Job Description

Academic Support [(Lab Manager [Teaching Gardens Manager] Position # 96541T)]

Location : Pearl City, HI

Job Type : Full-Time Permanent

Department : Leeward Community College

Job Number : 2022-00660

Division : Academic Support - Dean's Office

Closing : 6/15/2022 11:59 PM Hawaii

Description

Title: Academic Support [Lab Manager (Teaching Gardens Manager)]
Position Number: 96541T
Hiring Unit: Math & Science
Location: Leeward Community College
Date Posted: 5/24/2022
Closing Date: 6/15/2022
Band: A
Salary: salary schedules and placement information
Additional Salary Information: PBA; minimum $3,767/mo.
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Temporary/Permanent: Temporary – Not to Exceed: June 30, 2023

Other Conditions: Federal funds, temporary to 06/30/2023, with the possibility of extension, pending satisfactory job performance, availability of funds, and actual staffing requirements; to begin approximately 07/22, pending actual staffing requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Supports instruction and research conducted in the campus teaching gardens.
2. Performs regular care for and maintenance of plants, irrigation, and pest and weed control within the teaching gardens including plant propagation and all horticultural tasks.
3. Assists instructors in preparing, staffing, and cleaning up following classes held in the outdoor classrooms and teaching gardens.
4. Maintains clean, safe, and orderly facilities for teaching and undergraduate research, plant propagation, storage, vehicle parking, and irrigation. The maintenance of the facilities must utilize sustainable agricultural practices.
5. Ensures compliance with campus/university COVID-19 guidance for health and safety.
6. Recruits, hires, trains, evaluates, and coordinates schedules and tasks for student assistants and volunteers.
7. Propagates plants needed for teaching and/or undergraduate research in the campus gardens.
8. Manages budgets, procures resources, and maintains an inventory of equipment and supplies that support the outdoor classrooms and gardens.
9. Establishes and maintains mutually beneficial working relationships with campus and community stakeholders who work with Native Hawaiian plants and/or teaching gardens.
10. Operates a vehicle to pick up supplies off-campus, as needed.
11. Properly uses, stores, and disposes of any hazardous chemicals, tools, equipment, or organic matter within the outdoor classroom and campus gardens per OSHA and hazardous waste guidelines. The includes maintaining an inventory of chemicals and provides inventory reports to supervisor.
12. Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

1. Possession of a baccalaureate degree in Horticulture, Botany, or Tropical Agriculture and 2 year(s) of progressively responsible professional experience with responsibilities for managing a teaching garden or plant nursery, or agriculture research support; or equivalent education/training or experience.
2. Functional knowledge of principles, practices and techniques in managing a teaching garden or agriculture research support as demonstrated by knowledge, understanding and ability to apply concepts, terminology.
3. Functional knowledge and understanding of principles, theories, federal and state laws, rules, regulations and systems associated with plant nursery management.
4. Demonstrated ability to recognize problems, identify possible causes and resolve the full range problems that may commonly occur in garden or plant nursery.
5. Demonstrated ability to understand oral and written documentation, write reports and procedures, and communicate effectively in a variety of situations.
6. Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external organizations, groups, team members and individuals.
7. Demonstrated ability to operate a personal computer and apply word processing software.
8. Must be able to work in extreme weather conditions (e.g. outdoor, heat, rain, mud, vog, wind, and insects) and carry/lift 40 pounds.
9. Demonstrated ability to prepare spreadsheets for budgets and inventory with spreadsheet software (e.g. Excel).
10. Trained in operating chemical sprayers, tillers, weed whackers, chain saws, and horticultural hand tools.
11. Possession of a valid driver’s license.
12. Functional knowledge of sustainable agricultural practices.
13. Any equivalent combination of education and/or professional work experience which provides the required education, knowledge, skills and abilities as indicated.

Desirable Qualifications

1. Demonstrated experience propagating native Hawaiian plants with emphasis on endangered species.
2. Experience in pest management with emphasis on integrated pest management (IPM), fertilizing, weed management, and chemical application.
3. Experience installing and maintaining landscape, nursery and propagation irrigation systems.
4. Experience in creating and managing a budget.

Application Submission: Click on the "Apply" button on the top right corner of the screen to complete an application and attach required documents. Documents include:

1. Graduate and undergraduate transcript(s) showing degree and coursework to date appropriate to the position (Copies of transcripts are acceptable; however, original official transcripts will be required at the time of hire. Academic record/grade summaries will NOT be accepted. Diplomas and copies will NOT be accepted.). Transcripts issued from an institution outside the United States of America require a course-by-course analysis with an equivalency statement from an agency having membership with the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services, Inc., verifying the degree equivalency to that of an accredited institution within the USA. Expense of the evaluation shall be borne by the applicant.
2. A brief one-page cover letter explaining how you meet the minimum and desirable qualifications.
3. Three letters of recommendation (optional) attesting to job performance and personal character.
4. Resume.

Separate documents and application materials must be submitted for each position. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. The application will be considered incomplete if materials are unreadable. Applications lacking copies of official transcripts will be reviewed based on work experience equivalency to meet minimum qualifications (MQs). MQs must be met by the closing date. Please REDACT references to social security numbers and birth date on submitted documents. All requested documents/information become the property of Leeward Community College and will not be returned.

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Inquiries:
Leeward Community College
Human Resources Office
808-455-0326

EEO/AA, Clery Act, ADA

Employment is contingent on satisfying employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; reference checks of previous employers; and for certain positions, criminal history record checks.

In accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, annual campus crime statistics for the University of Hawai'i may be viewed at: https://www.hawaii.edu/titleix/help/campus-security/, or a paper copy may be obtained upon request from the respective UH Campus Security or Administrative Services Office.

In accordance with Article 10 of the unit 08 collective bargaining agreement, bargaining unit members receive priority consideration for APT job vacancies. As a result, external or non BU 08 applicants may not be considered for some APT vacancies. BU 08 members with re-employment rights or priority status are responsible for informing the hiring unit of their status.

Accommodation Request: The University of Hawai'i complies with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the EEO coordinator directly. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. For further information, please refer to the following link: https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/eeo/accommodation-request/

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