About Us

At The Huntington, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to support and promote the appreciation of the humanities, the arts, and botanical science. The Huntington is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, disability, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law.

The Huntington

Founded in 1919, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens is a collections-based research and educational institution open to the public, housing world-class library, art, and botanical collections. Its mission is to support research and promote education in the arts, humanities, and botanical science and to display and interpret its extraordinary resources for diverse audiences.

The Culture

Here we are committed to the highest of standards in all that we do - from preserving and protecting the collections, to exhibitions, educational and scholarly programming, visitor and reader services, and beyond. Achieving excellence across these pursuits requires a diversity of perspectives, expertise, experience, and methodologies. We are better together. We believe an explicit commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion directly impacts and improves staff and audience engagement and experience.

Job Description

About the Role

Reports to the area Head Gardener, Curator, or the Horticultural Superintendent, performing duties to maintain assigned garden areas.

Essential Duties

Maintains garden area on a daily basis through weeding, watering, edging, grooming, and removal of debris, and small adjustments in irrigation.
Under direct supervision, performs pruning, planting, transplanting, clearing, fertilizing, and weed control.
Will be asked to perform duties in other areas of the Public Gardens at the Huntington as needed.
Adheres to written safety policy, follows all precautions and directions in use of equipment and chemicals.
Coordinate, communicate and supervise the many volunteers in their specific tasks.
Maintain certification to allow the spraying of the garden and maintain all equipment as needed.
Other duties as assigned.

Candidate Requirements and Experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Must have knowledge of grounds maintenance, such as general cultivation requirements of plants; should possess basic pruning and planting skills; must be able to perform weeding; and have basic irrigation knowledge.
Must be detail oriented, selective pruning experience preferable.
Must be in good physical condition in order to stoop, bend, walk long distances and lift moderate (and occasionally heavy) loads.
Must be competent in the proper use of hand tools, blowers, edgers and other powered equipment as required.

Experience:

Garden maintenance experience required and/or
Course work in horticulture helpful, or taking college level horticulture classes toward a Bachelor's Degree in Horticulture.

Strong and demonstrated interest in gardening and horticulture and knowledge of general cultivation of plants, watering, pruning, planting, and soil health.

Attention to detail in the garden.
Must be detail oriented, selective pruning experience preferable.

Must work well independently and collaboratively.
Must be competent in the proper use of hand tools, blowers, edgers and other powered equipment as required.

Preferred:

A good understanding of English is preferred.

Associate's Degree or higher preferred.

Working Conditions

Works outdoors in all weather conditions.
Will stoop, bend, walk long distances and lift moderate (and occasionally heavy) loads.

Compensation & Benefits

We provide competitive compensation, generous benefits and perks for all eligible employees including:

Pay Rate: $20.00/hr.
Medical, Dental, Vision
403(b) retirement plan and matching retirement plan with an outstanding employer match
Considerable paid time off, including annual leave, sick leave, and holidays
Discounts for staff in The Huntington Store and restaurants
Free admission to various museums and cultural institutions
Free passes each month to welcome family and friends to visit the grounds

The Application Process

Please submit a cover letter and CV/resume as a single PDF attachment.

You will have the opportunity to submit additional documents on the "My Experience" section of the application.

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