GIM Administrative Horticulturist

DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) seeks an Administrative Horticulturist for the Green Infrastructure Maintenance Program. This management-class role plans, coordinates, and oversees horticultural activities citywide, supervising a team of project managers to ensure timely, cost-effective delivery.

Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in horticulture/arboriculture/landscape architecture with supervisory experience, plus strong Excel/Office skills and a NYS driver's

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in horticulture, arboriculture, or landscape architecture with four years of full-time horticultural work, two years in supervisory/administrative capacity.
• Alternatively, a satisfactory equivalent with a high school diploma and one year of supervisory/administrative experience.
• Five years of experience planning, administering or expediting large projects; two years in administrative/managerial roles.

Responsibilities

• Under administrative direction, perform highly difficult and complex work in planning, coordinating, and overseeing green infrastructure horticultural activities across the city.
• Develop and negotiate contracts including cost, time estimates, and funding sources for maintenance related to green infrastructure projects.
• Direct a staff of project management professionals overseeing timely and cost-effective implementation of major green infrastructure projects.
• Oversee green infrastructure maintenance projects from initiation to completion.
• Direct technical project management operations including planning, budget and scope development, vendor procurement, design and construction management, and project close-outs.
• May assume duties in the supervisor’s temporary absence.

Skills

Horticulture

Supervisory experience

Budget management

Contract negotiation

Project management

Education

Baccalaureate degree in horticulture/arboriculture/landscape architecture

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Important: Candidates must be Permanent Administrative Horticulturist or provide proof of filing for DCAS Exam #6005 to be considered.

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high-quality drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees. DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system’s 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the city.

DEP’s Green infrastructure program designs, constructs and maintains a range of Green Infrastructure assets that collect stormwater from streets, sidewalks, and other hard surfaces before it can enter the sewer system or cause local flooding. By reducing the amount of stormwater that flows into the Sewer System, green infrastructure helps prevent Combined Sewer Overflows and improves the health of local waterways.

The Bureau of Environmental Planning and Analysis at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection is seeking an Administrative Horticulturalist for the NYC Green Infrastructure Maintenance Program. This is a management class position, with several assignment levels. Administrative Horticulturalist plan, coordinate, and oversee the development and progress of various horticultural activities throughout the city.

Under general supervision, the selected candidate will have the following primary responsibilities:

• Under administrative direction, with extremely wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgement, initiative, and action, performs extremely difficult, responsible, and complex work in planning, coordinating, and overseeing the development and progress of various horticultural green infrastructure activities throughout the city.
• The administrative horticulturalist will also develop and negotiate contracts including making determinations of costs, of time estimates, and of sources of funding associated with maintenance related to green infrastructure horticultural projects.
• Directs a staff of project management professionals engaged in managing the timely and cost-effective implementation of major projects for the green infrastructure program.
• Directs the oversight of green Infrastructure maintenance projects from initiation to completion.
• Directs technical project management operations including project planning, budget, and scope development, vendor procurement, design and construction management, and project close-outs.
• In the temporary absence of supervisor, may assume the duties of that position.

ADMINISTRATIVE HORTICULTURIST - 1007C

Minimum Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college with major study in horticulture, arboriculture, or landscape architecture and four years of full-time, paid experience in horticultural work of which two (2) years must have been in a supervisory, administrative, consultative, managerial, or executive capacity; or

2. A satisfactory equivalent. However, all candidates must have at least a high school diploma or evidence of having passed an examination for a high school equivalency diploma and one year of supervisory, administrative, consultative, managerial, or executive experience as described above.

Preferred Skills

• At least five years of full-time satisfactory experience in the planning, administering or expediting of engineering design, and/or construction, or coordinating a very large engineering project,
• At least two years working in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.
• Valid NYS Driver's License.

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.