Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (RBGV)

• Opportunity to work for an iconic landmark of Victoria
• Exceptional Retail sales skills required
• Three positions available

Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is comprised of two significant sites: Melbourne Gardens, a
world-renowned heritage landscape with a significant state-owned collection and Cranbourne Gardens, a conservation and design site dedicated to Australian flora and fauna, including the internationally award-winning Australian Garden. Together, the two sites provide extraordinary opportunities for community engagement and cultural expression. The Gardens also plays an active role in promoting Melbourne as a resilient city, contributing to social cohesion and enhanced scientific literacy toward our vision of a healthy planet and flourishing local community.

The Retail Sales Assistant is responsible for working as part of the RBGV Shop retail team, promoting the RBGV brand and image and effectively interacting with customers to provide outstanding customer service and maximise sales revenue.

The successful candidate will have proven retail sales experience, demonstrated experience in and knowledge of customer selling techniques and experience in computerised point of sale systems. Ideally, you will also have experience of working within a cultural or tourism-related retail sales environment.

Information about the three positions:

1x Melbourne Part-time Position
This is a part-time role, working Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 9:15am-5:18pm. Your usual place of work will be at Melbourne Gardens, however you may be required to work at Cranbourne Gardens from time to time, so flexibility is required.

1 x Cranbourne Part-time Position
This is a part-time role working Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. Your usual place of work will be at Cranbourne Gardens however you may be required to work at Melbourne Gardens from time to time, so flexibility is required.

1 x Casual Position - Fixed Term position until June 30th 2019
*Must be able to work across both Melbourne and Cranbourne locations
Availability across a 7 day roster is required. Shifts are allocated according to the needs of the business. The successful applicant will be allocated shifts at both Melbourne and Cranbourne Gardens so it is expected that the applicant will hold a current Driver's Licence and have their own car.

Full availability is essential during the Christmas and New Year period.

For further detail, please refer to the position description.

For more information and to apply for this role, please visit the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria's website at http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/about-us/job-opportunities or http://jobs.careers.vic.gov.au by COB Tuesday 9 October 2018.

Enquiries can be directed by email to Tiffany Hall, Retail Operations Administrator at [email protected].

Applications should address the list of role requirements under the heading "Success Profile" as stated in the position description found under the ‘Attachments' heading on the Victorian Government website.

Applications will only be accepted via the Victorian Government website.