Senior Florist

The Beautiful Bunch

Senior Florist

The Beautiful Bunch is a Fitzroy North, Melbourne-based floral delivery service bringing joy through flowers and creating jobs for women from refugee backgrounds. We are a social enterprise, offering training and employment opportunities to young women who are experiencing challenges to finding employment. Our purpose is to support our trainees to build the confidence, skills, and social networks needed to find meaningful work and begin the path to achieving their dreams. 

We are hiring a talented Senior florist with a passion for making a positive difference in the lives of the young women we work with. As the only social enterprise florist in Australia working with young women from refugee backgrounds, it is crucial that you share our vision and values to contributing to a better world for people and the planet.  

Key Responsibilities

• Conceptualise and create beautiful floral arrangements 
• Process orders and maintain customer management
• Liaise with suppliers and attend Melbourne flower market weekly
• Support the expansion of a formalised floristry training program 
• Train staff to ensure they have the practical skills and botanical knowledge required
• Contribute to the organised, orderly and smooth running of daily operations
• Assist with inventory control, ensuring we neither run out of nor waste stock.

Experience and Skills We Are Looking For

• Background or previous experience as a Senior Florist, particularly in event floristry (minimum 3 years)
• Strong communication skills, verbal and written 
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment and ability to pivot when priorities change 
• Strong attention to detail and organisational skills with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly organised and independent with ability to multi-task and prioritise
• Good balance of creative and technical skills

About You

• Strong believer in BB’s vision and values - this is crucial! We are looking for someone for whom this would be a dream job and who is committed to making the world a better place for young women
• Systematic, creative, and methodical with a problem-solving approach
• Proactive, takes initiative
• Must have full license and own vehicle 

Only applicants with a cover letter will be considered.