Company description

We are a regenerative landscape design, build, and education firm located in Atlanta and serving the southeast. Every outdoor space we create contributes to protecting biodiversity, growing food, medicine, and pollinator habitat, building soil, and restoring the water cycle. Most gardens are designed to be high-input systems⏤water-intensive, chemically-dependent, and high maintenance. Instead of toxic, resource-heavy conventional landscapes, we build health from the ground up by transitioning landscapes to become ecologically sound, healthy ones. Our work is to reconcile the human-built environment and the natural world, creating a conversation between the two that is life-giving.

Job description

The Nursery Assistant Manager (NAM) reports to the Caretaking Manager and works within the Caretaking Department to ensure that the overall best care and maintenance goes into sourcing and maintaining the plants for Shades of Green Permaculture installations. The NAM works intimately with our small team in a highly supportive and collaborative environment. The NAM is a proactive and transparent communicator with excellent problem-solving skills, and a willingness to take initiative and ask questions.

The role of the Nursery Assistant Manager is to prepare for installs through sourcing plants in a timely and organized manner. The NAM manages plant inventory, vendor relationships, and oversees stock nursery, building and improving upon our sourcing practices. The NAM is also involved in strategic initiatives as they arise including facilitating development of our nursery and growing operations.

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Administrative & Communication

• Maintain enthusiasm, positive feedback, and solution driven communication with the team and clients. All communication with clients is kind, considerate, polite, and professional.
• Enter any expenses at the end of each day under the appropriate project.
• Respond promptly to emails
• Check calendar regularly to anticipate upcoming work
• Defer all client questions to Project Manager
• Generate projections for plant needs and maintain and/or establish values-aligned sourcing and supplier relationships
• Craft and carry out a strategy of ethical sourcing for the company.
• Advise on SOG plant list
• Track plant budgets by job as needed
• Manage Current Plants Needs List and keep current with upcoming jobs
• Receive, unbox and store plants from vendors
• Make plant runs as needed to local nurseries

Driver

• Pick up and drop off rental vehicles as needed
• Call and engage roadside assistance as needed
• Pick up and drop off vehicles for repairs and maintenance as needed
• Record issues in WhipAround
• Contact CVH with issues and fleet needs

Install

• Source all plants needed for installs prior to when they are needed in the flow of job, and pay suppliers.
• Coordinate with PM about plant availability
• Maintain the stock nursery, including watering, weeding, up potting and organizing and oversee quality control of plant stock
• Execute planting, propagation and maintenance of existing GreenSpace garden as a space for guided tours, community outreach, education, and propagating plants for future installations and/ or sales
• Update Current Plant Needs List with any changes from actual install
• Manage and track plant punch list needs
• Send email to PM with estimated time plants will be available for punch lists and when they are sourced
• Coordinate with Caretaking Manager when additional support is needed from Caretaking Team
• Be available for plant lay out when needed

Requirements & Qualifications

• Plant knowledge for useful and medicinal plants in our bioregion
• Clean driving record and a current driver's license - required to complete the duties of the job with a company vehicle.
• Must get along well with others and value non-violent methods of communication and interaction
• Excellent and clear communication skills — both verbal and written
• Compassionate and helpful nature
• Able and willing to learn new skills; learning how to seek answers, problem solve or seek assistance to get the job done
• Comfortable working with a team
• Flexible and able to adapt to unique situations
• Familiar with Google Drive, Slack and Trello
• Strong sense of responsibility and ability to prioritize and complete multiple projects with minimal supervision
• Extremely detail-oriented and highly organized
• Excellent time management skills and ability to multitask and prioritize work

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $19.00 - $26.00

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline