▷ [3 Days Left] Gardener – Levande The Village Swansea, NSW

Gardener – Levande The Village Swansea, NSW

Posted Tuesday 15 April 2025 at 2:00 pm | Expired Friday 9 May 2025 at 1:59 pm

Help shape a welcoming, well-kept environment where residents feel at home.

At Levande, we’re committed to creating vibrant and supportive communities that help people live well. We’re currently looking for a dedicated and experienced Gardener to join our team full-time at The Village Swansea, one of our beautiful coastal retirement communities located near Lake Macquarie.

This is an opportunity to take pride in your work and make a meaningful impact on the daily lives of our residents by keeping our outdoor spaces safe, clean, and beautifully presented.

About the Role

Working 38 hours per week, your schedule will be:

- Mondays: 5:30am to 1:36pm – focused on rubbish bin placement and waste management

- Tuesdays to Fridays: 8:00am to 4:06pm – standard gardening and groundskeeping duties

As our Gardener, you’ll play a key role in ensuring our village grounds are safe, clean, and beautifully presented. Your responsibilities will include:

- Performing a variety of gardening tasks including mowing, edging, pruning, mulching, watering and planting

- Undertaking regular maintenance of gardens, lawns, paths, and communal outdoor areas

- Managing rubbish bin placement and waste disposal on Mondays

- Maintaining and safely operating gardening equipment and tools

- Responding to ad hoc maintenance or gardening requests in line with resident needs and village standards

About You

To succeed in this role, you will bring:

- At least 1 year of gardening, groundskeeping, or landscape maintenance experience

- Sound knowledge of horticultural practices and plant care

- The ability to work independently and take initiative to maintain high presentation standards

- A customer-friendly approach and strong interpersonal skills

- Physical capability to undertake manual tasks (up to 15kg lifting)

Experience in residential communities, retirement villages, schools or commercial grounds will be highly regarded.

What We Offer

At Levande, we believe our people are the heart of our communities, and we’re proud to offer a supportive, rewarding work environment. You’ll enjoy the stability of weekday hours that support a healthy work-life balance, along with an extra day of annual leave – our gift to you, known as ‘My Day’ – to spend however you like.

We celebrate and recognise the contributions of our team through meaningful recognition programs and our annual Spirit of Levande Awards. You’ll also have access to exclusive discounts across a wide range of well-known brands, helping your pay go even further.

Family matters to us too, which is why we offer paid parental leave and special leave for grandparents, so you can be there for the moments that count. When you need extra support, our Employee Assistance Program offers free and confidential counselling for you and your loved ones.

Whether you're looking to grow your skills or take the next step in your career, we’ll back you with paid study leave and access to over 100,000 learning resources. And if you know someone who’d be a great fit for Levande, you could even earn a reward through our employee referral program.

Why Join Levande?

At Levande, you’ll be part of a collaborative, inclusive team where your work is genuinely valued. You’ll have the opportunity to make a difference every day in a picturesque, lakeside setting – and help shape a community that feels like home.

Apply today

to join the team at The Village Swansea and grow your career in a place that values care, connection, and pride in the little things.

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