Job Details
Salary: $18.59 Hourly
Location : Burlington, VT
Job Type: Temporary Seasonal
Job Number: 8000-23-001
Department: Parks, Recreation & Waterfront
Opening Date: 01/29/2024
Closing Date: Continuous
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Bargaining Unit: Non Union
General Purpose
This position is responsible for assisting the City Arborist and Arborist Technician in the care and maintenance of the City's public trees, flowerbeds and shrub beds.
Union Affiliation: Non-Union
Pay Grade: $18.59 Hourly
Essential Job Functions
- Assists with perennial flower planting and cultural maintenance.
- Pruning, mulching, edging, weeding and watering of ornamental shrub and flower beds.
- Assists in planting of trees, shrubs and flowers in accordance with ANSI Z60.1 standards.
- Performs safe work practices for vehicle traffic and pedestrian work site setup.
- Participates in weekly safety and training programs.
Qualifications/Basic Job Requirements - Ability to actively support City diversity, equity, and cultural competency efforts within stated job responsibilities and work effectively across diverse cultures and constituencies.
- Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion as evidenced by ongoing trainings and professional development.
- Valid driver's license required.
- Ability to operate 2-ton trucks
- Ability to effectively express verbally to the public job tasks that are being performed when asked.
- Ability to work well with others and individually.
- Experience in landscaping and flowerbed maintenance required.
- Ability to work in all weather conditions.
- Experience in identification of common woody landscape plants and herbaceous perennials is desired.
Additional InformationPromoting a culture that reveres diversity and equity.The City of Burlington is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we are strongly committed to creating a dynamic and equitable work-force that mirrors the population and world that we serve. We do not discriminate on the basis of political or religious affiliation, race, color, national origin, place of birth, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, crime victim status, veteran status, disability, HIV positive status, or genetic information in employment or the provision of services.
In addition to being an equal opportunity employer we actively encourage applicants who can contribute to our growing diversity to apply.
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