Job Description :

Position : Sr. Manager/ AVP - Horticulture

Reports to : Head Projects

- Function : Leads the horticultural team in creating and maintaining horticultural displays to drive year round attendance and further company's mission.

- Manages and maintains the integrity of native areas, including, but not limited to restored prairie and wetlands.

- Develops and monitors departmental structure and responsibilities to accomplish short-term and long-term goals.

Responsibilities :

- Establishes and maintains high horticultural standards and practices; providing direction, training and motivation for the horticultural staff

- Is a hands-on leader, actively working in the daily horticultural tasks in the exterior gardens and greenhouses

- Manages and supports overall plant health and soil nutrition strategies for all gardens to include sustainable gardening practices and integrated pest management in the outdoor and indoor gardens

- Establishes and oversees a systematic plant records policy, including direction of the plant collection policy and design aesthetic

- Coordinates heating and cooling of greenhouses, irrigation systems and maintenance of horticultural equipment collaboratively with Project Manager

- Responsible for the operational department budgets, budget monitoring, and any horticultural capital projects as needed (i.e, installation of new gardens)

- Maintains inventory of propagation and growing equipment and supplies, and orders additional materials as needed

- Arranges purchase of plants with representatives of similar institutions, promoting collaborative relationships with like institutions

- Develops, maintains, and promotes positive and professional relationships with internal staff, volunteers, members, vendors, contractors, media, and the general public

- Maintains herbarium and BG Base collections records

- Assigns workers to duties, such as cultivation, harvesting, maintenance, grading and packing products, or altering greenhouse environmental conditions.

- Estimates work-hour requirements to plant, cultivate, or harvest, and prepares work schedule.

- Confers with management to report conditions, plan planting and harvesting schedules, and to discuss changes in fertilizer, herbicides, or cultivating techniques.

- Drives and operates heavy machinery, such as dump truck, tractor, or growth-media tiller, to transport materials and supplies.

- Maintains records of employees' hours worked, and work completed.

- Prepares and submits written or oral reports of personnel actions

- Trains employees in horticultural techniques, such as transplanting and weeding, shearing and harvesting trees, and grading and packing flowers.

- Inspects facilities to determine maintenance needs, such as malfunctioning environmental-control system, clogged sprinklers, or missing glass panes in greenhouse.

- Observes plants, flowers, shrubs, and trees in greenhouses, cold frames, or fields to ascertain condition.

- Reads inventory records, customer orders, and shipping schedules to ascertain day's activities.

- Reviews employees' work to ascertain quality and quantity of work performed.

Supervisory Responsibilities :

- Supervise vendor at site

- Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.

- Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree in horticulture, botany or a related field

- Total experience of 12-15 years, out of which minimum of 5 years experience as a professional horticulturist

- Minimum of two years experience in management position

- Demonstrated knowledge of plants

Licenses and Certifications :

- Must have a State of Indiana Pesticide Applicators License for turf, ornamentals, greenhouse and aquatic pest management (or obtain within 3 months)

- Must possess a valid State of Indiana Driver's License

Language Skills :

- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations written in the English language

- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals

- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

- Ability to use Microsoft office suite efficiently

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