Help create better places and stronger communities

- Temporary (Up to November 2028) full-time (38 hours per week) opportunity,
- Office location based in Sydney Olympic Park
- Salary relative to experience, and ranges from $86,347 to $95,482 + super

Join our team and shape your world in a workplace that empowers you to do your best work and build a meaningful career. In this role, you will contribute to shaping lives and communities across NSW, while shaping your own career. You will enjoy adaptable work options, varied and impactful projects, and a vibrant, diverse team culture built on collaboration, inclusion and support. We are creating a workplace where everyone belongs and where you can balance work, life and wellbeing.

The role

Join the team at Sydney Olympic Park and help maintain some of NSW’s premier sporting facilities, including the NSW Rugby League Centre of Excellence and the Archery Centre. In this hands-on role, you'll be responsible for preparing and maintaining elite sporting turf and grounds to the highest standards, ensuring athletes, visitors and user groups can enjoy safe, high-quality playing surfaces.

Working across a busy and dynamic environment, you'll undertake turf maintenance, renovation works and grounds operations while collaborating with a range of stakeholders to balance increasing field usage, changing priorities and customer expectations. You'll also play an important role in supporting sustainability initiatives, maintaining equipment and ensuring protected work practices.

For more information about this position, read the full Role Description: Grounds Person

What you will bring to the role

- Experience maintaining turf, sporting fields, golf courses, open spaces or similar high-quality grounds, with the ability to deliver excellent presentation and playing conditions.
- Practical knowledge of horticultural practices,



turf management techniques and the safe use of grounds maintenance equipment.
- Strong organisational skills and a proactive approach, with the ability to manage competing priorities and consistently deliver quality outcomes in a busy operational environment.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, venue staff, clients, tenants and other stakeholders.
- Sound problem-solving skills, attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining safe, sustainable and customer-focused outcomes.
- A willingness to learn, adapt and contribute positively to a supportive team culture.

What is an essential requirement:

- Horticultural trades certificate or equivalent experience and technical knowledge in horticulture and maintenance techniques
- Chemical Handling Certificate, or capacity to acquire and retain
- Current Driver’s licence
- National Criminal Records Check
- A Working with Children Check is an essential requirement for this role. The role has been identified as requiring a check in keeping with the Child Protection (Working With Children) Act 2012.

About Us

At the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI), you could shape your world while helping us shape the future of NSW. Together, we create vibrant communities, places and precincts, and manage land, assets and property.

We are a high-performing organisation that proudly reflects the communities we serve.



Our diversity strengthens our cultural capability and enables us to make a meaningful difference in the lives of people across NSW. As an inclusive and accessible workplace, we value your contribution, lived experience and cultural knowledge, and we want you to feel supported, connected and empowered to succeed. With flexible work arrangements, job share options, workplace adjustments and various employee affinity groups, we are here to help you thrive every day.

Join us

If this role sounds like the right fit for you, we encourage you to apply with your CV and cover letter. We’d love to hear from you and explore how you can shape your world with us.

Applications close Sunday 25th October 2026. Should you require further information about the role please contact Ben Holden on 04•••••195 or ••••@sopa.nsw.gov.au.

A talent pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months.

Check out our Aboriginal applicants guide to assist with applying for the role or contact our Aboriginal Career pathways team for a yarn.

We encourage and support applications from people with disability. Please reach out to us to discuss any accommodations or adjustments that may be needed during the recruitment process, ensuring that you have every opportunity to showcase your talent, skills, and potential. Contact the Talent Team via [email protected] or (02) •••••676​ - HR Support, option 2, DPHI People Advisory, option 1 and reference 'Request an Adjustment - Job Title and Reference Number'.

Please note to be eligible to apply for this position you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or permanent resident or hold a valid Australian working Visa for the duration of the appointment. This role is subject to standard pre-employment checks, including a criminal record check.

📌 Groundsperson (Sydney Olympic Park)
🏢 Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
📍 Sydney Olympic Park