Job Description

Description

Montgomery Parks is currently seeking Butterfly Exhibit Assistant Managers for a live butterfly exhibit at Brookside Gardens. Staff care for plants butterflies and provide customer service to visitors inside the Conservatory at Brookside Gardens a public horticulture display garden located in Wheaton Maryland. This is an eight-month part-time position with a 30-hours/week schedule including all weekends and holidays and two weekdays per week. The ideal candidate is energetic enthusiastic about plants and insects and enjoys interacting with a wide variety of people.

About the HFEE Division and Brookside Gardens
The Horticulture Forestry and Environmental Education (HFEE) Division contributes to the preservation and maintenance of our parks natural and cultural resources. Brookside Gardens is one of Parks public gardens displaying horticultural exhibits that are designed installed and maintained using ecological landscape practices as a model and inspiration to more than a million visitors per year. Our public gardens offer a wide variety of educational programs for children and adults are planned to excite curiosity and encourage lifelong learning with the vision of mobilizing residents of Montgomery County as dedicated stewards of the natural world.

• Learn More About Brookside Gardens: Montgomery Parks
  Montgomery Parks is an award-winning park system and part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC). Supported by more than 1000 dedicated employees we care for 416 parks including trails and natural spaces across Montgomery County with team members working in a wide range of roles including park operations public programs park planning public safety and administration. Our work is visible in everyday moments from safe well-maintained trails to welcoming parks and community programs. Careers with Montgomery Parks offer purpose stability and the opportunity to make a visible lasting impact where people live work and connect.
  
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Examples of Important Duties

What Youll Do

Butterfly Exhibit Operations & Care

• Open and close the butterfly exhibit and maintain clean safe walkways
• Perform daily plant care (watering grooming weeding) to support butterfly habitat health
• Receive handle and release live butterflies in accordance with USDA permit requirements
• Monitor butterfly nutrition sources and assist with proper sanitization and disposal of materials

Visitor Experience & Butterfly Educatio n

• Assist visitors with ticketing check-in and questions
• Provide accurate engaging information about butterflies and the exhibit
• Respond to requests in a helpful positive manner and communicate rules clearly

Volunteer Support & Team Operations

• Train and work with volunteer docents to support a strong butterfly exhibit experience
• Guide volunteers assisting with butterfly care plant maintenance and exhibit support
• Balance hands-on butterfly exhibit work with visitor interaction and team coordination

Important Skills and Characteristics

• Follows detailed instructions accurately and maintains strong attention to detail including recordkeeping
• Reliable and punctual
• Strong communication leadership and customer service skills including confidently addressing groups
• Able to work in hot humid conditions and safely operate tools and equipment
• Knowledge of or willingness to learn plant care pest/disease identification and greenhouse systems
• Works well independently and as part of a team
  

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED.
• One year of customer service experience
• Applicants must be at least 18 years or older

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous horticulture experience in a greenhouse or conservatory.
• Previous experience of handling insects or other live animals.
• Previous experience with interpretation teaching or public speaking/engagement.
  

Supplemental Information

May be subject to medical drug and alcohol testing.

Working Conditions

• Primarily works inside a glass Conservatory with exposure to temperature extremes such as high heat humidity and cold damp conditions.

• Must be able to perform strenuous work including the ability to: stoop bend stretch pull and lift up to 50 pounds.

• Works independently and as part of a team.

• Works all weekends and holidays and two weekdays per week.

Additional Information

• This position is not eligible for benefits.

• A fingerprinting and background investigation will be completed prior to hire.

• Additional duties and full list of Job Description available upon request.

The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate a workplace culture of diversity equity and inclusion without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race color religion sex age national origin sexual orientation marital status disability genetic information gender identity or any other non-merit factor.

Applicants with Disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

If you require accommodations or special arrangements due to a qualifying disability please notify the Recruitment & Selections Services Unit at the time of applications at or (Maryland Relay 7-1-1)

M-NCPPC will make all efforts to reasonably accommodate you.

Required Experience:

Manager

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