Who We Are

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (RBGV) employs over 240 staff overseeing two beautiful world-class gardens, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne. The organisation fosters an understanding and appreciation for plants and the natural world through arts and culture and education programs, world-leading scientific research, plant conservation programs, and promotes health and wellbeing in nature.

What You'll Do

Join our Horticulture Branch as Team Leader Landscape Systems and drive the management and development of the Landscape Systems team to support our mission at RBGV. In this role, you'll lead team operations to achieve high standards in environmental systems, horticulture, and public safety.

Key responsibilities include training and mentoring team members, ensuring best practices in environmental management, and overseeing vital systems like lake and wetland maintenance, irrigation, and biosecurity.

You'll collaborate with other branches, contribute to strategic planning initiatives, manage resources, and ensure regulatory compliance, all while fostering a positive, customer-focused culture. This role also offers the opportunity to enhance RBGV's reputation through public engagement, professional communication, and partnerships with educational institutions. If you're passionate about sustainability and landscape management, we want to hear from you.

What You'll Bring

The successful candidate will ideally have a background in Environmental Sciences or related fields, preferably with extensive hands-on experience in botanical horticulture management. This role involves leading and motivating a team of staff, volunteers, and students, managing contractors, and overseeing complex landscape systems operations.

Key qualifications include expertise in water conservation, ecological management of lake and wetland systems, environmental monitoring, and risk management. Strong planning, budgeting, and communication skills are essential, along with the ability to manage competing priorities effectively.

You should be adept at strategic thinking, with the initiative to work both independently and collaboratively. A Victorian driver's license is required, and flexibility for occasional weekend or after-hours work is expected

All other key selection criteria can be found in the Position Description (see below).

Working with Us

At RBGV you'll be part of a nationally recognised organisation that makes a genuine impact on a local and international scale. As an employee you will benefit from flexible working arrangements to assist in creating genuine work/life balance, annual leave loading, access to an Employee Assistance Program and much more.

RBGV is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Our organisation is a proudly child safe organisation and committed to protecting children and young people from harm.