Salary: $5,646.84 - $6,160.30 Monthly
Location : CA 94804, CA
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 2024-065
Department: Public Works
Opening Date: 01/20/2025
Closing Date: 2/9/2025 11:59 PM Pacific
IntroductionAre you passionate about creating and maintaining beautiful outdoor spaces? The City of Richmond is seeking skilled and dedicated Gardeners with years of experience to join our Public Works team! This an exciting opportunity for individuals who take pride in their work and want to apply their knowledge of horticulture and plant care. As a Gardener with the City of Richmond, you will play a crucial role in preserving the natural beauty of our public parks, streetscapes, and recreational areas for the enjoyment of our community. If you're ready to make a positive impact and help enhance the green spaces of our city, we encourage you to apply!
Annual Salary for this classification is as high as $73,923.60 at the top of range. Additionally, City-paid benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid vacations, holidays, administrative leave days, sick time, CalPERS retirement contribution, life insurance, disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, annual professional development reimbursement, one week of paid parental leave, and more! All benefit information can be found in our
Benefits Summary. Position Description and DutiesUnder supervision, performs skilled gardening work in the planting, cultivating, and maintaining of lawns, plants, trees, shrubs, and landscaped areas.
Incumbents in this class perform skilled gardening work within the Parks Division. The class differs from Groundskeeper in that it is more technically orientated than the latter requiring incumbents to concentrate heavily on horticultural and other specialized gardening functions. Groundskeepers spend considerable time in general clean-up activities while Gardeners do not. Gardeners receive supervision from the Parks Supervisors.
The ideal candidate is an experienced and enthusiastic professional who thrives in outdoor environments and demonstrates:
- Trustworthiness: Consistently honest, accountable, reliable, punctual, and loyal.
- Team Collaboration: A cooperative and positive attitude that strengthens team dynamics.
- Willingness to Grow: A proactive mindset toward learning new skills and tackling challenges.
- Technical Expertise: Knowledge of plant care, landscape maintenance, and eco-friendly gardening practices.
- Attention to Detail: Ensuring public spaces are maintained to the highest standards.
The City of Richmond is the City of Pride and Purpose, and we value these traits in our employees!The intent of this job specification is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by employees in this job. Employees perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
- Performs a variety of skilled gardening work in maintaining highly-landscaped grounds using a wide range of hand and motorized gardening tools and equipment.
- Performs all phases of shrub and tree pruning that can be accomplished from the ground or a ladder.
- Plants, maintains, and cuts lawns, edges, and groundcover. Determines the need for soil additives and fertilizer, and applies same as required.
- Prepares soils for planting lawns, groundcovers, shrubs, and trees. Identifies insects and fungi, applies proper controls, and identifies and treats plant diseases.
- Determines the need for and controls pests, weeds, plants, groundcover, shrubs, and trees. Stakes trees.
- Makes minor irrigation repairs and adjustments.
- Operates and maintains spray equipment, as well as operates rotary reel, greens mowers, aerators, renovators, verti-cutter, edgers, dump, flatbed and pickup trucks, and rototillers.
- Calibrates mixes, and applies herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides.
- Collects, removes, and transports trimmings, garbage and illegal debris from around the City and per code enforcement.
- Conducts traffic safety and directs the flow of traffic by utilizing traffic cones, barricades, safety signs, etc.
- Performs related work as required.
