Garden Conservation Specialist
2 days ago
About Us
Auckland Council is one of the largest local authorities in the South Pacific providing essential services and facilities to more than 1.5 million people. We are progressive socially, culturally and environmentally while we work towards creating change having an impact on our journey to becoming a world-class city for our ratepayers and residents.
Our Mission
We create an environment for all Aucklanders and visitors to our city to enjoy, while caring for and maintaining gardens that contain a diverse range of exotic and native NZ plants.
The Opportunity
We are looking for someone to share their passion and knowledge with the Gardens visitors and other budding horticulturists, providing training and mentoring for emerging staff and those participating in our horticultural traineeship programmes; as well as collaborating with other gardening staff in maintaining and developing our plant collections and other garden areas.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintenance of amenity gardens using a variety of plant and equipment
- Ensure the appropriate plant introductions are made and all plants are labelled (where required)
- Maintain records of all data relevant to the gardens
- Liaise with garden visitors, Friends, local user groups, iwi, stakeholders and commercial users
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