proactive and professional horticulturists, greenkeepers and arborists.
• Location – Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan.
• Salary relative to experience and ranges from $78,260 to $86,539 + super

Join us at Australia’s largest botanic garden, where you’ll play a vital role in plant conservation, working with some of the nation’s most threatened flora at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan.

The role
The Botanic Gardens of Sydney (BGoS) team is currently seeking to appoint a Senior Horticulturist Nursery to develop and maintain the horticultural functions for BGoS including undertaking regular inspections, maintenance of associated plant equipment and records, and consultation in relation to developments affecting living collections, natural areas or landscape development within the estates, and the supervision and training of staff.

We are looking for an enthusiastic horticulturist with a passion for plant conservation – particularly Australian native flora. In this role, you will effectively manage a team within the nursery, managing extensive horticultural potted collections, within a high use public garden – while prioritising the workload of the team to implement quality horticultural practices.

For more information read the full Role Description: Senior Horticulturist Nursery

What you will bring to the role

• Demonstrated experience in the management of propagation programs, specialist propagation techniques, and collection of relevant records electronically.
• Experience in the provision of horticultural services and programs with a diverse range of plant materials grown in controlled environments and the maintenance/use of associated plant/equipment in accordance with nursery hygiene practices.
• Proven experience in the development and implementation of work and maintenance plans, and project management and research skills.
• Proven experience in the coordination, operational maintenance and team leadership in the nursery environment.
• Ability to optimise plant performance, including: nutritional requirements; knowledge of weed, pest and disease identification, and control using IPM strategies
• Experience with irrigation systems
• Maintenance and use of a wide range of horticultural plant and equipment.
• Knowledge and experience using computer software programs to record, maintain, and extract information.

What is an essential requirement:

• Horticultural trades certificate or equivalent skills and experience
• Current driver’s licence with the ability to drive manual vehicles and willingness to undertake fieldwork for extended periods of time and have the ability to lift and carry a minimum 15 kilos.

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 Senior 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-nursery-483023

Applications close Wednesday, 4^th September 2024 at 11:55PM. Contact Ryan Newett on [email protected] 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.