Horticulturist (Nursery)

Job type: Full time
Organisation: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Occupation: Trades and Services
Reference: VG/421741AA
Who We Are Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (RBGV) employs over 240 staff overseeing two beautiful world-class gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne. The organisation fosters an understanding and appreciation for plants and the natural world through arts and culture and education programs, world-leading scientific research, plant conservation programs, and promotes health and wellbeing in nature. For further information please visit our website.
What You'll Do We are seeking a Horticulturist (Nursery) to support the sourcing, curation, propagation, and maintenance of plant material to enhance our living plant collections, landscape projects, and conservation efforts. You will propagate a diverse range of plants, research and trial propagation techniques, and maintain accurate plant records to support high-quality plant production. You will manage pest and disease control through integrated pest management principles. In addition, you'll contribute to horticultural planning and work with other internal and external stakeholders when areas are redesigned. Your expertise will be critical in maintaining compliance, promoting safety, and supporting RBGV's reputation for horticultural excellence.
What You'll Bring The ideal candidate will be a qualified Horticulturist with a Trade Certificate, Advanced Certificate, or relevant tertiary qualifications in Horticulture (Nursery) or a related field with demonstrated experience in a specialist plant nursery or similar environment. You will possess in-depth knowledge of current nursery practices, plant identification, and propagation techniques, and a demonstrated history in optimising plant performance through effective pest, weed, and disease management using IPM strategies. Strong record-keeping skills, including database management and plant performance tracking, along with a customer-focused approach to delivering excellent service, are key requirements.
All other key selection criteria can be found in the position description which is located under the attachments heading on the Victorian Government Careers website.
Working with Us At RBGV you'll be part of a nationally recognised organisation that makes a genuine impact on a local and international scale. As an employee you will benefit from flexible working arrangements to assist in creating genuine work/life balance, annual leave loading, access to an Employee Assistance Program and much more.
How to Apply To apply for this role, please visit the Victorian Government Careers website at this link. You must submit a recent resume along with a document responding to each of the Key Selection Criteria as stated in the position description.
Applications will only be accepted via the Victorian Government website. RBGV is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Our organisation is a proudly child safe organisation and committed to protecting children and young people from harm. All applicants will be required to complete the necessary pre-employment checks prior to appointment.

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