Coffs Harbour City Council

Works Assistant (Floating – Open Spaces)

• Multiple opportunities available including Permanent and Fixed-Term.
• The perfect role for someone who enjoys working outside!
• See your projects come to life and positively impact the community.

About the role

Are you passionate about working outdoors and making a positive impact? The City is looking for highly motivated and skilled Works Assistants (Floating - Open Spaces) to join our team! Your responsibilities will include maintaining parks, gardens, amenities, and playgrounds within the Coffs Coast community.

As a Works Assistant, you will utilise your expertise in horticulture, turf maintenance, and construction skills to support the Open Spaces Coordinator/s in various projects. Your role will involve implementing herbicide programs for parkland maintenance, asset maintenance, and repairs within gardens, reserves, and parklands.

In addition, you will be responsible for cleaning, mowing, and general routine maintenance activities for facilities such as amenities, barbeques, playground equipment, structures, fences, and related components including tools and equipment.

To excel in this role, you must possess excellent communication skills, prioritise customer service and safety, work well in a team, and be able to operate independently. A strong commitment to sustainability practices and a willingness to learn and grow with the City are also essential.

Join our team today and become part of an organisation that values its employees and strives to make a positive impact in the community.

About you?

• Certificate lll Horticulture or Civil Construction or equivalent, and/or demonstrated relevant work experience.
• Current Medium Rigid (MR) Drivers Licence.
• National Construction Induction Certification (Whitecard).
• Demonstrated experience in gardening, labouring or horticultural operations.
• Demonstrated experience in the maintenance of green spaces including operating small plant such as mowers, brush cutters, blowers, power sprays.

What's on offer?

• Starting salary from $55,672.04 + 11.5% superannuation
• Permanent Full-Time 38 hours per week / Fixed Term Full-Time until 2026.
• Options to accrue flex time (RDO's) and flexible working arrangements.
• Generous leave entitlements - long service leave after 5 years.
• Scope for performance-based salary increases.
• Numerous benefits as outlined here!

About us

The City of Coffs Harbour strives to ensure the community and visitors can enjoy and grow the City's opportunities. We empower our people to innovate and work collaboratively with accountability and respect at the core of our approach.

This is an excellent opportunity to be a part of a dynamic organisation and a thriving community in one of NSW's most beautiful regions. Check out the benefits of living on the Coffs Coast

Want to chat?

Please reach out to Sally Spunner, Technical Officer (Open Spaces) on sally.spunner@chcc.nsw.gov.au or via phone 0438 260 355 to discuss the role in more detail.

If you have any queries around your application or the recruitment process, then you can reach out to our Talent Acquisition Team via email at recruitment@chcc.nsw.gov.au

Want to apply?

The application process and further details, including the Position Description, can be found on our Careers Page: https://coffsharbour.recruitmenthub.com.au/Positions-Vacant & enter ref code: 6681293.

The City of Coffs Harbour is committed to the principles of employment equity and diversity and encourages applications from people of all ages and backgrounds to apply.