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Twelve Vacancies
- Horticulture/Landscaping - Sydney
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Twelve Vacancies - Horticulture/landscaping
Botanic Gardens & Centennial Parklands Job Category:
Job Location:
- Sydney Region / Sydney City
Classification
: Horticulturist Level 5/6
Closing date is on 18 April 2016•
- Curation and maintenance of an increasingly diverse range of plants
- Accurately record and analyse horticultural collection
- Liaise with staff of other Units/Sections on horticultural development, management and maintenance services and developing new collections and displays Agency overview
The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage aims to enrich life in NSW by helping the community to conserve and enjoy our environment and heritage. For more information go to
www.environment.nsw.gov.au
and
www.linkedin.com/company/office-of-environment-and-heritage-nsw-department-of-premier-and-cabinet
Botanic Gardens & Centennial Parklands (‘BGCP’) is the operating name used following the operational integration of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust and the Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust. The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust is responsible for the management and stewardship of the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, the Domain, the Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan and the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Mount Tomah. The Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust is responsible for the long-term strategic planning of the Parklands, as well as the operational day-to-day management of the three parks - Centennial Park, Moore Park and Queens Park.
: The Horticulturist develops and maintains horticultural collections and displays including turf horticultural development, management and maintenance, landscape construction and the supervision and training of staff. The horticulturist may be required to work anywhere on BGCP lands, in controlled environments, hardscape and landscape construction and maintenance, nursery or natural areas.
To Apply: Your application should consist of:
- Resume (or CV) that sets out your education, work history and other facts about yourself that relate to the role (maximum of 4 pages)
- Cover letter that summarises your skills, qualifications and experience, and addresses the following targeted questions (maximum of 2 pages):
Q1. Provide an example of a time when you had to manage competing priorities to get a project completed. What were the issues and what were the outcomes?
Q2. Provide an example of a time when you worked as part of a team to complete a task. How did you approach the task? What were the challenges and how did you overcome them?
The information provided in your application must demonstrate that you meet the focus capabilities and other essential requirements of the role. (Refer to the role description for details about these capabilities and the behaviours associated with them. The role description also lists any other essential role requirements.)
A Talent Pool may be established for future vacancies in roles with similar focus capabilities, temporary or ongoing. The pool may be available to hiring managers from OEH and other NSW Public Sector agencies for use statewide within the next 12 months.
You
must read the following documents prior to preparing your application:
Role description
Application Guide
Applying for a role in the NSW public Sector
Closing date is on 18 April 2016
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Two Vacancies - Mount Annan
Botanic Gardens & Centennial Parklands/
Garden Information Officer
Classification: Horticulturist Level 7/8 38hpw
Employment Status: Ongoing - Full time
Location : Mount Annan
Botanic Gardens & Centennial Parklands (‘BGCP’) is the operating name used following the operational integration of the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust and the Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust. The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust is responsible for the management and stewardship of the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, the Domain, the Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan and the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Mount Tomah. The Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust is responsible for the long-term strategic planning of the Parklands, as well as the operational day-to-day management of the three parks - Centennial Park, Moore Park and Queens Park.
Primary purpose of the role:
The Garden Information Officer, maintains effective, efficient and appropriate plant records and assists with the collection, entry and analysis of plant records data to support the management of living collections.
To Apply: Your application should consist of:
Resume (or CV) that sets out your education, work history and other facts about yourself that relate to the role (maximum of 4 pages)
Cover letter that summarises your skills, qualifications and experience, and addresses the following targeted questions (maximum of 2 pages):
Advertising period commenced 21 March and closing date is on 08 April 2016.
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New BGCI Resource
Following a planning and development process spanning more than two years, we are delighted to announce the launch of the first two instalments of BGCI’s new botanic garden resource
From Idea to Realisation - BGCI’s Manual on Planning, Developing and Managing Botanic Gardens (2016).
Building on the earlier
Darwin Technical Manual for Botanic Gardens (Leadlay and Greene, 1998), BGCI’s new botanic garden manual is a direct response to the growing importance, sophistication and complexity of the international botanic garden community over the last two decades.
Joachim Gratzfeld
Director, Regional Programmes
Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)
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BGCI Survey:
CITES-related activities in botanic gardens.
BGCI is developing a set of information resources for botanic gardens on CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora).
As part of this, we would like to gather information on existing CITES-related activities in botanic gardens. Completing this short questionnaire should not take more than 10 minutes of your time. The deadline for completing this survey is 25 March 2016.
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Vacancy:
Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens, NSW
BOTANIC GARDENS NURSERY SUPERVISOR
As part of the Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens team you will play a key role in all facets of the Gardens nursery. Coordinating a team of dedicated volunteers you will assist the Gardens Manager in achieving plant production targets able to meet the growing demand from the public, environmental agencies and for the Gardens own living collection. You will also plan and oversee nursery maintenance programs, field collection trips and seed bank operations.
You will need practical experience in propagation nursery operations and some knowledge of New South Wales Coastal flora. Experience in research, database entry, training, project planning and goods and services procurement along with excellent communication skills are all vital components to this role.
This is a full time, 38 hour per week position starting at Grade 9 of Council’s salary system. Total remuneration is in the range $58.76K to $62.46K gross per annum comprising:
*$52.9K to $56.3K per annum base salary, plus
*0.76K Adverse Working Conditions Allowance, plus
*$5.1K to $5.4K superannuation (calculated at 9.5%).
Applications: For further information or to apply for this position please go to your Aurion Self Service and click on the ‘Vacancies’ tab. If you need further assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact Amy Driver on 4474 1016.
For further information, please contact Michael Anlezark on 4471 3348.
Closing Date 4.30pm Wednesday 23 March 2016.
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Eamonn Flanagan, Executive Officer | BGANZ | secretariat@bganz.org.aul | www.bganz.org.au
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