Are you an experienced Gardener? We are seeking a skilled and experienced Team Leader Parks Maintenance to provide horticulture services to maintain and enhance our open spaces including parks, gardens and streetscapes across our city.
You will be a team player who can provide leadership and mentoring to the open spaces crew as well as provide support to other crews across the team in the delivery of their works.
Our ideal candidate will understand the importance of scheduling runs, identifying issues and propose solutions to improvements.
About us: Shellharbour City, located in the Illawarra region, is just 80 minutes south of Sydney and is home to over 76,000 people in a city that spans 154 square kilometres. It's an area of great natural beauty - stretching west from the picturesque coastline to rolling pastures, set against the majestic backdrop of the Illawarra escarpment.
Our dedication to be financially sustainable in an evolving environment, while striving for a great organisational culture and committing to employing staff who embrace our Core Values, has made Shellharbour City Council an employer of choice.
We have been recognised with a wealth of state and national awards in 2019, 2020 & 2021 including our 5 star Civic Centre building, Museum space and City Library, Winner in 2021 for Small Regional Airport of the year, and recently being presented an AR Bluett Memorial Award for Most Progressive Metropolitan and Regional Council in NSW.
We offer: Permanent full time, 38 hours per week with the opportunity to work a 9 day fortnight Commencing salary range from $65,965 - $70,002 per annum (based on skills and experience) Plus 11.5% superannuation and adverse working conditions allowance Great culture with a strong, values led and progressive team Access to local government benefits such as; LSL after five years, three weeks sick leave per annum, Fitness Passport, Provident Fund activities and more. Please Note: You will need to complete a Pre-placement Medical Assessment as part of this recruitment process.
For further information about the position, click here for the position description.
Contact: Greg Perkins, Team Coordinator Parks on 0408 718 324.
Closing date: Sunday, 29 September 2024 at 11:30pm.
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