Do you want to share your love of trees with the community by leading a team that grows thousands of native plants each year?
- Opportunity to join our established people-centred, environmental organisation, devoted to healing landscapes and connecting communities
- Flexible work practices and newly built office and nursery facilities
- Part-time
About the role
The primary role of the Community Nursery Manager is to direct the full production process, inventory management and dispatch of native seedlings at the Trillion Trees Australia Community Nursery. Close collaboration with the ecological restoration team is required. The role involves developing the nursery’s annual planting schedule, liaising with customers and preparing financial budgets. Guidance and training to staff and volunteers across the full range of nursery tasks is required to ensure the nursery continues to deliver the high-quality plant outputs for which Trillion Trees has a strong reputation, as well as maintaining compliance with its NIASA accreditation. This role is supported by the Assistant Nursery Manager and Volunteer Coordinator.
About you
You are looking to combine your knowledge and experience of horticulture and environmental restoration, with your superior skills in planning, communication and supervision, to deliver our annual nursery production schedule. You will have the ability to focus on ecological restoration objectives and collaborate with key Trillion Trees staff to deliver strategic restoration outcomes.
Motivated and full of enthusiasm, you have a genuine commitment to supporting and mentoring volunteers and staff to deliver outcomes. You are passionate about creating a positive work environment and consistently promote community wellbeing by engaging and inspiring staff and volunteers.
You will be comfortable liaising with people from diverse backgrounds to build positive relationships through patience, kindness and compassion.
The ability to work in a dynamic environment, resolving challenges and responding to changing priorities as they arise is central to the role. You will be a strategic thinker with the capability to interact professionally with customers and senior stakeholders in person and online.
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