Gardener

**Gardener**

**Serco is a place where you can grow.**

Join a team of 12,000+ professionals across APAC and experience a place of challenge, opportunity, and reward.

We offer lots of headroom for you to grow and flexible benefits to suit you in every stage of your life and career, including:

- A full time, permanent opportunity working Monday - Friday (6:40am - 3:10pm)
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- Access to a comprehensive employee wellness program
- Supportive and collaborative team environment
- Opportunity for overtime work on weekends with penalty rates
- A paid, rostered day off each month

**Make an impact at Serco**
As a Gardener, you will assist with the maintenance and development of parks, gardens, and other horticultural assets, ensuring they are maintained and enhanced to agreed standards. Reporting to the Horticultural Assets Supervisor and Head Gardener, you will work hands-on in a dynamic, outdoor environment on a full-time basis.

As a Gardener in the Horticultural team, you’ll make a positive impact by:

- Pruning and planting as directed by the Head Gardener or Horticulture Supervisor
- Mowing various areas and types of lawn
- Maintaining all plants within the specified area in a healthy, vigorous, and presentable manner
- Removing dead plant matter, including small fallen branches and leaf litter
- Watering plants and lawn areas as directed
- Operating key items of plant and equipment when required
- Maintaining plant and equipment in a clean and safe condition
- Repairing and servicing equipment as necessary within capabilities

**Serco is a place for you**
You are a dedicated and enthusiastic individual who enjoys working outdoors and contributing to the beautification of public spaces. You are physically fit, able to undertake hands-on tasks, and have a keen eye for detail. Your strong communication skills and ability to work as part of a team make you a perfect fit for this role.

To be successful in this role you’ll have:

- Experience in general gardening and an understanding of horticultural machinery operation (minimum six months)
- Experience with graffiti removal
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Ability to interact with a variety of people from the general public to senior managers
- A valid Driver’s License
- A completed qualification in Horticulture and/or Conservation and Ecosystem Management (Desirable)
- Demonstrated experience maintaining biodiverse native vegetation landscapes (Desirable)
- Working With Childrens Check

As a fast-growing and successful global company, Serco’s services span across the areas of justice, immigration, defence, space, customer services, health, and urban mobility.

In joining us, you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with trusted leaders that will help you achieve your goals.

Please note:
This position carries trust and responsibility. To support this, a comprehensive probity assessment, including a Federal Police Check, is a key part of the selection process for this role.

**Are you ready to do important work that really matters?**

At Serco, we bring together the right people, the right technology, and the right partners to create impactful solutions that address some of the world’s most urgent and complex challenges.
We focus on serving governments all over the globe. The work we do has touched the lives of millions in Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong, and offers unique opportunities to leverage your skills across our core capabilities in health, defence, maritime, justice, and community services.

By joining Serco, you’ll have access to Employee Networks led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

**Impact a better future at Serco.