Horticulture Team Leader | Merivale

The Role
Bring your talent & passion for gardening to Merivale's growing portfolio of venues across Sydney & surrounds. As our Horticulture Team Leader , you will be safeguarding the brand's aesthetic vision. Reporting to the Group Horticulture Manager, you will be working alongside and providing guidance to the team to ensure each venue expresses its unique character while maintaining a consistent standard of excellence. You will be competent when working autonomously and confident leading and supporting a small team ranging from 1-4 people.  

If you thrive on attention to detail, delivering on design vision, and have an eye for pruning to achieve desirable balance, form, and structure, this is the role for you.

You will be responsible for:

• Work alongside, motivate and support team to deliver exceptional results.
• Time management to ensure the completion of maintenance schedules within time restraints
• complete horticultural programs, including fertilisation, pest control, and pruning schedules.
• Support in completion of new venue installs and garden renovations.

About You
Ideally, you will have experience in leading a small team and/or mentoring apprentices in horticulture, and the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Experienced with indoor plants.
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage competing priorities under time restrictions.
• Strong communicator.
• Hands-on and leads by example.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Experience maintaining irrigation systems.
• Relevant industry qualifications and/or licences.
• Current driver’s licence (essential).

The Reward

Joining us means becoming part of a diverse team of nearly 5,000 people who are passionate about creating amazing experiences for our guests – and having fun while doing it!  

We also offer:  

• Competitive salary.  
• Paid parental leave and flexible return to work support for new parents.  
• Amazing discounts at 90+ venues.  
• Career progression opportunities and development through leadership programs and supported technology education tools.  
• Access to our employee assistance program which provides free and confidential health support.  
• Employee referral program.  
• Free lunch in venue each day.