AddressRoyal 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 https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/
- Support the delivery of Interpretation and Signage projects at an iconic Victorian landmark
- Melbourne Gardens and Cranbourne Gardens location
- Full time, ongoing Role
What You'll Do
As the Interpretation and Signage Assistant, you will be responsible for supporting the coordination, delivery and evaluation of Interpretation and Signage projects across both Melbourne and Cranbourne Gardens. This is a great opportunity for someone who is ready to work as a collaborative, flexible and reliable member of the team, developing positive and professional staff and stakeholder relationships to deliver projects. A normal day would see you provide administrative support for project planning, logistics, signage request coordination, liaising with designers and Signage fabricators, problem solving and navigating shifting priorities as well as a hands-on contribution to supporting the Programming and Audience Development's events and programs.
What You'll Bring
The successful candidate must hold a current Victorian driver's license, as well as industry or tertiary qualifications in a relevant field and/or demonstrated relevant experience. You possess excellent organisational skills with an ability to effectively maintain systems and processes, problem solve, coordinate tasks and respond to changing priorities and deadlines of multiple components of simultaneous projects. In addition, you have a strong knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite and Adobe Suite (particularly Acrobat, InDesign and Illustrator), with digital content management experience also highly desirable. You have a willingness to learn and a preparedness to roll up your sleeves to any task, recognising that they all play a key role in the team's success. As someone who can work independently and be a great addition to a collaborative team, ideally you will hold a good understanding of quality event production, including experience preparing run-sheets, coordinating suppliers, staff and volunteers, OHS and site logistics. The scope of this role would see the successful candidate spending their time between the Melbourne and Cranbourne Gardens with a variety of administrative and site-based, outdoor, physical work.
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 http://jobs.careers.vic.gov.au.You must submit a recent resume along with a document responding to each of the Key Selection Criteria as stated in the position description prior to the deadline. Applications will only be accepted via the Victorian Government website. Enquiries can be directed by email to ***********@rbg.vic.gov.au. 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.
