Job Order Detail

Description

The Saskatchewan Environmental Society is seeking an outgoing individual to coordinate and carry out garden support at two native plant gardens SES has helped create in Saskatoon. The Coordinator will actively help weed and water the sites and will also support volunteers and summer students to do the same.

Primary activities include:

Weeding two native prairie garden sites to eliminate weeds and support native plant development.
Watering sites as needed (using water on site) to support establishment of native prairie plants.
Train, supervise, and monitor volunteers and summer students to help with weeding and watering on the sites.

Skills and expertise needed:

The candidate will:
Have a strong background in native plant identification.
Have familiarity with local flora and gardening practices.
Be physically able to weed ground level plants and manage long watering hoses on site.
Be able to independently travel to both native prairie garden locations, one on the east side of the city, the other on the west side of the city.
Have an outgoing disposition and be comfortable training, supervising, and monitoring summer students and volunteers.
Have experience organizing and coordinating volunteers.
Be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal communications skills.

Occasional weekend or evening work may be required.

Please find the full job posting on our website: https://environmentalsociety.ca/get-involved/employment-opportuniti