Team Member Arboriculture

Team Member Arboriculture - The Barossa Council

**Corporate Objectives**

**Customer Service**

**Constructive Culture**

**Staff Values**

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**Classification**:Municipal Employee Grade 6
**Department**:Arboriculture Management
**Current Occupant**:Vacant
**This Position Reports To**:Team Leader Arboriculture
**Reporting To This Position**:None
**Location**:Tanunda/Williamstown Depot
**Date Last Reviewed**:October 2023
**Approved by**:Director Infrastructure and Environmental Services

All Employees of Council contribute to Council's strategic goals and objectives. The _Barossa Community Plan _
2020 - 2040 lays the foundation for all strategic decisions made by Council and is supported by a _Corporate _
- Plan_. The Community Plan provides a clear strategic direction across a range of areas, as well as serving as
an overarching guide to measure our decision making and successful delivery of service. The Community
Plan shows commitment to the values of **_Land and Place_**, **_Community, Leadership _**and **_Achievement _**with
targets that reflect six key themes:
Natural Environment and Built
Environment

Health and Wellbeing

Community and Culture Business and Employment

Infrastructure How we Work, Good Governance

Council values its customers and strives to provide the right people, efficient processes and systems to deliver a
quality customer experience. Every role within Council serves an internal or external customer and we are
committed to ensuring that customers are at the centre of everything we do.

The Barossa Council is committed to developing a constructive culture that supports employees, Council and
the Community to achieve our goals. The behaviours of a constructive organisational culture consist of four
main constructive styles:
**1 Achievement **Pursue a standard of excellence, set challenging but realistic goals and work

towards them with enthusiasm.
**2 Self-Actualising **Maintain personal integrity, enjoy work, self-develop and take an interest in growth

and improvement activities.
**3 Humanistic-**

**Encouraging**
Be supportive of others in and outside the workplace and constructive in their
dealings with one another.

**4 Affiliative **Be friendly, sensitive, and cooperate with others.

Our values support our organisational culture and include **_Honesty and Integrity, Transparency, _**
**_Communication and Teamwork._**

Position Description

**Key Responsibilities**

The Team Member Arboriculture is responsible for performing a broad range of duties within a team and
autonomously in order to ensure the delivery of high quality, consistent, safe and continually improving
maintenance and construction services. This role will contribute towards the optimisation of the community
experience through taking pride in the presentation of, improving interaction with and respectfully enhancing
Council's natural and built assets in a manner that ensures the achievement of operational, environmental,
team, safety and reputational excellence.

**Operational**:

- Perform a broad range of maintenance and construction general labour duties and activities that

contribute to the smooth, efficient and safe day to day operation of Council's Works and Operations
services.
- Undertake duties in a manner that prioritises the protection and enhancement of both built and natural

assets in accordance with Council's strategic and environmental goals, service levels, relevant legislation,
policies and processes.
- Operate Council's plant and machinery in line with standard operating procedures, to assist the delivery

of high quality and safe services to our community.
- Ensure the availability and maintenance of all plant and equipment in accordance with the _Work, Health _
- and Safety Act SA (2012) _and Regulations.
- Under the guidance of the Team Leader and in line with relevant service levels, respond to and resolve

customer requests in accordance with Council's Customer Service Charter.
- Contribute to a culture of exceptional customer service to all internal and external customers through the

delivery of timely, effective and efficient works and operations services.
- Ensure accurate and timely recording and reporting of repairs, maintenance and relevant procedures in

compliance with Council requirements.
- Actively participate in a collaborative team environment that ensures the efficient and effective operation

of the Works and Operations team.
- Participate in a culture of continuous improvement with a commitment to knowledge sharing and

professional development.
_ Arboriculture_
- Undertake pruning, planting, establishment and maintenance of street, park and public trees in

accordance with best arboriculture practices, Council's service levels and processes to ensure safe and
professional presentation throughout the Council region.
- Open Spaces_
- Carry out maintenance and minor construction as required to all Council parks, gardens, reserves, ovals,

cemetery's, other