Please click here to view the complete job description.Minimum QualificationsRequired Education and Experience - High School diploma or GED equivalent
- Three (3) to five (5) years of experience in gardening, nursery, or grounds maintenance work
- Any equivalent combination of training, education, and experience that provides the required skills, knowledge, and abilities
Required Licenses or Certifications- Possession of a valid California class C driver's license and satisfactory driving record is an ongoing requirement
- California Qualified Applicator's Certificate within one (1) year of appointment
COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement- It is the City's policy that all persons hired on or after October 18, 2021 must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19,including the booster. New employees will be required to provide proof of full vaccination or have an approved medical or religious accommodation before employment
REQUIRED KSA FOR SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE OF JOB DUTIES
Knowledge of:- Modern office practices and equipment, including applicable software
- Plant materials common to San Francisco Bay Area, including their identification, soil and fertilizer requirements, and pests and diseases
- Fertilizers, including their composition, values, uses, and the timing of applications
- Insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides, both organic and chemical, and other specific controls, including a knowledge of their respective toxicities
- Cultivating and watering methods for trees, shrubs, flowers, turf, and various types of greens
- Appropriate safety practices, and safe methods of working in varied assignments
Skill in:- Organization and time management
Ability to:- Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships
- Perform a variety of gardening work using a wide range of hand and motorized tools and equipment
- Follow written and oral instructions regarding use of pesticides, insecticides, and other gardening activities
Additional InformationTo Apply: Interested individuals must
apply online by fully completing the City of Richmond Employment Application, including answers to supplemental questions, by 11:59 p.m. PST on the final filing date. Incomplete applications or those lacking in sufficiently detailed information will be rejected. Resumes or prior applications will not be accepted in lieu of a thoroughly completed application. All communication regarding this recruitment will be via email. Each applicant must apply with a monitored email address.
Qualifying Phase: All completed applications will be evaluated based on job-related qualifications criteria, which could include desirable qualifications and the specific needs of the hiring department(s). Candidates may be screened for better qualified.
Performance Exam: A limited number of better-qualified candidates will be invited to participate in a performance exam (weighted 100%), which may test a candidate's job-related knowledge and skills, their ability to follow instructions, and other areas as they pertain to these positions. Each candidate must receive a passing score of 70% or above in order to be placed on the list. Rank on the Employment List will be determined solely by test score. Having all the minimum qualifications guarantees neither advancement nor placement on the Employment List.
The Performance Exam is tentatively scheduled for the week of March 03, 2025.
Employment Eligibility List: A ranking of "A" (Best Qualified), "B" (Well Qualified), or "C" (Qualified) is required to achieve a position on the Employment Eligibility List. This List will be in effect for a maximum of two (2) years; however, the list may be canceled, without notice, after six (6) months.
About the City of RichmondThe City of Richmond lies on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay, five miles north of Berkeley and seven miles northeast across the Bay from downtown San Francisco. A hub of multimodal transportation, many of our residents and businesses are located in Richmond because of its central location and easy access to the Amtrak/Capitol Corridor, BART, AC Transit, the ferry, and two freeways (I-80 & I-580). Residents, visitors, and employees enjoy Richmond's numerous recreational opportunities, which include 32 miles of shoreline and over 3,000 acres of shoreline parks, more segments of the Bay Trail completed than any other city, several recreational boat harbors and yacht clubs, and thousands of acres of contiguous inland regional parks and open space. The City has substantial economic resources but is still affordable compared to other Bay Area cities. Our community is welcoming, diverse, and actively engaged.
Richmond is truly the City of Pride and Purpose!Immigration Reform Control ActIn compliance with the Immigration Reform Control Act of 1986, individuals offered employment by the City of Richmond will be required to show documentation of eligibility to work in the United State as a condition of employment.
Non-Discrimination PolicyThe City of Richmond is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer, and prohibits discrimination against any applicant on the basis of race, religion, citizenship, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, marital status, reproductive health decision-making, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 and over), sexual orientation, or military or veteran status or any other basis protected by law.
Disaster Service WorkersCalifornia Government Code Title I, Sections 3100 - 3109, declare all public employees to be Disaster Service Workers subject to such disaster service activities as may be assigned to them by their superiors or by law. More information can be found
here.
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Analyst: R.Paiz
11/2024
This position is covered by the SEIU Local 1021 General Employees Bargaining Unit. Click to view the General Employees' or view the City of Richmond's
The summary of benefits provided in these documents does not constitute a contract, express or implied, and any provisions contained in these documents may be modified or revoked without notice.
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I certify that all information provided on my application and supplemental questionnaire is true to the best of my knowledge; and I understand that all information is subject to verification; and that false or incomplete information will result in disqualification from the selection process or dismissal (if hired).
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Please select the number of years of experience you have gardening, nursery, or grounds maintenance work.
- 1 year to less than 2 years of experience
- 2 years to less than 3 years of experience
- 3 years to experience to less than 4 years
- 4 years to less than 5 years of experience
- 5 years or more of experience
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Do you possess a valid California driver's license and have an ongoing satisfactory driving record?
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