13666

Closes: 17 July 2025

Classification: Senior Officer Grade A
Salary: $169,551 plus superannuation
Position No: 13666
Directorate: City and Environment
Advertised (Gazettal date): 03 July 2025
Contact Officer: Matt Parker on Matt.Parker@act.gov.au or (02) 6205 3334

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Details: Are you a strategic leader with high business and commercial acumen, and a strong knowledge of horticulture? Are you ready to lead a diverse workforce and engage with broad range of stakeholders? Then you could be the next General Manager / Senior Director Branch Manager at Yarralumla Nursery.

Yarralumla Nursery is the largest wholesale nursery in the southern tablelands and sells high quality, competitively priced plants to landscape, wholesale, and retail industries; Landcare groups; and local, state governments as well as the Australian Government. The Nursery propagates and grows over 200,000 cool climate plants annually from its own plant stock and seed bank including local, rare, and endangered species.

This position requires a strategic and commercially minded leader to support the continued growth and resilience of the Nursery by identifying and progressing business development opportunities and strengthening cost management practices. The successful person will lead an office-based and operational workforce responsible for plant production and maintenance, sales, finance and administration, facilities, marketing and communications.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a fast paced dynamic and supportive workplace that is making a tangible difference to the landscape we live in now and for future generations. As the General Manager / Senior Director Branch Manager you will be an integral part of the team, providing support in the production and sale of high-quality plants to the Canberra community and the surrounding regions.

The role is based at the Yarralumla Nursery in Canberra.

Eligibility/Other Requirements: Relevant qualification and experience in horticulture and business or public administration is highly desirable.

Notes: This is a temporary position available 21 July 2025 for a period of six months.

Selection may be based on application and referee reports only.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.

The position is based on site at Yarralumla Nursery in Canberra.

How to Apply: Please provide a curriculum vitae and two-page pitch/cover letter addressing the Selection Criteria directly to Matt.Parker@act.gov.au.

Applications should be submitted via the Apply Now Button below.

City and Environment

City and Environment Directorate was established on the 1 July 2025. This new directorate is an amalgamation of positions previously advertised under Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate and Transport Canberra and City Services Directorate.

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Note

This is a temporary position available 21 July 2025 for a period of six months.