Team Leader - Parks & Recreation

Council Jobs; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Safety program

Professional development

Salary sacrificing

Health insurance discounts

Fitness Passport

Flu vaccinations

Counselling services

Job summary

The Toowoomba Regional Council is seeking a Team Leader to head a horticultural team responsible for maintaining parks and open spaces. You will supervise and motivate staff, delivering high-quality maintenance across a broad set of urban green areas.

The role operates with remote supervision and requires strong leadership, resilience, and a commitment to safety and service delivery in a liveability-focused region.

Qualifications

• Certificate III in Horticulture is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated horticultural experience, or equivalent qualification and experience relevant to this position.
• Current MR Class Driver’s Licence is highly desirable.
• Agricultural Chemicals Distribution Control (ACDC) Spraying Certificate is highly desirable.
• WHS Competency (White Card) for CPCWHS1001 Prepare to work safely in the construction industry, or equivalent, or a willingness to obtain prior to commencement.
• Chainsaw Level 2 Ticket is desirable.
• Current Traffic Management Certification is highly desirable.
• Leadership and teamwork skills.
• Interpersonal and communication skills.
• Accountability.

Responsibilities

• Lead a dynamic team dedicated to enhancing and maintaining parks.
• Execute a diverse range of maintenance tasks with minimal supervision.
• Focus on Council's formal open spaces.

Skills

Horticultural experience

Leadership

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Accountability

Driver's licence

Education

Certificate III in Horticulture

Tools

ACDC Spraying Certificate

White Card

Chainsaw Level 2

Traffic Management Certificate

Job description

BRING YOUR HORTICULTURAL SKILLS TOA TEAM THAT ENJOYS A GREAT LOCATION AND LIFE/WORKBALANCE

• $1,350.67 gross per 38hour week, plus 17.5% annual leave loading and up to 12.65%superannuation.
• Permanent Full timeposition based at our Greenmount depot.
• Work a 9 day fortnight with a Rostered Day Off.

AboutParks & Recreation

The Parks & Recreation Team are thesecret behind the Toowoomba Region’s beautiful parks and gardens.With over 7000 hectares of public gardens, bushland park,sports and recreation facilities and other open space and anextensive urban forest, the Toowoomba region is well known for itsliveability and green infrastructure. The Parks and RecreationServices Branch is responsible for planning, developing andmaintaining our beautiful green infrastructure, some of which isheritage listed, and keeping up with the strong growth across theregion. The team is a diverse mix of approximately 200 peopleworking as labourers, gardeners, arborists, horticulturalists,plant operators, rangers, cleaners, project managers, landscapearchitects, administrators, regulators and their managers andleaders.

About the position

As a Team Leader, you will lead adynamic team dedicated to enhancing and maintaining parks, ensuringthe highest standards of quality and functionality. Operating withminimal supervision, you will lead, motivate, and supervise yourteam in executing a diverse range of maintenance tasks, with aprimary focus on Council's formal open spaces.

In this position, you will operateunder remote supervision.

What we provide

• Work in a safety-consciousorganisation - home safe every day!
• Professional development andlearning opportunities.
• Salary sacrificingopportunities to boost your superannuation.
• Corporate discounts onselected private health insurance.
• Access to the Fitness PassportProgram - providing access to a wide range of local health,fitness, and leisure facilities with a single membership.
• Free Flu Vaccinations and SkinChecks.
• Employee Assistance Program –free 24 hour nationwide confidential counselling services foretployees and their families going through personal orwork-related problems.

What you'll bring

• Certificate III inHorticulture is highly desirable.
• Demonstratedhorticultural experience, or equivalentqualification and experience relevant to this position.
• Current ‘MR’ Class Driver’sLicence is highly desirable.
• Agricultural ChemicalsDistribution Control (ACDC) Spraying Certificate is highlydesirable.
• WHS Competency (WhiteCard) for CPCWHS1001 Prepare to work safely in theconstruction industry, or equivalent, or a willingness toobtain prior to commencement.
• Chainsaw Level 2 Ticket isdesirable.
• Current Traffic ManagementImplementation certificate is highly desirable.
• Leadership and teamworkskills.
• Interpersonal andcommunication skills.
• Accountability.

Please see the Position Description for more detailedinformation.

The preferred candidate will be required toundertake a Criminal History Check and a pre-employment medicalassessment to assess their ability to perform the genuineoccupational requirements of the position.

For furtherinformation

Please contact Lee Zeller - SupervisorParks & Gardens - on 0429 408 *** within business hours.

Closingdate

The closingdate for applications is at 11:59pm on Wednesday, 18 November2026.

The Toowoomba region is about richtraditions and bold ambitions. Our long and proud agriculturalhistory has evolved Toowoomba into Australia’s second largestinland city supporting diverse townships in the council area andacting as a service centre for South West Qld and North West NSW.The region is boldly forging new opportunities around the SuratBasin resource sector, education, health, transport and massiveinfrastructure investments. Growth hasn’t come at the expense ofliveability though, with Toowoomba twice voted in the top 5 mostfamily friendly cities in Australia.

Toowoomba Regional Council services aregional population of 178,500 and employs a team of approximately1,600 staff, dedicated and passionate about delivering excellentcustomer service to the community, residents and visitorsthroughout the region. We recognise that our success depends uponattracting and retaining skilled and talented staff and offer awide variety of interesting challenges and opportunities to developyour career.

Council does not accept unsolicitedagency approaches or applications for this or any other vacancy. Noresponse will be provided.

Attachments:
- Position Description - Team Leader (3484).pdf
- TRC Values and Behaviours.pdf

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