Yarra View Bushland Nursery - Area Supervisor

About Us:

Part of the Knoxbrooke Enterprises group, Yarra View Bushland Nursery with 3 separate sites in Mt. Evelyn and Wandin. We produce a broad range of plants and have customers across the south eastern states of Australia that include retailers, landscapers, councils and construction firms. We are one of Australia’s leading social enterprise organisations, providing supported employment and training opportunities for people living with a disability, in a true commercial environment. You can find our plants along the recently opened Mordialloc Freeway project as well as the Bayswater and Heatherdale Station projects.

We are looking for a full-time Supervisor to work alongside and lead by example a team of 4 adults with a disability in our large wholesale nursery located in beautiful Mount Evelyn. In this role you will instruct and supervise Supported Employees in performing the duties required. You you will also be undertaking a range of nursery duties such as plant propagation, hand/machine potting, plant maintenance, weeding, maintenance of stock gardens, despatch and other nursery duties as required.

Fit, healthy and active; you will have a strong work ethic and love working outdoors in a team environment. You will be able to demonstrate great communication and leadership skills along with the ability to interact with people of diverse abilities. This position requires high level communication skills, attention to detail, plant identification skills and computer literacy.

Previous wholesale nursery experience over 12 months is essential for this role along with experience providing direction to other staff. Experience working with people with a disability is highly regarded.

Please note requirements of these roles will also include:

• Driver's licence
• Evidence of COVID-19 vaccination or authorised medical exemption
• Willingness to undertake an NDIS Worker Screening Check
• Evidence of the right to work in Australia

To apply please send your resume and a cover letter to ***********@knoxbrooke.com.au

Please note we will be processing applications as they are received and therefore interviews may be taking place while role is still advertised.