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Arborist - City of Stonnington - GovernmentCareer - Local
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First listed on: 27 November 2020
Arborist
- Salary: $88k to $96k per annum + Monthly ADO + Superannuation
- Permanent Full Time
- Use your passion for Arboriculture in our Urban Forest!
We are building a safe and inclusive culture where our people are empowered to deliver their best work. Embracing innovation and change, we continually deliver richer and higher quality services to a vibrant, diverse and iconic municipality. We are passionate and energetic, working as one team to build a healthy, prosperous and sustainable community. Progress is important to us, and we and make it a priority to invest in our people’s wellbeing, growth and development.
Do you want to protect and enhance an exceptional tree population for the enjoyment of future generations?
As one of our Arborists you will be responsible for maintaining the health and vitality of Council’s urban forest with the development and delivery of Our City’s tree maintenance, pruning and planting programs. You will contribute expert arboricultural advice and participate in the planning and development of urban forest management, policies, and service objectives to meet community needs.
You will also be responsible for supporting and monitoring contractor performance in tree service delivery for the City of Stonnington as well as providing excellent customer service, and aboricultural advice on Planning and Local Laws matters.
You will also have:
• Extensive knowledge in arboriculture and urban forest management.
• Experience in providing expert horticulture and arboriculture advice to the community.
• Proven ability to gain cooperation and find workable solutions from stakeholders and have the ability to network within your field and community members
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills along with strong conflict resolution and problem solving skills.
• Knowledge and previous application experience of relevant Acts, Regulations, Local Laws, Government and Council Policies.
City of Stonnington is a child safe and equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse and socially inclusive work environment and a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. We actively encourage applicants from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with disability, LGBTIQ+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to explore the opportunity of a career at the City of Stonnington. If you have any support or access requirements, or would like to speak to someone about employment or an alternative processes, please contact Council's Talent Acquisition Advisor on 8920 1310.
Work for Stonnington today. Work that matters. People who make a difference.
For more information, please see the attached Success Profile. Please ignore the text below about a Position Description and responding to the Key Selection Criteria. Instead, use your cover letter to tell us why you’d be great in this role, your experience and skills to deliver the aspects highlighted in the Success profile and that you’ve got what’s needed to thrive.
Submitting your application
We are no longer using Position Descriptions or Key Selection Criteria. Please use your cover letter to demonstrate to us that you can ‘deliver’ the aspects of the role and that you have got what is needed to ‘thrive’. These are the top two sections in the Success Profile below. You do not need to have a heading of each point or address each point individually. Recommended no more than 2 pages for your cover letter.
If you have any support or access requirements, or would like to discuss an alternative application process please contact a member of the Talent Acquisition Team 8290 1333.
To be eligible to apply for this position you must have an appropriate Australian or New Zealand work visa.
For further information on how to apply contact the Council’s Recruitment Officer on Ph: 03 8290 1333.
For position related queries, please contact Paul FitzGerald on Ph: 0408187823
We are no longer using Position Descriptions or Key Selection Criteria. Please use your cover letter to demonstrate to us that you can ‘deliver’ the aspects of the role and that you have got what is needed to ‘thrive’. These are the top two sections in the Success Profile below. You do not need to have a heading of each point or address each point individually. Recommended no more than 2 pages for your cover letter.
If you have any support or access requirements, or would like to discuss an alternative application process please contact a member of the Talent Acquisition Team 8290 1333.
To be eligible to apply for this position you must have an appropriate Australian or New Zealand work visa.
For further information on how to apply contact the Council’s Recruitment Officer on Ph: 03 8290 1333.
For position related queries, please contact Paul FitzGerald on Ph: 0408187823
