Park Gardener & Landscape Caretaker

IMDiversity; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Los Angeles is hiring a Gardener Caretaker to perform gardening, landscape construction and maintenance across parks, playgrounds, medians and other landscaped areas. This full-time role offers an annual salary range and requires gardening experience or city-related work hours, plus relevant college coursework.

Applicants must hold a valid California driver’s license and be prepared to work weekends/holidays and overtime in various city locations.

Qualifications

• Two years of full-time paid gardening experience or 1040 hours of related city work.
• Completion of 12 semester or 18 quarter units in gardening, agriculture, or horticulture may substitute for 1 year of experience.
• Applicants must provide school names, course titles and dates in supplemental questions on the application.

Responsibilities

• Gardener Caretaker does gardening, landscape construction, and maintenance in parks, playgrounds, traffic islands, medians and landscaped areas.
• May be required to work weekends/holidays and overtime, and can be reassigned to different City locations.

Skills

Gardening

Education

Coursework in gardening/agriculture/horticulture

Job description

The City of Los Angeles is hiring a Gardener Caretaker to perform gardening, landscape construction and maintenance across parks, playgrounds, medians and other landscaped areas. This full-time role offers an annual salary range and requires gardening experience or city-related work hours, plus relevant college coursework.

Applicants must hold a valid California driver’s license and be prepared to work weekends/holidays and overtime in various city locations.