Seasonal Junior Botanist Plant Investigator Instructor
Seasonal Junior Botanist Plant Investigator Instructor
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Position Title: Seasonal Junior Botanist & Plant Investigator Instructor
Department: Childrens Education
FLSA Status: Parttime SeasonalNonexempt
Compensation: $22 per hour
Term: June 9August 9 2025
Schedule: MondayFriday; 2235 hours per week
Application Deadline: March 14 2025
Position Description:
This position entails three weeks of intensive training followed by six weeks of fastpaced programming. Program instructors plan and facilitate activities to help students learn about plants do scientific exploration and create art throughout Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG).
Our students are Junior Botanists (new participants entering grades 57 and Plant Investigators (returning participants entering grades 68 scholarship students selected from Title I schools in Brooklyn that have partnered with BBG during the school year through our Project Green Reach outreach program. Each of the two programs has a team of two instructors and both programs work together in the Garden in the morning.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate and work within an inquirybased teamteaching model for gardening activities.
- Work with coinstructor to prepare and deliver lessons that are multidisciplinary and exploratory with a focus on botanical/environmental science.
- Plan and lead weekly cooking session.
- Help maintain garden plots.
- Work as part of a staff team to colead a threeday overnight camping trip.
- Perform other related duties or special projects as directed.
Schedule:
Mandatory paid training: TuesdayFriday 9:30 a.m.3:30 p.m. June 10June 27 (no training June 19
Program: MondayFriday 8 a.m.3:30 p.m. July 1August 8 (no program July 4
*Requires two Saturdays (June 21 and August 9 and one threeday twonight camping trip (July 1416
Qualifications:
- Two years experience or studies in education urban agriculture nutrition botany or environmental or biological sciences
- Experience teaching children ages 913 preferred
- Gardening experience preferred
- Experience and comfort working with students peers and supervisors from diverse backgrounds
- Willingness to work outside in all weather
Benefits
- BBG offers certain benefits to parttime employees including:
- Up to 56 hours of sick leave
- Shortterm disability/New York Paid Family Leave
- As a 501(c)3 BBG is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Eligible Employer
- Museum Pass which provides employees the opportunity to enter many museums in New York City for free
- Free garden admission for employee plus one guest
- Employee discount at BBGs retail shop and food venues
To be considered for this position please submit an application by clickingApplybelow.Applications submitted without a rsum and cover letter will not be considered.
No telephone calls for position inquiries please.Applicants with disabilities who need assistance with the online system or who may require a reasonable accommodation during the application process should contact Human Resources at.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Employment Type
Temp
