City Trees Supervisor

Infrastructure | Operations Centre, Natalie Way, Balcatta
- Closing date: 29/11/2024

**About Us**

The Infrastructure Directorate is the City of Stirling’s largest and most diverse Directorate, managing many of the City’s important assets and services while delivering a multi-million-dollar portfolio of projects.

This Directorate is responsible for the ongoing delivery of the City’s sustainability program, as well as contributing heavily to the City of Stirling’s vibrant local economy, liveable neighbourhoods and thriving communities.

**About the Position**

The City Trees Supervisor is responsible for coordinating and supervising the day-to-day delivery of street tree maintenance programs and works to promote tree growth, health and survival, maintain compliance and address requests for maintenance. Effective supervision of City Trees operations team and contractors is a key component of the role to ensure delivery within timeframes, operational specifications and compliant with work health and safety requirements.

**Key Responsibilities**

The duties of the City Trees Supervisor will include but are not limited to:

- Coordinate and supervise the City Trees operations team in delivery of proactive and reactive tree maintenance programs.
- Investigate and resolve customer enquiries, requests and feedback
- Ensure contractor compliance to safety, timeframes and operational specifications.

**About You**
- Certificate 3 in Arboriculture or equivalent
- Demonstrated experience in staff and contractor supervision.
- Extensive experience in tree management
- Good understanding of current arboricultural practices
- Sound understanding of occupational health and safety principles.

For further information, please refer to the position description.

**What We Offer**

The City offers some great benefits including flexibility in when and where you work to ensure a work-life balance. You will also enjoy a range of other benefits including:

- Free parking and easy public transport access
- Free onsite fitness facilities and end of journey facilities
- Superannuation matching of up to 6%
- Professional development opportunities, including training, memberships, and study assistance
- Excellent leave entitlements including annual leave loading and the ability to purchase up to an additional 4 weeks’ annual leave per year.
- 50% discount on gym memberships at our Stirling leisure centres - only applicable for perM/Fixed-term employees
- Amazing in-house employee canteen
- Up to 10 weeks paid parental leave
- Employee health and wellness program and initiatives.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
- Generous study assistance
- Active social club
- Employee recognition program
- Novated Leasing (where applicable)

This permanent full-time position is a Level 7 Inside Workforce Agreement position which attracts a salary from $96,731.43 gross pro rata per annum plus superannuation.

**To be eligible to work for us, you need to provide, or have ability obtain a**:

- A copy of Australian driving licence
- National Police Clearance (valid within the last 3 months)
- Pre-Employment Medical and DAS clearance
- The right to work in Australia

**More about the City**

The City of Stirling is a diverse and thriving local government in Western Australia, with over 243,000 residents, spanning 30 suburbs, the City is a cosmopolitan, multicultural and economic hub.

With over 1,400 employees, the City embraces its diverse workforce by supporting work-life balance and offering opportunities for progression and development. Here at City of Stirling we celebrate and support inclusion and diversity.

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the City of Stirling, the Wadjak People of the Nyoongar Nation, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. We will act with compassion and respect towards all people and value people of all abilities, ages, religions, faiths, sexualities, gender identity and cultural backgrounds.