Nursery Manager - Job Available

Billabong Aboriginal Development Corporation
Canberra ACT is looking for a nursery manager to join their team.

The responsibilities for this position will include:

• Operation of the nursery and leadership of the nursery team of volunteers.
• Sales, marketing and business planning
• Coordination and direction of native seedling nursery production, orders and dispatch.
• Financial and budget control and reporting
• Staff training (including volunteers)

Essential criteria include a desire to grow and expand our nursery operations with demonstrated experience in:

• Knowledge of the plants of ACT and surrounding areas, seed collection, storage and propagation of native plants.
• Production nursery (particular native and provenance seedlings)

Managing staff in a wholesale nursery environment

• Implementing and monitoring KPI's
• Generating new sales and creating lasting relationships with clients
• Nursery irrigation and maintenance systems to produce field ready seedlings
• Pest/disease monitoring and working with IPM principles

Desirable criteria:

• Demonstrated ability to increase business profile in the industry
• Nursery resource procurement on a limited budget
• Understanding and experience in working for an indigenous organisation and working with support organisations
• Demonstrated experience working with Outlook, Word and Excel

Please respond by emailing your resume and addressing the above selection criteria to admin@billabong.org.au or

Billabong Aboriginal Development Corporation
PO Box 5638
LATHAM ACT 2615

All applications in Confidence.