Gardener in Botanical Garden 80%

Your new role

You will strengthen our well-established gardening team in the open air of the Botanical Garden St. Gallen. Together with the other team members, you will keep the facilities in impeccable condition. Your main responsibility will be the care of the school departments, the crop departments, and various assortment departments including the water garden. Other tasks include hedge maintenance, winter pruning of woody plants, wintering with all related tasks of non-hardy outdoor plants, engraving plant labels, and seed collection for international seed exchange.

This position is for you if

• You have training as a gardener
• You have experience in the care of hedges, perennials, and woody plants
• You are interested in botany
• You possess craftsmanship and independence
• You are skilled in handling machines and tools
• Reliability and teamwork are among your strengths
• You are willing to work weekend and on-call shifts in rotation

Good reasons to work for the city of St. Gallen:

Your department

City green plans, designs, and maintains the public green spaces of the city of St. Gallen. We are responsible for the green areas of sports and school facilities, parks, street trees, playgrounds, cemeteries, the Botanical Garden, and nature and landscape protection.

What we offer

We offer you a versatile workplace with an interesting activity. Regulated working hours, working time models that can be reconciled with your needs, a municipal family allowance, and a 20-day paternity leave are part of our family-friendly framework conditions.

Our selection process

For further information about the position, please contact Jutta Müllinger, Team Leader Botanical Garden, jutta.muellinger@stadt.sg.ch. For the selection process, please contact Verena Signer, HR officer, phone 071 224 50 02. Please submit your complete application exclusively online.

We value diversity in all its forms and look forward to your perspective.