Team Member - Ovals and Parks Maintenance

About Alice Springs Town Council

Alice Springs Town Coun­cil is con­sid­ered to be the heart and soul of Cen­tral Aus­tralia, fond­ly known as the Red Cen­tre. Our Vision is of a brighter future, a pros­per­ous and cohe­sive community.

The Oppor­tu­ni­ty

We seek a Team Mem­ber — Ovals and Parks Main­te­nance Team who will under­take range of hor­ti­cul­tur­al activ­i­ties, specif­i­cal­ly relat­ed to Council’s ovals, parks and reserves. Ensur­ing com­pli­ance with safe­ty poli­cies, con­tribute to the main­te­nance and upkeep of ovals, parks, reserves, drains, verges and laneways includ­ing fer­til­iz­ing, mow­ing, trim­ming, edg­ing and tree pruning.

Your respon­si­bil­i­ties will include iden­ti­fy­ing and remov­ing weeds, pests and dis­eases and erad­i­cate them through the use of pes­ti­cides and her­bi­cides, per­form Parks & Gar­dens sup­port duties with­in capa­bil­i­ties and/​or con­sis­tent with the lev­el of this posi­tion as required, demon­strate a pro­fes­sion­al atti­tude and dis­play respect to gen­er­al pub­lic and oth­er Coun­cil employ­ees, keep accu­rate dai­ly work records and report any issues includ­ing nec­es­sary repairs to the team leader/​super­vi­sor in a time­ly man­ner and haz­ards, acci­dents, inci­dents and near-miss­es to the Man­ag­er as soon as practicable.

What will you get from join­ing the team?

• Attrac­tive salary of $70,176.50 p/​a plus dis­trict allowance — $ 2611.00 w/​dependents, $1498.00 w/​o dependents
• 6 weeks annu­al leave with addi­tion­al gen­er­ous leave entitlements.