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Timaru District Council career site
Infrastructure - Parks & Recreation · Timaru Botanic Gardens

Parks Maintenance Assistant

Join us in making Timaru a beautiful place for everyone!

The Role

Timaru District Council is seeking a Parks Maintenance Assistant to maintain and enhance the cleanliness, charm, and character of Timaru’s historic town centre and wider district parks and reserves.

In this role, you’ll be assisting our Parks Maintenance Officer with routine cleaning, graffiti removal, and maintaining historic building materials. You'll also help with contractors and community groups to ensure a consistently high standard of presentation. Embrace the opportunity to enhance our community’s environment through meticulous maintenance and proactive stakeholder engagement.

We expect you to be physically able to perform various cleaning and maintenance tasks, including lifting and carrying loads of up to 23kg and working on hands and knees. The ideal candidate should have the willingness to learn and develop new skills.

If you are passionate about maintaining the public space and want to contribute to the charm of Timaru District, we would love to hear from you. Join us in making Timaru a beautiful place for everyone!

This is a permanent role and offers 40 hours per week. The hourly rate for this role is $27.80. Check out a copy of the position description here. For further information please email us at jobs@timdc.govt.nz.

You must have the right to live and work in this location to apply for this job. Applications close at 5:00pm, 1st December 2024; however, we may appoint before the closing date if we find suitable applicants during the recruitment process! So if you are interested get your application in quick. Applications can be registered through our career’s website www.timaru.govt.nz/jobs.

The District

Timaru District is a thriving and innovative community. It is the central hub for the South Island, servicing a large agricultural heartland, with a growing economy that provides the import and export gateway for primary sectors. We boast a Top 10 most loved beach in New Zealand and have access to mountains, rivers, and lakes, making Timaru an ideal destination for recreational, sporting, and cultural pursuits.

Let’s not forget about that 7 minute commute to work!

The Organisation

The Timaru District Council aims to enable democratic local decision-making and action by, and on behalf of communities, to promote the social, economic, environmental, and cultural well-being of its communities in the present and for the future. With around 400 staff, there are a diverse range of roles from front facing community to support and technical specialists.

www.welovetimaru.nz celebrates all the things we love about living in Timaru, from our affordable houses, to our easy commute, fantastic lifestyle and our successes. Come and join the story!

Department
Infrastructure - Parks & Recreation
Locations
Timaru Botanic Gardens

Timaru Botanic Gardens

Employee Benefits

  • Flexible Working Hours

    We do our best to assist our employees to have a good work/life balance. We are open to flexible working conditions to make the role work for you and your lifestyle.

  • Social Club

    We have an active social club that engages in a variety of social events including monthly after-work socialising, themed mid year and end of year functions, sporting activities and family orientated functions.

  • Flu Vaccinations

    We want our employees to remain as fit and healthy as possible. We offer free flu vaccines to all staff each year (both flu jabs and oral tablets are offered).

  • Regular Eye Checks

    Vision checks are conducted for employees using Visual Display Units.

  • Medical Insurance

    All employees are eligible for discounted health insurance through Southern Cross.

  • Employee Assistance Programme

    A confidential and professional Employee Assistance Programme is available to all employees to assist with counselling, support, development and advice.

  • Work Sports Teams

    We have work sports teams for those who like to get out and exercise including Touch, Cricket and Croquet.

  • Ergonomic Work Station Assessment

    We encourage and support all of our employees to have a healthy work space and offer assessments to all staff wherever they work and whatever role they do.

  • Wellbeing Committee (COSI)

    Our COSI Committee strives to look after the wellbeing of the people of Timaru District Council. The committee's core values are: Customer Focus (internal and external), One Team, Successful, Integrity. The COSI Committee arrange many varying events including employee awards, morning tea quizzes, fundraising events/days, individual and interdepartmental competitions (eg. baking, gardening, Christmas decorating, moustache growing) , dress up days - all of which get excellent support and engagement from our people. The work of our committed committee members helps our employees to have fun, be happy, positive, creative, healthy and build stronger working relationships.

What the Timaru District Council can offer you:

  • A forward-looking, friendly workplace that is respected in the industry.
  • Hands on experience on large scale projects.
  • An attractive and affordable lifestyle in one of the most stunning parts of the country.
  • Real career progression and a real opportunity to make a difference to the community. 
  • A supportive and encouraging team environment.
Infrastructure - Parks & Recreation · Timaru Botanic Gardens

Parks Maintenance Assistant

Join us in making Timaru a beautiful place for everyone!

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