
Senior Manager / Manager (Horticulture)
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- Managing horticultural and landscape operations
- Supporting botanical and ecological research (e.g., monitoring plant phenology)
- Propagating and conserving rare plant species
- Undertaking landscaping and habitat restoration
- Developing interpretive materials for the public
- Overseeing contract management and record keeping
- Ensuring site cleanliness
- Managing wildlife
- Collaborating with other operational teams (e.g., facilities management, visitor services) to ensure smooth running of the Gardens
- Educational outreach
- Horticultural shows
- Corporate and social events
- Area of studies in horticulture, botany or a related field
- Motivated and proactive, with initiative in following up on site management and assigned tasks
- Team player with strong communication, organisational, and supervisory skills
- Hands-on individual who enjoys outdoor work and has a passion for plants
- Interest in or willingness to develop skills in tropical horticulture and botany
- Experience in developing and maintaining plant collections, preferably in a public park or garden, is preferred
- Experience with and/or interest in cultivating frangipanis, aroids, ferns, orchids and succulents is advantageous
- Good understanding of tropical rainforest ecology is beneficial
- Certification as a Practising Horticulturist (accredited by the Australian Institute of Horticulture) and/or Certified Arborist (accredited by the International Society of Arboriculture) is advantageous
- Managing horticultural and landscape operations
- Supporting botanical and ecological research (e.g., monitoring plant phenology)
- Propagating and conserving rare plant species
- Undertaking landscaping and habitat restoration
- Developing interpretive materials for the public
- Overseeing contract management and record keeping
- Ensuring site cleanliness
- Managing wildlife
- Collaborating with other operational teams (e.g., facilities management, visitor services) to ensure smooth running of the Gardens
- Educational outreach
- Horticultural shows
- Corporate and social events
- Area of studies in horticulture, botany or a related field
- Motivated and proactive, with initiative in following up on site management and assigned tasks
- Team player with strong communication, organisational, and supervisory skills
- Hands-on individual who enjoys outdoor work and has a passion for plants
- Interest in or willingness to develop skills in tropical horticulture and botany
- Experience in developing and maintaining plant collections, preferably in a public park or garden, is preferred
- Experience with and/or interest in cultivating frangipanis, aroids, ferns, orchids and succulents is advantageous
- Good understanding of tropical rainforest ecology is beneficial
- Certification as a Practising Horticulturist (accredited by the Australian Institute of Horticulture) and/or Certified Arborist (accredited by the International Society of Arboriculture) is advantageous