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