Tōtara Hospice’s vision is to honour living and dignify dying. We do this by providing leading edge hospice palliative care services to eligible individuals living with life limiting illnesses, their families, caregivers and communities in South and South East Auckland.

Our busy Property team needs support from people who can help at Tōtara House to help maintain our beautiful gardens. Gardening enthusiasts we need you!

What skills and attributes do we hope you can share with us?

• Experience with gardening an advantage
• An eye for detail - as we try to only pull out the weeds :)
• A flexible attitude and ability to take on varied tasks
• A genuine willingness to be part of a team and be able to take direction.

• Whilst also being able to take initiative and work independently

• Sensitivity, understanding and respect for our multicultural community

What will you be doing? General gardening including weeding, pruning, planting etc

What support will we give you?

• We will provide all the training you need to feel comfortable and confident in the role.
• Our Property Team is there to advise and assist you.
• Ongoing support from our Volunteer services team.

What benefits do you get?

• A chance to work in a friendly team, an opportunity to make new friends and meet a group of diverse people.
• Able to utilize your gardening skills and enthusiasm to really make a difference!
• If you are looking for valuable work experience you can add to your CV.
• Most importantly the satisfaction to Make Hospice Happen and supporting the belief of the Totara Hospice team that even though dying is inevitable, dying unsupported is unacceptable.

This role is available Tuesdays 9:30 - 1:30pm

We look forward to hearing from you

*Tōtara Hospice as an organisation does not conscientiously object to anyone accessing their rights under the End-of-Life Choices Act that passed into law on November 7th 2021. Our focus will remain, as it always has been, on delivering to the needs of our patients and whānau. We will respect and support patients who choose this option.