Position: Director of Horticulture and Facilities
Department: Horticulture and Garden Operations
Status: Full-Time, Exempt
Report To: CEO
In support of our client's mission, the Director of Horticulture and Facilities will provide key leadership in guiding the organization through an ongoing period of growth and change. The Director of Horticulture and Facilities is responsible for the direct management of all operations of the physical gardens – horticulture, collections management, landscape design, maintenance, and infrastructure and facilities repairs. This position helps to create and maintain an engaging and exciting living museum through the organizations’ extensive and diverse horticulture collection and seasonal exhibits. Reporting to the CEO and working closely with senior management and the Board of Trustees, the Director of Horticulture and Facilities contributes to the strategic planning, long range planning, and maintenance of the organization in order to achieve a beautiful, nuanced, resonant, and richly rewarding garden for the public to enjoy, and for philanthropic funders to enthusiastically support. As a key public face of organization, the Director will build relationships both internally and externally to advance the growth of the organization.
JOB CLASSIFICATION
This is a key full-time, exempt position.
ESSENTIALFUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to:
Leadership:
Management:
QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
EQUIPMENT USED AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This position requires a working knowledge of a full range of industry-related equipment and service vehicles, both manual and machine operated, as well as basic office equipment and computer software. This includes, but is not limited to, operation of manual and gas-powered gardening tools, irrigation systems, string trimmer, mower, gas blower, gas hedger, spray tank, rototiller, manual bypass pruners, loppers, hand saw, pole saw, pole pruner, trowels, shovels, pitchforks, rakes, computer, printer, photocopier, and calculator.
This is an outdoor position that requires working in various weather conditions, including working in the sun and, at times, extreme heat. This position requires the ability to carryout daily physical work and to lift and carry up to 50 pounds. This position occasionally requires heavy lifting, but not routinely. It also requires the ability to walk, climb, kneel, bend, stoop, sit, crouch, operate service vehicles, climb ladders, carry and operate standard gardening equipment intermittently throughout the day, and to work in an outdoor environment in various weather conditions for an extended period. Wading in and working with water may also be required.
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