Open Space Maintenance

Remuneration: Starting $1,295.25 per week plus applicable allowances and up to 13% Super

A recruitment pool is a great opportunity to be considered for a number of temporary roles within Council throughout a 6-month period by submitting only one application. Being placed in a recruitment pool does not mean that you have been offered employment; nor is it a guarantee that employment will be offered.

Information gathered in your online application will be reviewed by hiring managers in order to match you to the requirements of their available opportunity. The hiring manager with an available opportunity will contact you directly via your supplied email address or phone number to discuss their role and seek your interest. They will also discuss a possible interview and/or further assessment if required.

The Recruitment Pool is valid for a period of 6 months. At the end of 6 months, your placement in the recruitment pool will expire.

You can withdraw from the Recruitment Pool at any time by emailing You will receive confirmation of your exit from the Recruitment Pool once this has occurred.

Job Description

Council has temporary vacancies which arise due to short term absences. These positions are located both at Gympie and Tin Can Bay.

We are seeking to engage employees via the Recruitment Pool to undertake a range of activities as part of a multi-disciplined team responsible for the maintenance of Council's open space including sportsfields and parks and gardens.

What are we looking for?

Open Space Maintenace - Parks Worker, you could expect to be responsible for tasks such as:

• general labouring duties and operating light plant and equipment.
• Maintaining parks, pruning, brush cutting, mowing, planting, cleaning and operating a blower.
• Contributing to continuous improvement by identifying better ways to do our work.

Critical for success in these roles will be:

• physical fitness with the ability to carry out labouring duties and/or small plant operation in trying conditions.
• the ability to work under general supervision and take direction.
• the ability to foster and maintain good working relationships in a team environment.
• A QLD construction industry white/blue card
• Qld C Class Drivers Licenec that is current and maintained.

Desirable for this role will be:

• Prior experience within Parks and opens space maintenance.
• A QLD HR truck licence.

What we offer?

• Nine-day fortnight
• Access to employee health and well-being programs
• Fitness Passport: work out at over 25 local gyms for you and your family at a subsidised rate.
• Generous superannuation scheme 13 per cent
• Access to salary sacrificing.
• Employee assistance program offering free confidential counselling services for employees and their families.

Our Values

• Accountability
• Communication
• Customer Service Focused
• Integrity
• Teamwork and Collaboration

You will be assessed on your understanding of these values and how you have applied values such as these in your previous employment.

Please note before continuing: It is advisable that you prepare your responses in a separate word or text document, saving your work as you go and that you then copy and paste this prepared information in the form before completing the application process. Please keep your responses to a maximum 300 words for each question.

Applications close on Sunday 26th October 2025 at 11.00pm AEST. No late Expressions of Interest will be accepted. Only applications received via Council's online application system will be considered.

Gympie Regional Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, and our people represent the community which we service. We invite all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including First Nations People, and people from diverse social, cultural and gender backgrounds.