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Working under the direction of the Horticulturist - Outdoor Gardens, the role provides practical support in planting, pruning, plant health, irrigation, pest management, and general garden maintenance.\nThe position also supports plant identification, collection records, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), and the safe use and routine maintenance of horticultural tools and equipment. The role contributes to maintaining safe, healthy, attractive, and high-quality outdoor garden environments.\nKey Responsibilities\nSupport planting, pruning, watering, weeding, mulching, fertilisation, deadheading, staking, and general garden maintenance.\nAssist with the establishment, replacement, and maintenance of trees, shrubs, groundcovers, herbaceous plants, and seasonal displays.\nMonitor plant health and identify signs of pests, diseases, nutrient deficiencies, water stress, and other environmental issues.\nSupport the implementation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM), including monitoring, preventative measures, and appropriate control activities.\nAssist with soil preparation, amendments, mulching, fertilisation, and other plant-health activities.\nSupport irrigation and watering activities and report signs of over- or under-watering.\nAssist with plant identification, labelling, inventory, and accurate maintenance of plant collection records and databases.\nMaintain high horticultural, aesthetic, and presentation standards across outdoor garden areas.\nQualifications\nBachelor's degree in Horticulture, Botany, Plant Sciences, or a related discipline.\nAdditional training or certification in horticulture, plant identification, IPM, irrigation, or related areas is advantageous.\nExperience\nMinimum 3 years of relevant professional experience in outdoor horticulture, garden management, or landscape maintenance.\nPractical experience in planting, pruning, plant establishment, irrigation, soil preparation, fertilisation, mulching, and general plant care.\nExperience maintaining a range of trees, shrubs, groundcovers, herbaceous plants, and seasonal displays.\nExperience identifying common plants, pests, diseases, and environmental or plant-health issues.\nExperience supporting IPM programmes and routine plant-health monitoring.\nExperience with plant labelling, inventory, collection records, and basic horticultural databases is desirable.\nPractical experience using and maintaining common horticultural tools and equipment.\nPrevious experience in a botanic garden, public garden, arboretum, nursery, major landscape, or comparable horticultural environment is preferred.\nCore Competencies\nPractical horticultural and plant-care skills\nPlant identification and basic plant-health assessment\nUnderstanding of Integrated Pest Management principles\nSafe use and care of horticultural tools and equipment\nAttention to detail and horticultural presentation standards\nAccurate record-keeping and organisational skills","description_format":"text","description_chars":3087,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Saudi Arabia","iso":"SA","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-24T08:49:22Z"}],"liveness":{"score":52,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.516,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":20,"reasons":["conf:2","agency","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-25T00:07:41Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/eram-talent-assistant-horticulturist-outdoor-gardens-saudi-arabia","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/eram-talent-assistant-horticulturist-outdoor-gardens-saudi-arabia.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-25T00:07:41Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":168,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4832,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-26T00:00:00Z"}}}