Assistant Arborist

**Job no**: 495815
**Work type**: Permanent Full-time
**Location**: Knox Civic Centre
**Categories**: City Planning

**Your new role**:
This is a Band 5 classified role, remuneration will be $78,036.84 - $90,793.94 (depending on experience) plus superannuation in accordance with the Superannuation Guarantee.

**What you will need to thrive**:
The key selection criteria for this role are:

- Demonstrated experience in the arboricultural assessment of vegetation.
- Ability to identify vegetation, including species native to Victoria.
- Experience in landscape design and review of plans and associated documentation, including within a development and subdivision assessment context.
- Ability to read and understand plans.
- An understanding of planning procedures and planning related legislation, including an ability to interpret planning schemes and policies.
- A proven ability to provide a high level of customer service in a timely and professional manner.
- Well-developed skills in time management, setting priorities, planning and organising work to meet objectives and deadlines.
- Well-developed computer literacy and keyboard skills.
- Personal values and behaviours align with Knox values and behaviours.

**How to apply**

Please provide a resume and brief cover letter addressing the ‘what you need to thrive’ section from the to outline how your experience and skills relate to the role.

To view a copy of the please visit our Knox City Council Careers Page.

**Why Us**:
At Knox, making a difference to others and our community is at the heart of everything we do. We are inspired by empowering our community inside and out to thrive and prosper through living our values. We support hybrid and flexible working and embrace diverse and inclusive environments. We succeed by recruiting for excellence through investing in our people, encouraging their unique talents and supporting them to bring their whole selves to work.

We believe in our people and provide a supportive, driven and inclusive culture we are proud of, that focuses on wellbeing.

Beyond that, we also offer:

- accrued days off for full time employees;
- growth and learning opportunities;
- career development;
- reward and recognition programs; and,
- a supportive Employee Assistance Program.

To view the inherent requirements for this position please see attachment below.
- Knox City Council has zero tolerance for child abuse and all forms of harm to children. All children and young people who access our services, programs, events and facilities have the right to feel safe and be safe. This includes spaces owned or managed by Council. We take the wellbeing and safety of children and young people in our care seriously. We maintain a child safe organisation by embedding the protection of children into everyday thinking and practice. All Knox City Council employees, contractors and volunteers are responsible for ensuring children and young people are valued, heard and protected from abuse._

Knox City Council acknowledges our offices are located on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation.

**Advertised**: 03 Dec 2024 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 17 Dec 2024 AUS Eastern Daylight Time