Assistant Sports Turf Curator

6 days ago

Parkville, Victoria, Australia Serco Full time $60,000 - $80,000 per year
Permanent Full time position
Working Hours: Monday to Friday 6:40am - 3:10pm
Monthly RDO

About the role

You will be responsible for assisting the Turf Supervisor in inspecting, maintaining, and renovating turf to the highest standard, including the use of chemicals while adhering to all chemical management processes. You will be responsible for the maintenance, repairs and reporting of all tools, equipment, and fleet and demonstrate a commitment to the health, wellbeing, and safety of the team.

About you

As the Assistant Sports Turf Curator you will have a passion for green keeping and sports turf management. You will thrive in a hand on, physical work environment and will use your high energy levels deliver exceptional service to the Melbourne public. You will be able to manage you own time and operate effectively with limited supervision.

To be successful in this role you will have the following skills & attributes:

The highest levels of personal integrity and ethical behaviour
Demonstrated computer, verbal and written communication skills
Ability to operate effectively with limited direct supervision and work autonomously
High energy level
Ability to complete tasks within tight time frames
Ability to cohesively work within a team environment
Be safety conscious

Desirable Experience

Experience maintaining turf wickets
Experience maintaining warm and cool season turf surfaces
Experience using a variety of turf machinery
Experience in sports fields line marking
Experience using multi pro sprayer
Certificate III in Sports Turf Management (desirable, not essential)

This is a position of trust and responsibility and to support this we will conduct a thorough probity assessment, which includes a national police check as an essential selection component for this role.

Serco requires employees in this role to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people. Please consider this requirement when submitting your application.

About Us

Melbourne is known as one of the world's most liveable cities, and welcomes millions of visitors each year. Our Parks and Gardens team takes pride in helping Melbourne look its best by delivering first-class horticulture, water management, turf maintenance and infrastructure services across the city's parks, gardens and open spaces.

At Serco, you'll be part of a team of more than 50,000 people delivering essential services on behalf of governments and organisations around the world. We apply world's best practice, insights and technology across six key sectors: Citizen Services, Defence, Healthcare, Immigration, Justice and Transport. But no matter your role or where you're based, we each share the same goal – to bring service to life to make a positive difference every day. To learn more please visit

What We Offer

volunteer leave
flexible salary packing options
employee Assistance Program
generous Employee Referral Program
access to discounts on health insurance, gym memberships, travel, shopping, technology, dining and entertainment.

Join Us

If you are inspired to make a positive difference and would like to be considered for this opportunity, please submit your cover letter and resume by clicking the 'Apply Now' button.

Serco values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride underpin everything we do. We are curious, creative and collaborative. Our people help in ways that matter.

We are committed to diversity and we encourage people from different backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse and people with disabilities to apply.

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