What are the responsibilities and job description for the Seasonal Horticulture Assistant position at Cleveland Metroparks?
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.
- 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