Band 3 salary range $66,981 to $71,105 inclusive of applicable allowances + super Work with a dedicated team maintaining beautiful spaces!
The Role
We are looking for our newest team member to join us at Ballarat Botanical Gardens in an exciting specialist Nursery position.
The engine room of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, our Nursery produces & maintains more than 12,000 plants a year for our year-round conservatory displays, featuring six documented collections and Ballarat's renowned registered begonia collections.
Working with a passionate team, you would help propagate, grow and maintain nursery collections and complimentary plants, and then bring them to life in our year-round, much visited conservatory displays.
If you wish to showcase your design skills, our team also creates three unique Conservatory Floral Displays every year, including the Begonia Display, the centrepiece of Ballarat's Begonia Festival.
We are passionate about integrated pest management, nursery accreditation, work in a minimal chemical-use environment, and are actively involved in small scale indigenous plant conservation projects, and thrive on propagation of plants for our heritage listed gardens.
About You
If you have a passion for plants, an eye for detail, extensive nursery experience, and believe there can be nowhere better to work than a botanical garden, then we would love to hear from you!
To Apply
To apply for this position please click the Apply button and submit your application.
Applications close Tuesday 12 November 2024.
Please ensure that you provide a cover letter, a current resume and answer the screening questions based on the key selection criteria.
The successful applicant will be required to undergo a full employment medical and police check.
Contact
For further information on this position, please contact Donna Thomas on ****** .
The City of Ballarat is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a safe and inclusive working environment that embraces and values diversity, flexibility and child safety.
We welcome applications from all walks of life and celebrate the diversity and richness this brings to our workplace.
Reasonable adjustments will be made to the process to ensure equitable access.
We undertake an employment screening process to ensure this commitment is upheld, including ensuring the successful candidate holds a valid working with children check and satisfactory criminal history record check.
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