Description:
Tulgeen Riverside Nursery is Bega's go-to source for gardening supplies. Our retail nursery offers everything from seedlings and exotic species, through to locally grown favourites, as well as pots, soil, fertilisers and all other gardening accessories.
But we're more than that!
As an Australian Disability Enterprise, we also provide Supported Employment to NDIS participants to build their skills and confidence in order to thrive within meaningful employment.
We are on the lookout for a vibrant and passionate Nursery Worker, who is ready for a hands-on role within a busy retail and production nursery. Our Riverside Nursery Enterprise Workers play a crucial role in supporting Tulgeen’s vision of an inclusive, connected, and caring community.
In this role you will engage in:
- Plant care and maintenance : Preparing and maintaining plant beds, propagating and pruning plants, identifying and addressing plant health issues, and maintaining the nursery landscape.
- Customer service and sales : Providing customer service, advising on plant and product selection, fulfilling and packaging orders, and participating in stock management and ordering.
- Operational tasks : Relocating and arranging plants for retail, receiving and distributing horticultural products, maintaining gardening tools and equipment, offering horticultural advice to other nursery staff such as the supported employment team.
- Engagement with supported employees : Working with supported employee participants under the Enterprise Team Leader’s guidance.
- Guidance and mentoring : Facilitating on-the-job guidance and mentoring for trainees and new or casual employees.
Role Title: Riverside Nursery Enterprise Worker
Role Type : Casual Day Worker
Reports to: Riverside Nursery Enterprise Team Leader
Location: Tulgeen Riverside Nursery, Bega NSW
Essential Role Requirements:
- Previous experience working within a thriving multi-faceted nursery.
- Demonstrated ability to learn and effectively apply skills necessary for the role
- Effectively prioritise work and meet deadlines according to the role requirements
- NDIS Worker Check,
- First Aid Certificate,
- NSW Drivers Licence
- Horticulture (or related field) qualifications preferred.
Desired Role Requirements:
- Horticulture (or related field) qualifications preferred.
- Experience working in the disability sector
- Experience using Microsoft Office tools including Excel
- Experience in customer service and support
- Experience in money handling
If you meet the above role requirements and feel you would be a good fit for our team, please send your up-to-date CV along with a cover letter telling us about what draws you to this role, to recruitment@tulgeen.com.au
For more information about this role including the role description, head to https://tulgeen.com.au/current-opportunities/
For more information about Tulgeen Riverside Nursery, head to https://tulgeen.com.au/riverside-nursery-bega/
We will be processing applications as we receive them, so get in quickly if this role excites you! Advertising will be removed once this role is filled.