Work with us

Unexpected, unique, interesting, and rewarding. This is a place where you can see the difference your work makes, performing an essential role, supporting every person, and celebrating and honouring life.

Set in beautiful locations, you’ll share a deep connection with the past and the future. You’ll belong to a team where details and quality matter, where we care about what we do, and we’re always pushing for better. It’s an organisation unlike any other where every day, people are counting on you.

Join us today.

Find your people, make your mark

Working with us is an experience that’s unexpected, unique, interesting, and rewarding. This is a career where you can see the difference your work makes. We perform an essential role: supporting the public to celebrate and honour life.

Our culture

We foster a culture of inclusion, diversity, equity, sustainability and innovation. We are proud of our people, and we are proud of the difference we make together. We are an equal opportunity employer with a focus on creating a workplace that cultivates diverse views and an inclusive mindset, in support of a diverse community.

We value passion, respect, integrity, dedication and empathy in everything we do. Our values drive how we engage with our community and each other.

In our ongoing commitment to raising workplace standards for all, SMCT is

• an equal opportunity employer
• committed to sustainability
• a Diversity Council Australia MemberExternal site
• a member of the Australian Disability NetworkExternal site and 
• are proudly endorsed by WORK180External site. 

Behind every building we design, garden we maintain, plaque we lay, meal we prepare and family we support through grief, is a team of committed and passionate employees.

Our people aren't just important to SMCT; they are SMCT.

It’s about feeling part of something bigger. 

Working in our Operations team, you’ll be helping with the maintenance and presentation of one of our eleven unique open spaces across Melbourne's south-east. This means a permanent role, with opportunities to grow and learn, family friendly hours and a safe working environment. 

Operations roles include: Gardener, Horticulture, General HandExternal site, General Hand - BurialExternal site, Gravedigger, CrematoriumExternal site, Operations Team LeaderExternal site

It’s a career beyond expectations.

Bring your specialist knowledge and commercial acumen to this public entity that generates $60 million revenue for investment into our community. We are an organisation driven by values, that proudly boasts an employee engagement score of 87%. As a member of our Support Services Team you’ll help drive our evolution as an innovative, modern sector leader.

Support services roles include positions in: Finance, Payroll, People Team (HR), Marketing, Corporate Communications, EngagementExternal site, Information Technology, GovernanceExternal site, Project ManagementExternal site, Infrastructure & FacilitiesExternal site, Environment, Executive Support.

Doing the right thing, for everyone.

At SMCT, you’ll discover a culture that will challenge your expectations. We’re a values-driven, $60m public entity that is innovative, modern and leads the way in our sector. With a focus on continuous improvement, we provide an essential service, manage eleven iconic locations, and always strive to do the right thing while working to reimagine the role that cemeteries and memorial parks play within our communities now and into the future.

Leadership roles include: Team Leaders, Operations Leaders, Specialist Managers, Senior Leaders, Executive Teams

We are investing the next generation of horticulturists helps provide valuable knowledge and best practice to the industry. Over the past ten years, six SMCT employees have received a total of eight awards including Outstanding Apprentice of the Year at their level, and the much-coveted award of "Outstanding Student of the Year Holmesglen Parks and Gardens".

Partnering with HolmesglenExternal site, Melbourne PolytechnicExternal site, Swinburne University and Swinburne TAFEExternal site, SMCT also provides essential training experience for students studying Arboriculture, Landscape and Horticulture subjects. Springvale Botanical Cemetery features over 12,000 trees alone and that’s only one of eleven locations in the trust. The scale provides a unique environment for students to consider variables not usually seen in domestic situations.