Gardener

Love plants, fresh air, and making the City look amazing? Join our Coon Rapids seasonal gardening team and help Bunker Hills bloom brighter than ever! Under the direction of the Golf Pro/Manager, the temporary seasonal Gardener is responsible for assisting with golf facility creation and maintenance of ornamental plant and flower beds. Bunker Hills Golf Club is a premier destination nestled in beautiful Bunker Hills Regional Park in Coon Rapids and is seeking candidates to join our team this summer!

The position will work between 8‑16 hours per week.

Anticipated Hiring Rate: $12.00/hour | Vacancies: 2‑3

The City of Coon Rapids is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively seeks a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve. The City welcomes and encourages any qualified applicant to apply regardless of race, color, creed, religion, familial status, sex (including pregnancy or related conditions, gender identity/expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, marital status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or any other basis protected by law.

• Assists in the planting and maintenance of perennials, annuals, grasses, bulbs and shrubs.
• Assists in gardening work such as pruning, fertilizing, mulching, dividing, deadheading, etc.
• Assists in employing display bed management practices including irrigation and weed control.
• Maintains regular and reliable attendance during scheduled work hours and outside regular hours as necessary.
• Provides effective and respectful communication and interactions with other employees, supervisors, individuals from other organizations, and citizen customers.
• Maintains positive professional working relationships with all staff levels, other jurisdictions and outside agencies and the general public.
• Follows oral and written instructions such as supervisor’s work orders and equipment operation manuals.
• Performs essential position duties and responsibilities under the working conditions and physical demands described herein.
• Performs other related functions as apparent or delegated.

• Familiarity with local and ornamental plant and flower species.
• Knowledge of standard methods, practices, tools, and equipment used in developing and maintaining plant and flower beds.
• Ability to use gardening tools effectively (hand trowel, pruning shears, garden spade, etc.).
• Ability to effectively communicate using a two‑way radio.
• Ability to work cooperatively with City personnel, external vendors, and the public.
• Ability to perform duties with tact and discretion.
• Ability to be detail oriented and follow through with tasks.
• Ability to maintain a team and service oriented approach to work.
• Must have the ability to accept constructive criticism or discipline in a positive manner, initiating self‑development to improve job performance.
• Must strive to promote a cooperative atmosphere in the department and exhibit a positive attitude.

• Two years of experience performing garden work.
• Understanding of the aesthetic presentation of plants, flowers, and garden design.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions. This work requires occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds and occasional exertion of up to 90 pounds; work regularly requires standing, sitting, walking, speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel and occasionally requires climbing or balancing;

reaching with hands and arms, tasting or smelling, pushing or pulling. Lifting and repetitive motions; work requires close vision, distance vision, depth perception and color perception; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, using of measuring devices, operating…