2022 Summer Job Opportunities
Duties
- Construction and maintenance of nature trails, board walks, and fences with a minimum disturbance to the natural habitat
- Mowing grass, raking, and weeding
- Major thinning (slashing and burning)
- Minor building repairs
- Hours of work: 35 hours/week, weekend work required, schedule varies, May 2-Aug 19, 2022
Qualifications
- This position involves fairly heavy manual labour and applicants should be physically fit and not opposed to working outside in inclement weather
- This position involves working closely with other staff and some contact with the public, applicants should be polite and able to get along with others
Duties
- Perform horticulture-related maintenance of the gardens
- Spring clean-up of display beds, digging, cultivation, weeding, watering, staking and branching of display beds, as well as greenhouse and nursery areas
- Soil mixing, leaf shredding
- Pest control
- Plant inventories and other related duties
- Hours of work: 35 hours/week, weekend work required, schedule varies, May 2-Aug 19, 2022
Qualifications
- This position involves fairly heavy manual labour and applicants should be physically fit and not opposed to working outside in inclement weather
- Assets include: experience in home gardening, ability to follow instructions, work independently, and to use tools safely
- This position involves working closely with other staff and some contact with the public; applicants should be polite and able to get along with others
Duties
- Assist the Environmental Education staff in preparing and presenting education programs to school groups, youth groups, the general public, etc.
- Lead the Junior Naturalist Summer camps
- Research for interpretive publications and exhibits
- Hours of work: 35 hours/week, schedule varies, weekend work required, May/June-Aug/Sept, 2022
Qualifications
- Excellent basic communication skills necessary
- Experience in interpretation and working with children’s groups
- Background in education or natural sciences with knowledge of natural history
- Bilingual or French first language would be an asset
Duties
- Greet visitors, answer inquiries
- Process admissions, gift shop purchases, and other visitor transactions
- Provide natural history and gardening information for visitors and answer telephone enquiries
- Maintain gift shop – cleaning and stocking shelves, recording inventory
- Assist with conference room bookings (including setup and take down)
- Operate office equipment such as; desktop computer, fax machine, copier/scanner
- Maintain season pass holder database
- Hours of work: 35 hours/week, schedule varies, weekend work required; Apr 25-Sep 3, 2022
Qualifications
- Excellent communication skills
- Retail or visitor service experience
- Knowledge of NL natural history and/or gardening would be an asset
- Familiarity with basic office equipment and procedures
Duties
- Assist with the planning of public programming and special events
- Lead programming activities
- Assist with scheduling volunteers
- Support educational programs
- Research for interpretive programming and events
- Assist with promotions for events and programs
- Hours of work: 35 hours/week, schedule varies, some weekend and evening work required, Apr 25-Aug 26, 2022
Qualifications
- Excellent communication skills necessary
- Strong organizational skills
- Experience in event planning
- Background in education or natural sciences with knowledge of natural history
- Visitor service experience/working with the public
- Knowledge of NL natural history and/or gardening would be an asset
- Familiarity with basic office equipment and procedures
Applications
Please submit ONE copy of your resume and a cover letter, via email, indicating the positions to which you are
applying:
ATTN: Madonna Bishop
MUN Botanical Garden
Memorial University of Newfoundland
email: mbishop@mun.ca
Salary: will be in accordance with the MUN student salary scale,~ $15.40/hr
DEADLINE to apply: Sunday, April 3, 2022