Operations Assistant - Conservatory (Maintenance Assistant I)

Salary: $19.30 - $21.58 Hourly

Location : WA 98408, WA

Job Type: Part-time, 29 hrs per week or less

Department: Parks and Recreation

Opening Date: 12/06/2024

Closing Date: 3/6/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

Job Description

Based on our internal equity review process, the starting salary for this position will be $19.30

The current full hourly range for this position is $19.30 - $21.58

Do you love taking care of plants and watching them grow? Join the amazing team at the beautiful W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory!! Our team is fun, kind and passionate about creating a welcoming and engaging space for all members of our community. As an Operations Assistant, daily tasks will include providing excellent customer service, plant maintenance, planting, transplanting, general janitorial duties, loading/unloading delivery vans, Point of Sale (POS), conducting inventory and other duties as assigned. Come help us bring more beauty into the community!

Work where you play!Join our team at Parks Tacoma to put your skills to use serving your community and making Tacoma a vibrant, healthy, and welcoming place to live.

Who We Are

Parks Tacoma is a CAPRA-accredited and AZA-accredited, independent park district that leads efforts to build a healthy, sustainable community. Located in Tacoma, Washington, Parks Tacoma's mission is to create healthy opportunities to play, learn, and grow. The independent park district spans the city providing a wide range of life-enriching destinations and services, including 70 parks, 80 miles of trails, 1,000 acres of urban forest, 66 playgrounds, four community centers, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, Point Defiance Park, and much more. Our work is guided by eight core values that are the foundation of our actions and goals: innovation, excellence, equity, inclusiveness, sustainability, accountability, safety, and fun.

Why You'll Love it HereCome work with us and work where you play! You will contribute to the overall vitality and well-being of your community when you work for Parks Tacoma, and you'll do so as part of a supportive team of committed, passionate, and mission-driven professionals. The people of Parks Tacoma are the key to its success, and you just might be the next great addition to our team. On top of that, you'll wake each day knowing that you're helping make Tacoma a great place to call home.

Position Information

In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to:

• Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision.
• Interact professionally with other employees, customers and suppliers.
• Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments.
• Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations.
• Observe applicable safety requirements, use safety equipment provided, implement appropriate safety practices at all times and report immediately any unsafe working conditions or hazards.
  
  

Essential Duties

• Perform routine building and ground maintenance duties to assist in the care and maintenance of Metro Park buildings, facilities, exhibit areas, grounds and/or attractions.
• Perform custodial and cleanup functions such as cleaning restrooms, toilets, sinks, mirrors and walls.
• Perform general maintenance duties such as mowing, raking, edging, weeding, fertilizing and water lawns; planting, fertilizing, watering, trimming and pruning shrubs, trees and flowers as assigned; sweeping and blowing debris from walks, hard surfaces and driveways; gathering and removing trash from grounds.
• Prepare rooms or facilities for special functions; moving furniture, small bleachers, equipment and other objects as required; sweeping, mopping, and cleaning floors; vacuuming carpets and rugs.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• At least 16 years of age
  
  

Additional Information

Hours

Up to 15 - 20 hrs per week.

Mandatory 1 weekend day and occasional evenings.

Other work shifts will be scheduled for the greatest need of the conservatory.

Competency Requirements

• Attention to detail.
• Communicate effectively.
• Customer service focus.
• Positive interactions with all individuals.
• Build collaborative relationships.
• Anticipate problems and develop contingency plans.
• Show initiative while performing job tasks.
• Remain flexible to changing priorities.
• Determine priorities and take prompt action.
• Commitment to racial, social, and economic equity issues and working effectively with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Meet deadlines and respond timely to achieve common goals.
• Be receptive to the attitudes, feelings or circumstances of others and aware of influence of one's own behavior on them.
• Work effectively with others to achieve common goals.
• Make difficult decisions in a timely manner.
• Conflict-resolution skills.
  
  

Work Environment/Physical Demands

• Ability to kneel, stand, crawl, push, pull, squat, bend, stretch, bending at the waist, stooping, squatting, and reaching overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally.
• Mobility to navigate all types of surfaces and terrain, including the ability to stand and walk for extending periods of time over rough, uneven, wet, slippery, and/or steep surfaces.
• Requires ascending/descending ladder work.
• Physical strength and ability to perform manual labor for extended periods of time.
• Pulling, pushing, carrying and lifting objects weighing up to 45 pounds repeatedly in the normal course of duties.
• Exposures to adverse weather conditions in various indoor, outdoor, and shop work environments and may occasionally require work in dirty, wet, noisy, or cramped workspaces.
• Employees in this position are subject to fumes, dust, pollen, noise from equipment operation, and potentially hazardous materials.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a variety of specialized equipment including hand and power tools.
• Sitting for extended periods of time while operating grounds equipment.
• May require driving a vehicle to conduct work.
• Ability to communicate to exchange information with district employees and customers.
• Ability to navigate emergency situations and perform CPR.
• Warm, humid greenhouse environment; around fish and animals.
  
  

PARKS TACOMA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

All qualified persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, political affiliation, disability or any other merit factor. Members of ethnic minorities, women, special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam-era, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans, persons of disability and/or persons age 40 and over are encouraged to apply.

Parks Tacoma employs only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized non-U.S. citizens. All new employees must show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Parks Tacoma is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact Human Resources at .

Employment is subject to a national background check.This position is an at-will position with no written or implied contractual agreement.

Enrollment in the the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) through the Washington State Department of Retirement Services (DRS) may be mandatory.

Sick Leave: 1 hour earned for every 40 hours worked.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) -SupportLinc provides emotional wellbeing and work-life balance resources to keep you at your best. Administered by CuraLinc Healthcare, the program offers guidance to help you address and resolve everyday issues at no cost to you or your family.

Community Center Fitness Pass - All Parks Tacoma employees get a Staff Pass to use at our community centers.The All Center Pass allows access to all four centers - Center at Norpoint, Eastside Community Center, People's Center and STAR Center.

Note: THIS BENEFIT OVERVIEW IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED CONTRACT. ANY PROVISION CONTAINED HEREIN MAY BE MODIFIED AND/OR REVOKED WITHOUT NOTICE.

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Are you at least 16 years of age?

• Yes
• No
  
  

02

Are you available to work Sundays and evening shifts?

• Yes
• No
  
  

03

Do you have any horticulture or retail nursery related experience?

• Yes
• No
  
  

Required Question