Seasonal Landscape Technician

Position Summary

The Seasonal Landscape Technician will maintain the landscaping and grounds at the Vermont Green Mountain Audubon Center during the spring summer and early fall seasons. This role works one day/week and is a seasonal position from May 12 2025 through early October 17 2025.

This role is based onsite at our Green Mountain Audubon Center in Huntington Vermont.

Compensation:

$15.00 $18.00 / hour

Essential Functions

• Responsible for weekly lawn maintenance at the Center. Weekly mowing will include several hiking trails a playing field picnic areas and the yard around the office building. Will also manage mower maintenance to include regular checking of gas oil and other fluids.

• Responsible for whacking around gardens near educational signage and the office building on a weekly basis.

• Additionally whacking for specified hiking trails on a biweekly basis (or more often if necessary) throughout the season.

• Weekly weeding edging watering and general care of all wildlife gardens near the office building. More regular watering may be required if there are dry stretches of weather.

• Responsible for picking up trash and keeping our trailheads from the parking areas and across the street from the Sugarhouse Parking Area from becoming overgrown. Position will maintain the trail heads for easy and safe access to the trails system by the public.

• Responsible for ensuring trail maps and other promotional materials are fully stocked and updated at all kiosks on a weekly basis.

• May work with volunteers throughout the season on various garden and/or grounds projects.

Qualifications and Experience

• Must have a valid drivers license.

• Must have experience operating a lawn tractor.

• Experience driving a farm tractor a plus.

• Comfortable using hand and power tools as well as the grounds maintenance equipment.

• Selfmotivated detailedoriented with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

• Must wear all necessary safety equipment provided by Audubon when operating mowers tractor and other Center equipment. This includes chaps ear protection gloves helmet etc.

• Physical Requirements: (e.g. lifting reaching climb push/pull etc.

• Able to do several hours of physical labor including raking weedwhacking shoveling trash collection mowing etc.

• Ability to lift upto 60 pounds with or without accommodation.

• Ability to lift reach climb push pull and carry with or without accommodation.

• Willingness to work outdoors in variable weather conditions on uneven terrain and under physically demanding circumstances.

• Must be knowledgeable about and committed to the Audubon mission and the conservation of birds other wildlife and their habitats.

EEO Statement

The National Audubon Society is a federal contractor and an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to a policy of nondiscrimination inclusion and equal opportunity and actively seek a diverse pool of candidates in this search.

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