Healthy Landscapes Program Assistant

7 days ago

Guelph, Canada The City of Guelph Full time

Why Guelph:
**What we offer**
We offer competitive wages and comprehensive benefits to meet the needs of our diverse employees. Many of our positions offer:

- Paid vacation days, increasing with years of service
- Paid personal days;
- Defined benefit pension plan with OMERS, including 100-per-cent employer matching;
- Extended health and dental benefits, including Health Care Spending Account;
- Employee and Family Assistance Program;
- Parental leave top up program;
- Learning and development opportunities including tuition assistance
- Employee recognition programs.

Position Overview:
Applications are being accepted for the temporary position of **Healthy Landscapes Program Assistant**. Reporting to the Supervisor of Environmental Programs, this position will work as part of a dynamic and collaborative team within the Compliance, Programs and Performance division.

The **Healthy Landscapes Program Assistant** will educate residents on how to reduce outdoor water use while maintaining a healthy and vibrant yard. This includes conducting on-site landscape visits at residential properties to share educational resources and advice, developing informational factsheets and delivering pop-up events.

**Key duties and responsibilities**
- Assist with the planning and delivery of the Healthy Landscape program and other water efficiency programs as needed.
- Complete on-site landscape audits at residential properties in Guelph to encourage water efficient, sustainable landscaping. Provide excellent customer service and provide recommendations on:

- Native plant selection, placement, and planting techniques (including “the right plant in the right place”)
- Creative landscape design options
- Water efficient lawn care tips
- General water-saving landscaping advice
- Assist with the design of educational and promotional materials to increase awareness and understanding of sustainable landscaping (e.g. factsheets, short promotional videos).
- Attend community displays at local events.
- Regular travel within Guelph to assist with program planning and delivery.

**Qualifications and requirements**
- Experience in working with horticultural practices as they pertain to water efficient plant selection and home landscaping site design principles strongly desired.
- Excellent customer service skills
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to communicate with the public.
- Experience with landscape design software.
- Knowledge of water conservation industry best practices and municipal water systems would be an asset.
- Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

**Hours of work**
- 35 hours per week Monday to Friday between the hours of 7:00 am and 5:00 pm. The position requires the ability to shift schedules to facilitate community outreach programs, which may include occasional work in the evenings and weekends.
- The regular work schedule for this position will be 11:45am - 7:15pm when landscape visits are taking place (generally Monday-Thursday) and 8:30am - 4pm on office days (generally Fridays)

**Pay/Salary**
CUPE Local 973 Grade: 3: $20.94-$25.69/hour

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