Ruth Bancroft Garden Hiring Horticulturist/Gardener

Horticulturist/Gardener

Full-time, Non-exempt
Pay range: $22.60-$26.77/hr

The Horticulturist evaluates and executes superior Garden care, maintenance, protection, and improvements. The Ruth Bancroft Garden is a 3.5-acre collection of rare and unusual succulent and dry garden plants, and it is the Garden team that is responsible for its care and cultivation. This position collaborates with the Ruth Bancroft Garden team members to assure proper Garden operations, implementation of products, and special projects success.
To apply: Email your resume and short cover letter to: jobs@ruthbancroftgarden.org

Responsibilities:

• Manage and assure appropriate plant watering, weeding, pruning, deadheading, manicuring, and fertilizing of Garden
• Perform structural soil, and top-dressing amendments
• Propagate and salvage plant material from garden; cut out damaged tissue
• Collaborate with team members to assure Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• Provide infrastructure repair and maintenance including irrigation system, lighting, fences, pathways, and shade structures
• Assist Curators with accessioning and labeling as needed
• Work major events as needed, including evenings and weekends
• Enrich the visitor and client experience and adhere to procedures, guidelines, and policies outlined by the Garden
• Perform additional assignments and projects as requested by the Garden Manager or the Executive Director.

Qualifications
Knowledge:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Language Ability: Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos. Write simple correspondence. Effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and other employees
• Mathematical Ability: Add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Compute rate, ratio and percent, and draw and interpret bar graphs
• Reasoning Ability: Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations..
• Computer Skills: Microsoft Office.

Skills & Ability

• Customer Service: Manage difficult or emotional customer situations, respond promptly to customer needs, solicit customer feedback to improve service, respond to requests for service and assistance, and meet commitments.
• Job Knowledge: Competent in required job skills and knowledge, exhibit ability to learn and apply new skills, keep abreast of current development, require minimal supervision, display understanding of how job relates to others, and use resources effectively.
• Cooperation: Establish and maintain effective relations, exhibit tact and consideration, offer assistance and support to co-workers, work cooperatively in group situations, work actively to resolve conflicts.
• Initiative: Volunteer readily, undertake self-development activities, seek increased responsibilities, take independent actions and calculated risks, look for and take advantage of opportunities, ask for and offer help when needed.
• Problem Solving: Identify and resolve problems in a timely manner, gather and analyze information skillfully, develop alternative solutions, work well in group problem solving situations, use reason even when dealing with emotional topics.
• Quality: Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness, look for ways to improve and promote quality, apply feedback to improve performance, monitors own work to ensure quality.

Experience: A minimum of two years of professional experience working in a garden, conservatory, or greenhouse.

Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a work-related discipline or field, or 4 years equivalent experience plus a minimum of two years professional experience working in a garden, conservatory, or greenhouse.

Conditions and Requirements:
Working Conditions: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Impact/Scope of Function: Requires knowledge in a specialized function or skill gained through work experience and/or training.

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, kneel, talk, and hear and use hands to finger, handle or feel. The employee is required to stand and walk. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee must be able to lift and/or move 50 pounds.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be constructed as an exhaustive statement for essential functions, responsibilities or requirements. The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.

To apply: Email your resume and short cover letter to: jobs@ruthbancroftgarden.org