Why Join

Permanent Role - 35 hours a week - flexible work hours
Excellent Staff Benefits- see below!
Work uniform provided

About the role

Love working outdoors?

Our dedicated team are looking for a Gardener to join us in maintaining an attractive community environment for our residents. This might be an opportunity to get some solid experience on your CV with a well-recognised and respected employer or perhaps you're moving away from a hectic role and want to work outside in a beautiful environment with great people. The role is for 35 hours a week, Monday to Friday

Duties include:

To maintain the landscaping and grounds to a very high standard to maximise the enjoyment of existing residents and make the village appealing and attractive to prospective residents.

Maintaining visually appealing gardens and grounds up to company standards.
Maintain and appropriately use equipment for optimal safety and longevity.
Conduct planned maintenance activities, including fertilization, weeding, tying/training, trimming, pruning, furniture inspections, repairs, cleaning, and painting, following the Maintenance Program and company standards.
Collect, sort and manage green waste
Operate site vehicles, including the minibus, as necessary for work duties in a safe manner
Demonstrate teamwork, initiative, and willingness to perform additional duties as required by management.

Skills and Experience Required:

Previous experience working outdoors and any experience with gardening, school grounds caretaking, landscaping or amenity gardening would be ideal. A clean driver's license would be preferrable. We would definitely encourage a candidate who possesses knowledge or has experience of, general gardening, spraying, weeding, and/or pruning, to apply. Enthusiastic and fit candidates with a great attitude are also encouraged to apply!

You will appreciate how important this position is in delivering an outstanding service to our residents, so you will have empathy for the older person; excellent spoken English with the ability to communicate in a clear, considerate fashion

Check out some of our Benefits!

3 paid wellness days per annum
1 paid day of leave to celebrate your birthday each year
Health Insurance - automatic cover free to all permanent staff
Access to our new Reward and Recognition platform which includes access to discounts and cashbacks from over 100 retailers.
26 weeks of parental leave on full pay and 5 days paid leave for partners.
Kiwisaver payments continued for those opted in over the age of 65 years
Employee assistance program (EAP)
Refer a friend incentive of up to $1500*
Access to thousands of online training modules and courses from some of the world's leading learning specialists

About us
Established in 1984, Metlifecare is a leading owner and operator of retirement villages, providing rewarding lifestyles and care to more than 6,500 New Zealanders. We pride ourselves on providing retirement communities in which people are empowered to be the very best version of themselves. Metlifecare currently operates over 36 villages located around New Zealand and employs over 2000 staff.

How to apply
Please apply by clicking on the below APPLY NOW button or by visiting our careers page www.careers.metlifecare.co.nz/home

Not sure if this role is for you but interested in what else Metlifecare has to offer? Then please visit our careers page www.careers.metlifecare.co.nz/home to see our other current vacancies.

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Please note that Identification and work eligibility is required with your application.

Gardener

Metlifecare

Gardener

Metlifecare

Auckland

Metlifecare

Gardener

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