Blackbutt Reserve Worker

Job No: CN2373

Location: Newcastle

Employment Status: Permanent, full-time

No. of Vacancies: 2

Closing Date: 9 Dec 2020 AEDT

• Support the delivery of activities at Blackbutt Reserve, including care for animals, park maintenance, and the delivery of educational programs.
• 2 x permanent, full-time role – 38 hours per week.
• Flexible work arrangements available.

Thriving and rapidly transforming, Newcastle is New South Wales’ second largest city and is located 160km north of Sydney. It offers the perfect lifestyle and career environment.

City of Newcastle (CN) is seeking self-motivated and enthusiastic Blackbutt Reserve Workers to support the delivery of activities at Blackbutt Reserve including care for animals, park maintenance, and implementation of education programs.

Drawing on your proven experience in a similar role, you’ll fulfil a range of day-to-day operational tasks and activities including training and mentoring volunteers; promoting and prioritising a positive customer experience and Blackbutt Reserve as a premier tourist destination; ensuring the effective maintenance of wildlife exhibits; contributing to the development and delivery of engaging educational programs/presentations to a range of audiences including schools; and maintaining detailed records and reports.

At CN our people are valued and have access to a range of benefits that help balance life at work and at home. These include flexible working arrangements, professional development opportunities and health and wellbeing programs.

The essentials you’ll need:

• Tertiary qualifications in captive native animals and/or relevant knowledge and experience in the care of captive native animals in a similar role in an outdoor setting and demonstrated capacity to deliver.
• Proven ability to plan and deliver environmental educational activities with native animals as well as direction and leadership to volunteers to deliver supporting presentations and activities.
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills to support the provision of technical advice to internal and external customers.
• Ability to work independently and in a team-based environment and demonstrated capability to work unsupervised using initiative and problem solving skills to overcome daily issues.
• Proven ability to maintain accurate written records to support the business.
• Experience in the safe operation of machinery and equipment, and proven ability to undertake general park maintenance activities to agreed service levels.
• Availability to work a flexible roster including weekend shifts, public holidays and after hours activities.
• Class C NSW driver licence (manual desirable).
• Working with Children Check.

Other valuable skills you may have:

• Chainsaw accreditation certificate.
• Ability to interpret landscape plans, standards and related documentation and supervise / undertake minor landscape works.

• Conservation and Land Management or Horticulture qualifications, and/or equivalent relevant knowledge, experience and a demonstrated capacity to deliver.

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City of Newcastle proudly promotes the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and fosters a culture of diversity to represent the community of our Local Government Area.

All candidates will be assessed against the selection criteria outlined in the position description. Suitable candidates may be placed on an eligibility list for future identical positions for a period of 12 months.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.

To view the full position description please click here.

Application Closing Date: Tuesday, 8 December 2020.

Remuneration: $56,196 to $58,529.05 + 9.5% Superannuation per annum for a 38-hour week.

Contact: Matt Cormack – Field Supervisor Blackbutt Reserve – 0413837824.

The NSW Child Protection (Prohibited Employment) Act 1998 makes it an offence for a person convicted of a serious sex offence, or a Registrable Person under the Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 to apply for these positions. Relevant criminal, Working With Children and prior employment checks, including relevant disciplinary proceedings, will be conducted on recommended candidates.