Greenhouse Assistant
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is seeking a dedicated and hardworking Greenhouse Assistant to join our excellent team. As a Greenhouse Assistant, you will provide support in various tasks related to supporting greenhouse operations.
Responsibilities:
- Monitors greenhouse operation systems in all greenhouse ranges throughout the day to ensure their proper operation
- Removing Plant debris promptly, tools are sanitized to limit pathogen transfer
- Weed suppression: physical removal and chemical application
- Contribute to the upkeep and cleanliness of the greenhouse and work areas including pressure cleans floors, benches and greenhouse structures
- Ensures greenhouses are locked and secured at the end of the workday
- Organizes shed, work corridor tools and supplies closet
- Inventories supplies in shed/work corridor and notifies Manager when supplies need to be ordered
- Helps unload and distribute supplies
- Mixes large batches of potting medium
- Fertilizes greenhouses occasionally
- Assists horticulturists on projects as needed
- Assist in heavy lifting and moving of materials as needed
Experience:
- Prior Horticulturist experience strongly preferred
- Plant knowledge, gardening experience, landscaping, or farm operations is preferred
- Basic math skills for measurements and calculations
- Ability to work outdoors in various weather conditions
- Strong attention to detail and ability to follow instructions
- Physical stamina for performing manual labor tasks
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work well in a team
Work Location: Sarasota, In person
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule: Day shift, Weekends as needed
If you would like to apply, please send your resume to careers@selby.org.
Diversity and Inclusion Statement
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion.
Our human capital is the most valuable asset we have. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only Selby Gardens’ culture, but our reputation as well.
We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.