Park Seasonal Laborer - Denver Parks and Recreation
Park Seasonal Laborer - Denver Parks and Recreation
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About Our Job
With competitive pay great benefits and endless opportunities working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose for you and those who benefit from your passion skills and expertise. Join our diverse inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver Denver.
What We Offer
This is an oncall position which means it is a parttime hourly role. This position will work no more than 39 hours per week. The starting pay for this position is $18.81/hour and is eligible to enroll in the City and County of Denvers 457b retirement plan. This position is not eligible for other additional benefits. Oncall positions may have routine or variable work schedules.
Location
These positions will support parks within Denvers Parks Maintenance Districts and will report to one of the maintenance shops in Denver. We are currently hiring for the Northwest Southwest East Downtown Northeast Greenhouse and Water Conservation park districts. See the district map here.
What Youll Do
Park Seasonal Laborers are entrylevel positions that perform routine landscaping and park maintenance duties in support of Denvers expansive urban parks system.
Skills to be developed on the job include but are not limited to the following:
Work outdoors in parks using and maintaining various handpowered tools and motorized equipment in a safe and efficient manner
Landscape maintenance duties such as:
Turf maintenance (e.g. laying sod fertilizing mowing edging raking)
Irrigation (minor maintenance repair troubleshooting and use of central control systems)
Ornamental/garden maintenance (planting weeding minor pruning)
Infrastructure maintenance and repair such as fencing asphalt concrete trails work grade work/erosion control
Interact with and learn alongside more seasoned park maintenance generalists and/or specialists such as Irrigation Technicians Horticultural Workers Park Horticulturists and other experts in unique green industry fields and skilled trades work
Snow removal operations such as plowing shoveling and deicing
Various related duties as needed such as trash collection bathroom maintenance and cleaning vandalism repair/graffiti removal
What Youll Bring
We value diversity of ethnicity race socioeconomic status sexual identity gender religion language ability and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. Youll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself your work the people around you and Denver to the next level.
We are seeking reliable individuals who are looking to gain experience in park maintenance operations. Our ideal candidates will enjoy working outside and are eager to learn new skills from more seasoned parks workers. These positions are most appropriate for those who have very little to no experience in parks landscape or construction maintenance or those who currently do not have a valid Drivers License.
*If you do have a valid Drivers License and experience in parks landscape or construction maintenance we encourage you to apply for a Seasonal Parks Maintenance Worker position*
Required Minimum Qualifications
Education requirement: None
Experience Requirement: None
Education/Experience Equivalency: None
Licensure: None
Application Deadline
Applications for this position are accepted on a rolling basis. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure consideration
About Everything Else
Job Profile
CG2113 Park Seasonal LaborerTo view the full job profile including position specifications physical demands and probationary period click here.
Position Type
OncallPosition Salary Range
$18.81 $25.77Starting Pay
$18.81/hourAgency
Parks and RecreationThe City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability genetic information age or any other status protected under federal state and/or local law.
It is your right to access oral or written language assistance sign language interpretation realtime captioning via CART or disabilityrelated accommodations. To request any of these services at no cost to you please contact with three business days notice.
Applicants for employment with the City and County of Denver must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.
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Employment Type
Part-Time
