Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Woodberry Forest School, located in Madison, VA, is an exceptional private boarding school community for high school boys in grades nine through twelve. It is one of the top boarding schools in the United States and one of the country's only all-boys, all-boarding schools. Woodberry's 1,200-acre campus is the largest for boarding schools in Virginia and one of the largest private school campuses in the country.

Job Overview: The assistant to the Horticulturist must be able to perform all types of tasks given. Manage all types of tasks that the greenhouse storage area or grounds needs to be done. Assist with planting, fertilizing, propagating, repotting, or installing campus plants. Complete tasks and reports, inventories, and planting schedules. Activities will occur under the supervision of the Horticulturist.

Job Type/Duration: The Horticultural assistant position is full-time, hourly employment at will.

Reports to: Horticulturist

Essential Functions: The Horticultural assistant aids the Horticulturist in all planning, planting, and maintaining seasonal beds, pruning, and general maintenance of the main campus and faculty homes. Must be able to work independently and be a self-starting problem solver.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assist the Horticulturist in the daily maintenance, changeout, and planning of the campus's seasonal, perennial, and faculty housing landscapes.

• Maintains and manages inventory, equipment, supplies, and materials.

• Must be willing and able to perform necessary manual tasks.

• Keep facilities clean and in a manner that is presentable to the general campus community.

• Maintains the campus flower beds through planting, weeding, irrigation, deadheading, dividing, mulching, etc.

• Ability to perform general maintenance skills such as string trimming, blowing, and pruning trees and shrubs.

• Assist with the greenhouse storage area and pest management schedules

• Identify and label all plants and plant materials.

• Work and communicate well with others.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Compensation:

• Competitive wage commensurate with experience and qualifications;
• Full benefits package that includes health insurance, life insurance, generous paid time off, and 403(b) matching retirement plan;
• Commitment to the excellent quality of life;
• Complimentary employee meals

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Experience or knowledge in horticulture a plus
• Ability to handle plants; work inside and outside in a variety of weather.
• An applicant must be able to understand and follow all safety rules, instructions for equipment maintenance and operation, job assignments and work lists, and MSDS fact sheets;
• Employees are frequently asked to stand, walk long distances, carry items, stoop, kneel, and crouch. They must occasionally lift objects weighing 50 pounds;
• Specific vision abilities required by this job are close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception;
• While performing this job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions.

Woodberry Forest School is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

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