Horticultural Services Operator

Infrastructure | Operations Centre, Natalie Way, Balcatta
- Closing date: 05/02/2025

**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 of Stirling is currently seeking a Horticultural Services Operator to provide attractive, safe, and well-maintained parks, streetscapes, public places, and environments that enables quality urban life while protecting and conserving sustainable natural and urban environments. To improve city-wide sustainability outcomes by providing services and support to the City and community.

**Key Responsibilities**

You will be working within a small team environment, undertaking landscape maintenance of streetscapes and facilities, within Parks and Sustainability Business Unit including operating and maintaining minor plant items, tree and shrub cultivation, tree and shrub planting, mulching, mow or edge established lawns, and general gardening duties.

**About You**
- Year 10 Certificate.
- A “C” class driver’s licence
- Previous recent experience in gardening in the same or a similar role working in an amenity horticulture environment.

For further information, please refer to the position description.

**What We Offer (select some from below to add to the bullet points at the top of your ad)**

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
- 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
- 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 5 Outside Workforce Agreement position attracts a salary range of $70,970 - $74,200 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.