• Permanent Part-Time (4 days per week) 
• $44.94 Per Hour
• Melbourne – Brunswick East
• Not for Profit (NFP)

CERES NURSERY IS NO ORDINARY NOT-FOR-PROFIT

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. 

• 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. 

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.

A position description is attached.