Wholesale Nursery Worker

5 days ago

Canberra, ACT, Australia Transport Canberra and City Services Full time
Overview

Details: Are you passionate about plants and the environment and want to take the first steps to a rewarding career in Horticulture? Then you may be the right person for the role of Wholesale Nursery worker at Yarralumla Nursery.

Yarralumla Nursery is the largest wholesale nursery in the southern tablelands and sells high quality, competitively priced plants to landscape, wholesale, and retail industries; Landcare groups; and local, state governments as well as the Australian Government. The Nursery propagates and grows over 200,000 cool climate plants annually from its own plant stock and seed bank including local, rare, and endangered species.

We are looking for an energetic, highly motivated person that loves the outdoors to fill a full-time permanent position in our Sales team. The primary responsibilities for this role are to:

  • Pick plant orders, weed, clean pots, label, and prepare for transport or delivery.
  • Assist in customer service-related tasks and administrative duties.
Location

This role is based at the Yarralumla Nursery in Canberra.

Career prospects

Suitable applicants may be offered the opportunity to fill future vacant roles in either Production or Sales over the next 12 months.

Commitment to inclusion

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.

Eligibility/Other requirements
  • Driver's licence Class C is essential.
Pre-employment requirements

This position requires a pre-employment medical prior to employment to ensure the employee has the ability to:

  • Lift heavy materials (16-20kg)
  • Bend repeatedly
  • Carry out a variety of other heavy manual work
  • Work outdoors in all seasons
Notes

A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months.

How to apply

Applicants should address the numbered Selection Criteria, listed on the Position Description, in a two page "pitch style" response and submit along with contact details of two referees and a current curriculum vitae.

Applicants should note that a Joint Selection Committee (JSC) established in accordance with the collective/enterprise agreement provisions will assess all applications for this position.

For further information, please visit www.jobs.act.gov.au


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