Assistant Gardener - Wellington Botanical Gardens
Wellington City Council
Assistant Gardener - Wellington Botanical Gardens
Kia mahi ngatahi mo Poneke mo tona apopo - Working together for Wellington's future.
As a great harbour capital city, Wellington City Council has established a vision for Wellington as 'an inclusive, sustainable and creative capital for people to live, work and play'. The future of Wellington is compact, inclusive & connected, greener, resilient, vibrant and prosperous.
The Parks team provide a critical customer facing support service, ensuring the city's residents and visitors enjoy a well-managed and maintained environment.
Au ake mahi - What you'll do
We are looking for an assistant Gardener to join our team to help ensure our Wellington Botanic Gardens are in kept in tip-top shape. You can't beat working in the garden, especially on a nice day! Our fantastic horticulture team get to do it year-round and are now looking for a keen gardening enthusiast to join them in maintaining the beautiful gardens at Wellington Botanic Garden.
The Botanic Gardens team delivers a high-quality visitor experience through excellence in horticulture and its contribution to conservation, environmental education and to the health and welfare of the community.
The team delivers exceptional service to our city, our community and the visitors by taking care of our awesome spaces! The purpose of the role is to be part of the team to deliver horticultural maintenance in the plant collections and transition gardens within the Wellington Botanic Garden including the Begonia House Collections, Truby King Park and Bolton Street Cemetery. We are looking for someone with gardening experience and a willingness to learn, but most importantly you will need to be a team player and self-motivated, be able to communicate effectively and verbal communication skills.
The Horticulture team is out and about no matter what the weather is, so you must have the ability to work in all weather and temperature conditions and be physically fit and able.
Nga tohu me nga wheako - Qualifications and experience
Our ideal candidate will also have the relevant experience, skills, and also a passion and flair. A good level of fitness and agility, the ability to work unsupervised and follow health and safety requirements, motivation to do a great job and commitment to best practice is a must!
A minimum qualification of Advanced Certificate in Amenity Horticulture L3 or equivalent experience would be great, a Growsafe certificate would be a bonus! And you should have a current Driver's licence (HT drivers' licence preferable).
The role is full time 40 hours per week, between the hours of 7.30am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, weekend hours and overtime as required.
About us
We're Working for Wellington. Wellington City Council's team provides more than 400 services every day for Wellingtonians - everything from parks and pools to consents and cemeteries - playing our part in making Poneke an inclusive, sustainable, and creative capital for people to live, work and play.
Working for the Council offers you a range of benefits including 5 weeks annual leave, flexible working options, health and wellbeing support, Council staff discounts and a range of learning and development programmes and opportunities.
Diversity:
We want your application to enable you to portray the real you. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the advert through whanau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.
We welcome applications from all walks of life and like our workforce to reflect the diverse communities we serve.
Accessibility Support:
We want to make sure any accessibility requirements you may have, are well supported so the selection process is equitable for everyone. Please let us know if there are any adjustments or support, we can offer to make our process more accessible to you by emailing: recruitment@wcc.govt.nz
Applications close on Monday, 8 September 2025.
All applications must be submitted online - we will not accept emailed applications.
All applicants must have the right to work in New Zealand.
