Nursery Manager
CERES
Posted 25 days ago
PERMANENT PART-TIME (4 DAYS PER WEEK)
MELBOURNE – BRUNSWICK
JOB POSTED ON: 25 MARCH 2025
APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 14 APRIL 2025
https://ceres.org.au/careers-at-ceres/application-details-01/
CERES Nursery is recognised as a highly professional and innovative social enterprise
offering a memorable experience to CERES visitors with a personal and caring approach
to customer service. The Nursery is extremely popular within the community and
continues to set a standard in providing a sustainable alternative to the mainstream
nursery industry.
The Nursery aims to create a beautiful and inspiring space where people feel welcome
and can access the information and materials they require to become organic food
gardeners as well as create ecologically diverse and wildlife-friendly native gardens.
WHERE YOU COME IN
The key responsibility is to work with the Nursery staff to lead and oversee the continued
development of the Nursery. Key roles include being responsible for recruitment,
training, delegating and supervising all Nursery staff; coordinating purchasing and stock
management; writing, managing and reporting against the Nursery’s annual budget;
supervising daily operations and rostering.
You will make an impact by:
● Overseeing all facets of the Nursery’s operations.
● Assisting customers with horticultural advice and knowledge, sales and service.
● Continuously considering the Nursery’s offerings in the context of the market and
customer needs to ensure that the Nursery continues to evolve and maintains its
dynamic, responsive and innovative edge.
● Being accountable for the Nursery’s financial performance.
DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?
This role requires:
● Extensive horticultural knowledge and skills that would allow the successful
applicant to mentor staff.
● Exceptional general and broad range plant knowledge including all food plants,
indigenous and general Australian natives.
● Extensive skills and experience in business management within the retail nursery
sector.
● Demonstrated ability to manage finances and set and meet budget targets.
● Demonstrated skills in leadership, delegation, supervision, training and
interpersonal communication.
● Demonstrated experience working collaboratively, preferably in a community
organisation or similar.
● Knowledge and interest in permaculture principles
What’s desirable:
● Experience in a medium to large not-for-profit/charitable organisation.
WORKING AT CERES IS MORE THAN JUST A JOB
It’s the feeling of knowing that your work is contributing to making the world a better
place and working with others who feel the same.
In addition to a connection to social causes you will have access to:
● Agile working environment including working from home
● Collaborative, values-centred and highly supportive team environment
● Access to all CERES’ unique environments including the park with strong links to
the environment and community
● Generous staff discounts across many CERES enterprises and products including
educational programs and café purchases at Merri Café.
SOUND INTERESTING?
We’d love to hear from you! Please submit your cover letter addressing the Person’s
Specifications in the Position Description and resume as one document.
CERES is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment and
without risk to the health of its employees, consistent with our obligations under
Occupational Health and Safety legislation. If you are successful in this role, before the
commencement of employment you will need to provide evidence that you are
vaccinated against COVID-19, or that you have proof of medical exemption from the
vaccine. Acceptable evidence includes a COVID-19 digital certificate downloadable from
your myGov account.
At CERES we seek a workforce that is as diverse as our society – in ethnicity, gender, age,
sexuality, disability, culture and beliefs – and reflects the communities we work in. We
believe diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and core values and we
demonstrate this commitment through all our employment practices. Our inclusive
workplace culture contributes to making CERES a great place to work. We actively
encourage people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from
CALD backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ people, people with a disability and others to apply.
CERES Child Safe standards;
● In line with the Child Wellbeing and Safety Amendment (Child Safety Standards)
Act 2015, CERES is committed to upholding the Victorian Child Safe Standards, to
the best of its abilities and resources.
● CERES Upholds itself as an organisation committed to the right to survival,
protection, development, participation and empowerment of all children and
young people.
● Is committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children, young people and
children and young people from culturally diverse and/or linguistically diverse
(CALD) backgrounds and to providing a safe environment for children and young
people with a disability.
Applications Close; 14th of April 2025
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