"Gardener"

Job Description:

Te Ratonga Whakahere Paenga | Facilities Management

University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha

Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand

• Permanent full-time position (40 hours per week)
• Monday - Friday 7:30am-4pm
• Generous annual leave provisions and professional development opportunities

*Kia hiwa rā, kia hiwa rā!

He hiahia, he pūkenga nōu ki te mahi a te **Gardener**? Nāia te pōwhiri nā Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha kia tono mai i te tūranga nei.*

**Āu Mahi | What You Will Do** You will maintain garden beds, shrubs, and trees. Your day will be broken up with tasks such as landscaping, trimming, Spraying, lawn mowing, and blowing campus paths/roads/paved areas.

At times you may be required to work at heights in a Mobile Elevated work platform, use horticultural machinery, and operate ride-on mowers.

**Mōu | Who You Are** You are an experienced horticulturalist with at least 5+ years' experience. Less experience would be considered if you hold a relevant qualification (Diploma or level 3 certificate in Amenity Horticulture).

You have experience working with horticultural machinery, operating hedge trimmers and chain saws. You have a passion for gardening and great plant knowledge.

You must have a clean and current full NZ driver's licence.

**Mahi Ngātahi | Who You Will Work With** The Gardening Team is part of the wider Facilities Management Department who are highly knowledgeable, welcoming, and sociable. Our tight knit Team is passionate about the work that we do and are proud of our campus.

**Ngā Painga o UC | Why UC** Ngā Uara | Our Values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and tiakitanga guide our decisions and behaviour and provide a roadmap for how we do things at UC, affirming our commitment to pastoral care and support for our ākonga and staff. They challenge and inspire us to be the best we can, and make UC a great place to work and study. For more info on Ngā Uara | Our Values visit us here.

We are committed to accessible higher education, service to the community and the encouragement of talent without barriers of distance, wealth, class, gender or ethnicity. The University explicitly aims to produce graduates and support staff who are engaged with their communities, empowered to act for good and determined to make a difference in the world.

We offer a range of fantastic benefits including flexible work practices, study opportunities and generous superannuation and leave provisions. For more information, please visit us: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/about-uc/work-at-uc/benefits-working-uc. For more information about Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, please visit https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/.

**The closing date for this position is: 17 September 2025 (midnight, NZ time)** *Please note, applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place before the close date.*

**Pēhea te tono mai | How You Apply**Applications for this position must be submitted via our careers website and should include a cover letter and resume.

Please note, we do not accept applications by email, however we are happy to answer your queries in relation to the application process, please forward these to WorkatUC@canterbury.ac.nz.

You must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship/permanent residency or hold a valid NZ work visa to be considered for this role.

Job Details

Reference #28793Posted on03 Sep 2025Closes on17 Sep 2025 23:55Location(s)ChristchurchExpertiseWorks, Trades & ServicesJob level(s)ExperiencedWork type(s)Continuing (Permanent) full-timeMore details (document)PD Gardener August 2025.pdf ### Posted:

03/09/2025