Team Leader

SYNOPSIS:
**Team Leader - Streetscapes**
- **Up to $82,852.22 p.a. total salary package**($73,126.52 - $74,306.93 + 11.5% super)*
- **Permanent full time**:

- **9 day fortnight**
- _Dependent on skills and experience_

**Why The City of Melville?**

We are a welcoming and diverse community that enjoys a blend of retail and business precincts and an abundance of open spaces in a unique, natural landscape, along the shores of the beautiful Swan and Canning Rivers. We are proud to be recognised as an **Inclusive Employer 2024-2025**—a prestigious award that benchmarks workplace inclusion across various diversity areas. This recognition is the only one of its kind in Australia and highlights our commitment to fostering a workplace where diversity is celebrated, and inclusion thrives. In everything we do, we focus on our EPIC values of **E**xcellence, **P**articipation, **I**ntegrity and **C**aring and we aim to achieve an inclusive, vibrant, and sustainable future.

**Why Belong?**

**Elevate your work experience with the City of Melville’s benefits**
- Be part of an award-winning, **Inclusive Employer** recognised for creating diverse, accessible, and welcoming workspaces.
- Professional growth support with our structured professional development and study assistance programs
- Enhance your health and wellbeing with complimentary membership to our LeisureFit centres^, Employee Assistance and Wellness programs.
- An active social club to connect with colleagues and make lifelong friends.
- 2 additional days of annual leave PLUS generous purchased annual leave options - take up to 10 weeks^ off per year.
- Superannuation package with a co-contribution of up to 15%^
- ^conditions apply_

**About you**

You’re an experienced and proactive team leader who takes pride in delivering high-quality horticultural and turf maintenance. With a solid background in parks, gardens or open space maintenance, you know how to plan, guide and support a team to get the job done safely and efficiently.
- You have experience operating and maintaining horticultural plant and equipment.
- You bring strong communication and people management skills to the table.
- You can think on your feet, solve problems and keep things moving smoothly.
- You have a commitment to safety and environmental standards.

**About the Opportunity**

As **Team Leader - Streetscapes**, you’ll be a key player in maintaining and enhancing our City’s green and open spaces. You'll oversee day-to-day horticultural operations, manage a small team and ensure everything runs safely, efficiently, and to a high standard.

Your main responsibilities will include:

- Leading daily maintenance across streetscapes.
- Ensuring safe and efficient use of plant and equipment, including training others.
- Monitoring and reporting on streetscape infrastructure and maintenance programs.
- Supporting staff development, performance reviews and daily supervision.
- Collaborating with other teams and stakeholders to deliver excellent customer service.
- Promoting a strong safety culture, completing site safety checks and helping to refine our processes.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who’s not afraid to roll up their sleeves and lead by example. You’ll be helping to shape the spaces our community enjoys every day.

**To be successful in this role, you will possess**:
**Essential**
- Certificate III in Horticulture, Parks & Gardens, Turf Management, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Current MR (Medium Rigid) Class Driver’s Licence.
- Construction White Card.
- Proven experience leading and supervising teams in parks, gardens, or open space maintenance, including workload planning and performance management.
- Strong communication skills to effectively engage with staff, stakeholders and the public.
- Problem-Solving & Decision-Making skills with the ability to assess operational challenges and implement effective solutions.
- Well-developed literacy and numeracy skills to support documentation and reporting.

We’re looking for a hands-on, people-focused leader to help keep the City of Melville’s streetscapes looking their absolute best. If you’re interested in greening City spaces, enjoy working outdoors and are ready to lead a team, we’d love to hear from you

**How to Apply**

**Please provide**:

- A comprehensive resume that outlines your skills, experience and achievements demonstrating fulfilment of essential criteria (as stated in the Position Description - attached)
- A cover letter of no more than 2 pages

**For further queries regarding the position, contact**: Craig Sanders - Streetscape Supervisor on 08 9364 0775