Butterfly Habitat Curator

The Butterfly Habitat Curator provides care for the habitat and butterflies at the Butterfly Habitat at Lost River Cave while educating guests about the plants and butterflies inside the butterfly house. To apply, complete the online application below. Questions may be sent to Katie via email.

Essential Responsibilities:

Planting and up keep of currently planted pollinator garden inside the habitat and the introductory garden outside the habitat; includes choosing plants
Maintenance (such as wedding, dead removal, feeding, and replanting) of the garden throughout the season

- Directly and effectively communicates with Property Manager to support the overall needs of Butterflies.
- Helps implement trainings for volunteers as well as supervises volunteers within the butterfly house.
- Works collaboratively with staff and volunteers, problem solves and communicates within the team and when working with other teams or departments.
- Interacts with and provides educational information for guests of all ages visiting the butterfly house.

Qualifications/Experience:

- - Possesses experience with gardening, plant selection, and maintaining.
  - Excellent customer service and communication skills.
  - Enthusiastic, strong sense of fun, and patient.
  - Experience working in a non-formal education/museum/education setting.
  - Comfortable working with individuals of different ages and abilities
  - Requested but not required: possess or in the process of earning ranking as Master Gardener.

Work Environment/Physical Requirements:

- - - While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to high humidity, intense sunlight, heat, wind, precipitation, and uneven surfaces. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles. This employee could also be exposed to venomous and non-venomous invertebrates and reptiles.
  - - While performing the responsibilities of this job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to: sit, stand, use hands and fingers to handle or feel, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and lift (the employee must be able to lift 50lbs). This employee must handle a variety of butterflies and butterfly chrysalis. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Core Competencies

- - 1. Project/time management
    2. Communication skills
    3. Teamwork and cooperation
    4. Department knowledge
    5. Detail oriented
    6. Interpersonal skills
    7. Initiative

Work Schedule

- - - This is a seasonal, outdoor position from May to early/mid-September approx. 30/week.
    - Specific hours are flexible with the exception of 8 required butterfly release daytime events which are soon to be set.

Pay

- - - This position pays $15 per hour

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We are an equal opportunity employer. I understand that if I am hired, my employment will be for no definite period, regardless of the period of payment of my wages. I further understand that I have the right to terminate my employment at any time with or without notice, and the Company has the same right. I understand and authorize the Company to investigate my driving record, my criminal record, and I understand that the Company may contact my previous employers and I authorize those employers to disclose to the Company all records and other information pertinent to my employment with them. I also authorize the Company to provide truthful information concerning my employment with it to my future prospective employers and I agree to hold it harmless for providing such information. I certify that all of the information I provided on this application and in any interview will be true and accurate. I understand that if I am employed and any such information is later found to be false or misleading in any respect, I will be dismissed.

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