Park and Garden Worker

Do you enjoy working outdoors and creating beautiful green environments? Then you could be our new park and garden worker!

Who are we?

The Community Building Office creates value for everyone living and working in Norrköping. Here, the entire community building process comes together, and every competence is important for us to achieve our goals. Here you have the opportunity to develop while contributing to Norrköping's sustainable growth. Together, we solve tricky challenges by being innovative and brave. Do you want to join us?

Read more about the Community Building Office and our offerings: Community Building (https://www.norrkoping.se/samhallsbyggnad)

Greenhouse Sylten

Greenhouse Sylten is a unit belonging to Nature and Construction. We work on planning, cultivating plants, designing, and maintaining several of our most beautiful plantings in central Norrköping. We are responsible for the cactus planting in Carl Johan's park, among other things. Greenhouse Sylten also handles decorations for holidays.

Greenhouse Sylten consists of four dedicated employees working in park and garden maintenance. We are located at Syltenvägen 3, surrounded by a beautiful green area.

We are now looking for a driven colleague for the spring and summer season!

Your tasks

As a park and garden worker with us, you will have the chance to create and maintain beautiful green environments in Norrköping.

You will have a varied job in an outdoor environment where you plant flowers and plants, trim and weed to ensure our parks and plantings are beautiful and well-kept.

During the spring and summer season, we focus on the maintenance of greenhouses and green areas. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to the cactus planting done in Carl Johan's park, together with your colleagues.

In addition to caring for the greenery, you will also drive our water truck to ensure our plants and flowers remain fresh and vibrant.

Who are you?

We are looking for someone with a relevant high school education in gardening or natural resource management, or alternatively, experience in garden maintenance or green area management.

As a person, you are positive, driven, and take responsibility for ensuring your tasks are completed in the best way. You have a proactive approach and do not hesitate to take the initiative to drive the work forward.

You are skilled in your collaboration with others and adapt your communication according to the situation and the person you meet.

The work pace is high, and to thrive in this role, we see that you are calm and have the ability to maintain focus and efficiency even under pressure.

A driver's license (B) is required for the position as the job involves a lot of driving. Therefore, we are looking for someone who is safe in traffic and enjoys driving.

Welcome with your application!

Information about the position

Number of vacancies: 1
Employment type: Full-time temporary position
Duration of employment: March 1 to October 31
Start date: March 1, or as agreed
Working hours: Daytime, but some weekend work may be required
Possibility of remote work: No
Application deadline: February 22
Contact: Unit Manager, Ivana Lukic Grinneby, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Additional information: We have chosen to remove the personal letter and replace it with selection questions relevant to the position. This makes it easier to make an objective assessment of your competence. You submit your CV as usual.

Background check: For positions in elderly care, services for people with disabilities, and services for children and youth, a background check is part of the recruitment process.

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We are looking for individuals who can contribute to our operations regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, age, ethnic background, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or disability.

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