Gardener - Taronga Zoo

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• Located at Sydney's Iconic - Taronga Zoo Cammeraigal Country
• Casual position
• Gardener Monday to Friday Casual Rates, Starting from $28.04 per hour
  
  
  • Located at Sydney's Iconic - Taronga Zoo Cammeraigal Country
  • Casual position
  • TCSA Salaried Employees Award
  • Gardener Monday to Friday Casual Rates, Starting from $28.04 per hour
    
    
  Taronga Zoo Sydney is looking for experienced and motivated Casual Gardeners to join our Gardening team at the Zoo
  
  About The Role…
  
  The successful individual will provide general gardening and grounds maintenance duties, includes floral displays, landscape maintenance, turf care and animal exhibit plant maintenance, collection of browse for Taronga's animal population from off-site locations and record keeping.
  
  Key Accountabilities…
  • Perform basic tasks associated with horticulture and gardening works under direction from horticulturalists, within grounds, exhibits and off-site locations.
  • Undertake general duties as assigned, including the maintenance of allocated grounds and exhibits. Duties may include weeding, pruning, mulching, watering, hedge trimming and lawn maintenance.
  • Undertake duties related to the efficient harvest of browse for essential animal nutrition and upkeep of browse plantations under direction from the Horticulturalist and/or Manager, Horticulture.
  • Assist Horticulturalists with record keeping including research, identification, cataloguing, data collection, and labelling of plant species across zoo grounds, exhibits, browse plantations and harbour foreshore.
  • Work effectively as a member of a high performing team, to assist Taronga in achieving strategic outcomes.
    
    
  About You…
  
  We are looking for candidates that have:
  • Previous gardening, grounds maintenance or browse collection experience.
  • Current NSW Driver's License
  • Pre-employment medical assessment (expenses covered by Taronga)
  • Obtain and maintain a current paid NSW Working with Children Check at own expense.
    
    
  Benefits…
  
  Our employees enjoy generous employment conditions including some of the following:
  • Complimentary family and friends passes across both Taronga's Sydney & Dubbo Zoo's
  • A wide range of discounts on our award winning accommodation across both sites
  • Discounted food and beverage purchases across the sites
  • Discounted Fitness Passport
  • We're a social team; there's always lots going on around the zoo that we get involved with
  • + more
    
    
  About Applying…
  
  Please submit your resume and a cover letter of one page. You are also required to complete the two target questions as part of your application.
  • Detail your most relevant Gardening experience.
  • Please outline the various tools and PPE you have experience with when working in a gardening role.
    
    
  Applications Close: 11:59pm Sunday 7 September 2025Seniority level
  • Seniority levelEntry level
  Employment type
  • Employment typeFull-time
  Job function
  • Job functionManagement and Manufacturing
  • IndustriesNon-profit Organizations

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