Gardener

Overview

Te Ratonga Whakahere Paenga | Facilities Management, University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wananga o Waitaha.

Located in Otautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand.

Permanent full-time position (40 hours per week)

Monday - Friday 7 : 30am-4pm

Generous annual leave provisions and professional development opportunities

Mahi | What You Will Do

You will maintain garden beds, shrubs, and trees.

Your day will be broken up with tasks such as landscaping, trimming, spraying, lawn mowing, and blowing campus paths / roads / paved areas.

At times you may be required to work at heights in a Mobile Elevated Work Platform, use horticultural machinery, and operate ride-on mowers.

Mou | Who You Are

You are an experienced horticulturalist with at least 5+ years\' experience.

Less experience would be considered if you hold a relevant qualification (Diploma or level 3 certificate in Amenity Horticulture).

You have experience working with horticultural machinery, operating hedge trimmers and chainsaws.

You have a passion for gardening and great plant knowledge.

You must have a clean and current full NZ driver\'s licence.

Mahi Ngatahi | Who You Will Work With

The Gardening Team is part of the wider Facilities Management Department who are highly knowledgeable, welcoming, and sociable.

Our tight knit Team is passionate about the work that we do and are proud of our campus.

Nga Painga o UC | Why UC

Nga Uara | Our Values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and tiakitanga guide our decisions and behaviour and provide a roadmap for how we do things at UC, affirming our commitment to pastoral care and support for our akonga and staff.

They challenge and inspire us to be the best we can, and make UC a great place to work and study.

For more info on Nga Uara | Our Values visit us here.

We are committed to accessible higher education, service to the community and the encouragement of talent without barriers of distance, wealth, class, gender or ethnicity.

The University explicitly aims to produce graduates and support staff who are engaged with their communities, empowered to act for good and determined to make a difference in the world.

We offer a range of fantastic benefits including flexible work practices, study opportunities and generous superannuation and leave provisions.

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For more information about Te Whare Wananga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, please visit /

The closing date for this position

17 September 2025 (midnight, NZ time)

Please note, applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place before the close date.

Pehea te tono mai | How You Apply

Applications for this position must be submitted via our careers website and should include a cover letter and resume.

Please note, we do not accept applications by email, however we are happy to answer your queries in relation to the application process, please forward these to

You must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship / permanent residency or hold a valid NZ work visa to be considered for this role.

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