We are seeking an experienced and motivated Team Leader – Parks to provide operational oversight and day-to-day leadership of parks maintenance activities across the City's parks, reserves, streetscapes, and open spaces
Location: City of Melville Operations Centre
Salary: $81,610.10 to $82,899.10 pro-rata p.a. (effective 01st July 2026) + 12% Super
Employment Type: Permanent, Full Time
About the Role
This hands-on leadership role is responsible for coordinating and supervising turf and horticultural maintenance programs, ensuring high-quality service delivery, maintaining a safe and productive work environment, and supporting the ongoing enhancement of the City's public open spaces. The successful candidate will lead by example, foster a positive team culture, and contribute to the achievement of organisational and community objectives.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead daily parks maintenance operations across parks, reserves, and streetscapes.
- Coordinate turf and horticultural maintenance programs to achieve safe, efficient, and high-quality outcomes.
- Ensure the safe operation, maintenance, and use of plant and equipment.
- Train, mentor, and assess staff competency in plant and equipment operation.
- Monitor, inspect, and report on parks and streetscape infrastructure assets.
- Supervise staff performance and support employee development.
- Complete operational reporting and maintain maintenance records.
- Implement traffic management and workplace safety requirements, including risk assessments and site inspections.
- Support the development and review of safety, environmental, and quality systems.
- Liaise with stakeholders and respond to maintenance-related enquiries.
- Ensure compliance with legislative, environmental, and organisational requirements.
- Contribute to continuous improvement and undertake other duties as required.
Essential Requirements
- Certificate III or higher in Horticulture, Parks and Gardens, Turf Management, or a related field.
- Current MR Driver's Licence and White Card/Blue Card.
- Demonstrated experience in parks, horticulture, turf, landscaping, or open space maintenance.
- Proven leadership experience in a field-based operational environment.
- Strong commitment to workplace health, safety, and risk management.
- Well-developed communication, stakeholder engagement, and customer service skills.
- Ability to plan, prioritise, and coordinate operational activities to achieve service outcomes.
Desirable Experience
- Proficiency in operating and maintaining specialised horticultural and turf equipment.
- Current Senior First Aid Certificate.
- Current Basic Traffic Management Certificate.
- Current Chainsaw Operator's Ticket.
- Experience training, mentoring, and developing staff.
How to Apply
Apply online via the Apply button and provide a comprehensive resume and cover letter (no more than 2 pages) demonstrating the below requirements:
- Leading and supervising parks, horticultural, turf, or open space maintenance teams to deliver high-quality operational outcomes.
- Promoting workplace safety and compliance, including risk management, plant and equipment operations, and safe work practices.
Closing Date: Wednesday, 08 July 2026, 11.59PM AWST.
For further information about this position, please contact: Shane Tonkin, Supervisor - Reserves on [email protected] / 08 9364 0702.
If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, we strongly advise you apply as soon as possible as the City reserves the right to close this advertisement before the closing date.
Why The City of Melville?
We are a welcoming and diverse community that enjoys a blend of retail and business precincts and an abundance of open spaces in a unique, natural landscape, along the shores of the beautiful Swan and Canning Rivers.
We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer 2024-2025 – a prestigious award that benchmarks workplace inclusion across various diversity areas. This recognition is the only one of its kind in Australia and highlights our commitment to fostering a workplace where diversity is celebrated, and inclusion thrives. In everything we do, we focus on our EPIC values of Excellence, Participation, Integrity and Caring and we aim to achieve an inclusive, vibrant, and sustainable future.
Why Belong?
Elevate your work experience with the City of Melville’s benefits!
- Enjoy annual salary increases of 4%, effective each year from 1 July 2025 to 1 July 2027.
- Enjoy flexible working arrangements that help balance work and life.
- Stay active with a free LeisureFit membership.
- Save time and money with free on-site parking.
- Celebrate your special day with Birthday Leave – no work on your big day!
- Access paid parental leave to support your family.
- Take two (2) more days of paid leave on us, on top of four (4) weeks of annual leave per annum*.
- Benefit from a generous superannuation co-contribution of up to 15.5%.
- Maximise your pay with salary packaging and novated leasing options.
- Grow your career with structured professional development and study assistance programs.
- Look after your wellbeing with wellness initiatives and Employee Assistance Programs.
- Connect outside of work with a vibrant social club.
The City of Melville celebrates diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, and people living with disabilities.
While permanent positions are generally only open to Australian citizens or permanent residents, permanent positions may occasionally be filled on a fixed-term basis. In such cases and for fixed-term or casual roles, applicants with temporary unrestricted work rights in Australia (and residing in Perth) may be considered, provided they have unrestricted work rights for the duration of the appointment.
All candidates applying for a position where the use of ‘plant and machinery’ or driving a vehicle is an inherent requirement of the role and other ‘high risk’ facilities where public safety is at risk, will be required to pass a drug and alcohol test as part of a pre-employment medical.
We appreciate the interest from Recruitment Agencies in collaborating with us, however, at this time, the City of Melville is managing the recruitment process for this role. Please refrain from submitting candidate profiles to our team. Rest assured, should the need for external assistance arise in the future, we will not hesitate to reach out to recruitment agencies.
