- Kick start your career, working with trees
- 3 year fixed term role
- Opportunity to gain a qualification and experience
Kia mahi ngātahi mō Pōneke mō tōna āpōpō | 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. Every day we deliver critical services to over 200,000 residents and thousands of businesses and actively works to ensure Wellington is a great place to live, work and play. Making a positive difference to people and community is our purpose. People are our most valuable resource, and people are the reason we exist.
The Parks Operations team provide a critical customer facing support service, ensuring the city's residents and visitors enjoy a well-managed and maintained environment.
About the role
- Satisfying, challenging and rewarding, this is the perfect career path for those with a passion for the outdoors and enjoy physical work.
- We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team in Parks, Sport and Recreation as an Arboriculture Apprentice.
What we offer:
- A 3-year fixed term contract during which time you will be able to gain valuable work experience and successfully complete an NZQA Level 4 National Certificate in Arboriculture.
- The opportunity to help manage Wellingtons tree population
- The opportunity to work in a variety of locations around the city including parks, sport fields, reserves, the Botanic Gardens and Otari-Wilton's Bush.
- The benefits of working alongside knowledgeable industry professionals with years of experience.
- A dedicated Apprentice Co-ordinator who will track your progress and guide you towards completion of your qualification.
If you would like to earn while you learn, have a commitment and genuine interest in arboriculture, a driver's licence, knowledge of amenity horticulture, good writing and reading skills, and preferably three years secondary education then we would like to hear from you. This is a modern competency-based apprenticeship. Please visit https://www.primaryito.ac.nz/ for further information on modern arboriculture apprenticeships.
Because this is a safety sensitive role, candidates will have to pass muscular skeletal and health checks and pre-employment drug and alcohol screening. Please note that all the staff in this team will be subject to random testing as well.
Applicants must also be eligible to work in New Zealand for 3 years to apply for this role.
About us
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.
Applications close 16th of February 2025. All applications must be submitted online.
All applicants must have the right to work in New Zealand and be prepared to undergo a Ministry of Justice and credit check.
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
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