[NHCOLL-L:702] job opening at UC Botanical Garden

[Holly Forbes]

JOB AVAILABILITY:  HORTICULTURE SUPERVISOR
                               UNIVERISITY OF CALIFORIA BOTANICAL GARDEN
                               BERKELEY

The UC Botanical Garden is hiring a full time person who will work half 
time supervising the horticulture staff, and half time as a horticulturist 
in the New World Desert section of the Garden.  The following job 
description currently appears on the UC Berkeley web-site:
Senior Museum Scientist
Botanical Garden
$36,840 - 58,260
Hours: Tue - Sat, 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.; some holidays
08-364-30/PA
Job Duties: Supervisory position. Under direction of the Manager of 
Collections and Horticulture, supervise all horticulture staff: Hire, 
review work, assign duties, and complete evaluations. Plan and supervise 
collections maintenance functions such as planting, fertilizing, pest and 
weed control, landscaping, hardscaping, etc. Implement a biological control 
program. Produce and monitor budgets for maintenance and development of 
collections, the grounds and infrastructure. Oversee construction projects, 
including horticultural buildings and irrigation systems. Supervise 
maintenance of all Garden infrastructure. Oversee purchase of grounds 
maintenance supplies. Design, plan, and maintain area assigned in 
accordance with curatorial policies. Maintain plant health, area tidiness, 
and aesthetic appeal. Perform hardscape activities including
installation/repair of irrigation systems, resurfacing/grading of paths, 
rockwork, and erosion control. Operate garden equipment. Use chemicals 
under guidance of licensed staff to control pests as needed. Required 
qualifications: Bachelors degree in horticulture, or equivalent experience. 
Three or more years of experience in personnel supervision
and in formulating and managing budgets, or an equivalent combination of 
education and experience. Demonstrated ability to coordinate a diverse 
staff. Effective organizational and record keeping skills. Ability to work 
both independently and as part of a team, set and meet objectives, and 
coordinate objectives with other staff and with Botanical Garden policy. 
Ability to maintain accurate records and to research collection 
acquisitions and their horticultural requirements through botanical literature.

Note that this position requires both supervisory and horticultural 
experience.  The New World Desert is a highly visible and popular 
collection, and includes taxa from North and South America.
For more information contact Chris Carmichael, Manager of Collections and 
Horticulture at the UC Botanical Garden: (510) 642-9856 Ext. 1;
carmichl at uclink4.berkeley.edu
You can apply for this job in person or on line.  For more information 
visit the UC Berkeley Job Listings web-site: 
http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/hrjobs.htm
Applications can be picked up or dropped off between 9am and 4pm at the 
Employment Office in University Hall, 2200 University Ave. at the corner of 
Oxford St. in Berkeley.  Their number is (510) 642-1011.  Application 
review will begin 9/8, although the position will remain open after that 
date until filled.

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