We are looking for qualified and experienced horticulture professionals to join the KAUST Beacon Development team and support the development and maintenance of high-quality indoor and outdoor garden environments.

Positions

• Horticulturalist – Indoor Gardens – 5+ years’ experience
• Assistant Horticulturalist – Outdoor Gardens – 3+ years’ experience

Responsibilities

• Plan and carry out daily horticulture activities across indoor and outdoor garden environments.
• Plant, establish, maintain, prune, propagate, replace, and care for a wide range of plants.
• Maintain trees, shrubs, groundcovers, herbaceous plants, seasonal displays, and indoor plant collections.
• Monitor plant health and identify pests, diseases, nutrient deficiencies, water stress, and environmental issues.
• Implement and support Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies.
• Monitor and manage irrigation, watering, fertilisation, soil/media, and growing conditions.
• Maintain high horticultural, aesthetic, cleanliness, and presentation standards.
• Support seasonal planting and garden maintenance programmes.
• Assist with plant identification, labelling, inventory, collection records, and maintenance records.
• Monitor indoor environmental conditions including light, temperature, and humidity where applicable.
• Maintain and safely operate horticulture tools and equipment.
• Identify and report damaged, declining, hazardous, or poorly performing plants.
• Support routine and preventive horticulture maintenance activities.
• Work collaboratively with horticulturists, gardeners, botanists, landscape teams, irrigation personnel, contractors, and other garden operations teams.
• Maintain clean, organised, and safe horticulture work areas.
• Follow all applicable health, safety, environmental, biosecurity, and horticulture procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Horticulture, Botany, Plant Sciences, or a related discipline.
• Horticulturalist – Indoor Gardens: Minimum 5+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Assistant Horticulturalist – Outdoor Gardens: Minimum 3+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Strong practical knowledge of horticulture, plant care, cultivation, and maintenance.
• Experience in indoor gardens, conservatories, glasshouses, botanic gardens, public gardens, nurseries, landscapes, or similar environments.
• Experience with planting, pruning, propagation, watering, fertilisation, mulching, and plant replacement.
• Knowledge of plant identification and plant-health management.
• Experience identifying and managing common pests, diseases, nutrient deficiencies, and environmental stresses.
• Knowledge or experience in Integrated Pest Management (IPM).
• Experience with irrigation and water-management practices.
• Knowledge of soil preparation, growing media, fertilisation, and plant nutrition.
• For the Indoor Gardens position, experience managing controlled indoor growing environments including light, temperature, and humidity is required.
• Experience maintaining plant records, inventories, and maintenance documentation.
• Ability to safely use and maintain horticulture tools and equipment.
• Strong teamwork, communication, planning, and problem-solving skills.
• Previous experience in a botanic garden, conservatory, glasshouse, public garden, arboretum, nursery, or major landscape environment is preferred.
• Additional training or professional certification in horticulture, plant health, IPM, irrigation, or related areas is an advantage.
• Master’s degree in a relevant discipline is preferred for the Horticulturalist – Indoor Gardens position.