Overview
Dubbo, New South Wales – Contract
Join Dubbo Regional Council as an Assistant Gardener in the Greenspace Operations branch and develop your skills and future career. You will play a vital role in contributing to maintaining and improving horticultural and open spaces across Dubbo NSW, with the prospect to operate council machinery. The position supports a growing regional impact for 55,000 residents and up to 1.65 million visitors each year. A supportive team environment helps you balance career and life outside work.
Responsibilities
- Provide beneficial and cost efficient horticultural and grass maintenance services
- Ensure the implementation of Council\'s asset maintenance policy and related procedures and documentation
- Undertake other horticultural maintenance and construction tasks as required
What You\'ll Bring
- Demonstrated experience and skills in operating horticultural related large and small plant such as tractors, slashers, whipper snippers, chainsaws, edgers, and water trucks
- Demonstrated ability to work constructively in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience in undertaking other horticultural related tasks with minimal supervision or unsupervised
- Demonstrated understanding and ability to manage workplace safety when undertaking horticultural related activities
- Class MR Drivers Licence
- AQF 3 Chemical Handling accreditation (Desirable)
Salary and Application
This position offers an attractive annual salary ranging from $59,561 to $69,219.
To find out more about this role, explore the Position Description and contact our Team Leader City Presentation at to make an enquiry. If this role sounds like you, please click Apply Now.
Requirements and Next Steps
This position requires a pre-employment health assessment. Please refer to the Job Demands document for the physical requirements of the position.
Applications close 9:00am, Monday 22nd September 2025.
Please Note: Notifications are primarily system generated. Ensure your email is correct before submitting an application to avoid missing updates and required information.
Why Dubbo Regional Council?
Everything you do at Dubbo Regional Council makes a difference for many people in many ways. We are at the heart of big change and this is your opportunity to shape the future for communities here and beyond.
- Find purpose and impact
- Find personal and professional growth
- Find people you can count on and a lifestyle you love
You\'ll Also Enjoy a Range Of Other Benefits
- Find a better balance - Enjoy a 38-hour workweek, embracing a 9-day fortnight
- Salary packaging options including Rainbow Cottage Childcare, novated vehicle leasing, self-education expenses, disability/income protection insurance, and more
- Annual Staff Excellence Awards and a supportive team environment and active social club
- Health and wellbeing initiatives including Fitness Passport, comprehensive Wellbeing Program, annual flu vaccination, and an Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
Dubbo Regional Council is part of Wiradjuri Country and we acknowledge all clan groups that reside within the Dubbo and Wellington Wiradjuri Nation. We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion, and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.
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