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Seasonal Horticulture Assistant

Cleveland Metroparks
Cleveland, OH Full Time
POSTED ON 3/7/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/25/2025

The Horticulture Assistant performs a variety of skilled and semi-skilled tasks in maintaining indoor and outdoor plant collections.

Essential Functions:

  • Assists in planting trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals
  • Performs landscape maintenance as needed or assigned, including mowing, weeding, pruning, spring cleanup, edging, mulching, and fall cleanup
  • Assists with landscape construction projects, including building of retaining walls, paver installation, grading, drainage work, and irrigation installation
  • Operates water truck and pump
  • Properly prunes indoor and outdoor ornamental plant specimens
  • Supports the Zoo's animal browse supplemental feeding program
  • Assists in various housekeeping tasks.
  • Performs other duties as assigned or apparent.

Requirements:
  • High school diploma or equivalent required.
  • Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license under the laws of the state of Ohio.
  • Knowledge of ornamental horticulture, plant identification skills, and experience operating small landscape equipment.
  • Must be age 18 or older.
  • Ability to use a variety of tools and equipment including: Automatic vehicles, small landscape equipment including: rototiller, string trimmer, bed edger, gas powered shears, and backpack blower, sprayers, pumps, and irrigation equipment, mower.
  • Willingness to work in all weather conditions outdoors and able to work on steep inclines
  • Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders, including employees and the general public.
  • Ability to speak and write clearly, concisely and persuasively using correct grammar, spelling and punctuation with ability to communicate one-on-one or in group settings.
  • Ability to perform work with a high degree of accuracy and organization.
  • Ability to work cooperatively with others.
  • Ability to perform with considerable independence and initiative.

Work Schedule: 6 AM to 4:30 PM; seasonal position up to 40 hours per week

Filing Deadline: Open until filled

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