Site Operations Assistant

Future Opening:
Site Operations Assistant

Position Announcement

Site Operations Assistant

Pay
: $25/hr, up to 15 hrs per week

Expected Start Date
: 10/14/2024

Reports to
:
Executive Assistant

Status
:
Contractor

Created in 2015 by Women of Color, ELSO, Inc. provides culturally relevant education and leadership development opportunities that invite Youth of Color to Experience Life Science Outdoors (ELSO). Our mission is to teach and frame science and nature-based education through a lens that centers and elevates the stories, ways of knowing, individual needs, and lived experiences of Black and Brown communities.

ELSO Inc. is looking for a friendly, organized, detail-oriented Operations Assistant based in Beaumont, TX. The Site Operations Assistant will be an active member of the SE Texas team supporting the Executive Assistant in streamlining operations and administrative services for the SE Texas Hub. They will communicate work in progress, timelines for major projects, and recurring maintenance schedules and tasks, while maintaining positive relationships with the team and serving as a liaison with the building owner and management company.

• Serve as primary Van Driver for program trips, site visits, tours, and symposiums during program season
• Assist in set up, clean up, tear down and sanitization after each Hub-based programs and event.
• Support and coordinate with staff the set up of office systems, inventory and mail.
• Support Executive Assistant in creating building opening procedures and protocol for pre and post programs.

• Monitor property grounds to ensure a pleasant appearance
• Utilize pesticides to rid grounds of pests such as mosquitos, wasps, and ticks
• Efficiently apply fertilizer to property grounds to enhance growth
• Safely cut grounds using hand, power or riding mower for trimming edges around walkways, flower beds, and walls
• Provide ongoing grounds and garden cleanup, maintenance of property structure, care for indoor plants and outdoor landscape.
• Provide light handyman work as needed inside and around the Hub
• Support the Master Gardener in and around the Children’s Ancestral Garden including participating in the installation and maintenance of the greenhouse, outdoor learning spaces and garden beds/boxes.
• Coordinate the receipt of deliveries to the Hub, and communicate arrivals and delays to Executive Assistant.
• Support the inventory and regular inspection of supplies and equipment.
• Provide basic custodial service, including restocking supplies, notifying staff of ordering needs, performing equipment storage and maintenance, cleaning bathroom, kitchen area and sanitizing all surfaces, following safety and hazard standards for preparing student learning spaces.
• Responsible for the weekly removal of trash and recycling.
• Secure tools and equipment and monitor overall safety and security of the site.

• Required availability includes Mondays and Thursdays 9 am-3 pm (Exact hours are flexible depending on tasks and weather);
  Monthly Saturdays 9 am-11 am and 2-4 pm (Exact schedule to be determined)
• Must be available to drive 15 passenger van for field trips in the Greater Houston area up to two hours each way during camp weeks
  • Required Camp Weeks: 3/11/25-3/14/25; 6/9/25-6/13/25

• 25+ High School Graduate, or GED with administrative experience
• Must be able to drive 15 passenger van
• Must be able to lift and carry 50 lbs
• Must have access to a vehicle + clean driving record for 1 year before application
• Ability to load, unload, sort, organize, and pack items regularly up to 25 lbs
• A minimum of 2 years' experience in a landscaping or groundskeeping role
• Working knowledge of horticulture and plant care
• Must be able to safely operate maintenance equipment including lawnmowers, leaf blowers, weed wackers, and hedge trimmers

Flexible Schedule, Mileage Reimbursement

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.

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Flexible work from home options available.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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