Nursery Specialist

OVERVIEW

• The Sequoia Riverlands Trust Nursery Specialist will be responsible for growing and selling native plants while maintaining the Dry Creek Nursery. The nursery operation focuses on California native plants and other drought tolerant, non-invasive plants for restoration projects, wholesale orders, homeowners, and agricultural habitat enhancement. The Nursery Specialist will assist with leading AmeriCorps members who are supervised by the Nursery Manager.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Assist Nursery Manager with nursery operations

• • Propagation of plant material including seeds, cuttings,divisionand transplanting

• • Keeping the nursery in good condition andmaintainingirrigation and other infrastructure

• • Supports the Nursery Manager in building relationships and fulfilling orders made by agencies, municipalities,business, and other community partners.

• Conduct regular plant sale events and hold regular public hours.

• Manage and update inventory and support with fulfillment of online orders

• Works tocreatedisplayand informationalmaterialssuch as plant signs, using Canva or similar software- in collaboration with the Communications Manager.

• Travel tofarmer’smarkets and other public events in local communities to bring access to native plants to as many people as possible.

• Manage the Dry Creek Nursery social media accounts to convey necessary communications

• Ability to handle paymentsandmake bankdeposits.

SUPERVISION

• The Nursery Specialist will work under the direct supervision of the Nursery Manager. The Nursery Specialist will assist with the management of volunteers and oversight of AmeriCorps members.

DESIRED SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES

• Excellent customer service and people skills

• Enthusiasm to grow the nursery operation and be invested in its success

• Experiencepertaining tonursery work with a basic knowledge ofbotanicalnames, taxonomy, plant growth,careand maintenance

• Ability to move and lift plants as well as other nursery tools and items

• Willingness to work evenings and weekendsin order toaccommodate public events

• Ability to work independently and part of a team, and with groups of people in an education or volunteer setting

• Ability to use and learn a variety of computer software, including Microsoft office,Google,Canva,Shopify&others as needed.

• Driver’s license, proof of insurance,and the ability and willingness to drive a company-owned electric cargo van.

• Your primary work site will be the Dry Creek Nurserylocatedat 35220 Dry Creek Dr, Woodlake, CA 93286

WORK SETTING AND CONDITIONS

SRT’s headquarters is in Visalia, California, a city of about 130,000 residents in the southern San Joaquin Valley. The region has a Mediterranean climate, with cool, moist winters and hot, dry summers. SRT’s preserves and conservation easements aredistributed over nine counties, including lands in the foothills of the southern Sierra Nevada, San Joaquin Valley and in the Carrizo Plain area. The specific work conditions of this position are as follows:

• This position will spenda significant portionof time in the field

• When not in the field, a well-lit, heated, and air-conditioned indoor office with moderate noise will be available

• Physical Demands

• • Ability tolift upto 50 pounds

• • Moderate to strenuous physical activity on occasion

• • Manual dexterity sufficient to reach and handle items, work with fingers and perceive attributes of objects and materials; ability to stand, walk, sit, and reach

• • Ability to use hand tools such as shovels, pitchforks, loppers, handsaws, and others