Gardener / Kaimahi Māra

The people of Porirua City are what makes ours a truly special place – we take pleasure in helping and caring for each other. We want everyone to feel welcome here, whether they’re visiting, living or working here. We’re looking for people who will help position our city as a welcoming, dynamic place to live, work and visit.

All about the job

You will be part of the team that maintains and develops the gardens throughout Porirua City. This role will have you working throughout the city’s open spaces, ornamental parks and street gardens.

You will be responsible for:

• maintaining planting and garden areas to a high standard
• assisting with annual bedding changeovers
• maintaining the gardens and shrubbery in parks around our city

Porirua City is a living wage accredited employer and the starting hourly rate for this is from $27.83.

All about you

It would be fabulous if you have a passion for horticulture and have completed study to attain level 4 Trade Certification /or have on the job experience.

You’ll need to show us that you:

• have experience and interest in planting and maintaining ornamental gardens, this could be at entry level or a more experienced level
• have a clean driver’s licence (class 2 licence would be a bonus)
• have a growsafe qualification, or similar
• are self-motivated and able to work well as part of a team
• have knowledge of health and safety practices relevant to the job

What you need to do now

Come and join our proud and dedicated Parksteam and be part of our welcoming and engaging environment. Please contact Tim Broadwith, acting Manager Restoration on 027 803 0491 for more information.

Porirua City Council is committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion.  We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. If you have any support or access requirements during our recruitment process, please let us know when you apply, and we’ll do our best to get you sorted.

You will need to apply via our careers centre: www.poriruacity.govt.nz/careers.

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Applications close on Wednesday 29 January 2025.