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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
Nursery Assistant Manager/Contract Manager

Company:	CENTRAL COAST WILDS
Address:	114 Liberty Street Santa Cruz, Ca 95060
Phone:	(831) 459-0656
Fax:	(831) 457 1606
E-Mail:	ellen@centralcoastwilds.com
Position:	Part Time Permanent: 50% Field, 50% Administrative
Supervisors:	Ellen Holmes, Nursery Manager Jim Lawler, Nursery Facilities Manager
Salary Range :	$12.00 - $15.00/hr. Initial salary DOE. Step-wise salary increases based on performance evaluations. Public prevailing wage jobs may apply.
Schedule:	24 hrs per week, M-F, TBA
Benefits:	Prorated 60% of following Full Time benefits: 5 paid holidays, after 3 months, Vacation accrues to 40 hours/year, after 3 months, PTO accrues to 20 hours/year, after 3 months.
Description:	Central Coast Wilds (CCW), a division of Ecological Concerns Incorporated (ECI), is an ecological consulting firm, habitat restoration contractor and native plant nursery founded in 1992. Our work is motivated by our concern over the continuing threats of native species extinction, concomitant loss of biodiversity and the desertification of California's bioregions. We believe that these trends can be reversed through the integration of ecological principles with land use planning. We provide ecological services with applications in natural lands management, landscape design and sustainable agriculture.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Nursery Assistant Manager / Assistant Contract Manager

The Nursery Assistant Manager will work with the Nursery Manager and Nursery Production Assistants to facilitate all aspects of nursery production, maintenance, and organization. The Nursery Assistant will also work with the Project Manager on various contract jobs. The Nursery Assistant Manager will be given specific training and ongoing supervision in order to assume various responsibilities including:

Nursery Production:

• Nursery stock inspection, propagation, irrigation, and fertilizing
• Overseeing Nursery Production Assistants
• Materials inventory and acquisition
• Organic Pest Management
• Construction and maintenance of nursery facilities
• Deliver plants as needed
• Manage the delivery, pick-up, and truck rental schedules
• Manage cuttings propagation
• Manage record keeping of propagation results and techniques
• Assist in seed propagation of speculative and contract plants

Assistant Contract Manager:

• Maintain an existing Plant Inventory Database (Access format)
• Prepare standard unit price bids in response to customers' request for quotations
• Provide accurate grow times for plants requested by potential contract clients
• Communicate with accounts manager and nursery manager about projects
• Review current projects and plant materials being grown
• Coordinate production and delivery of plants to local and regional customers
• Communicate with contract customers regarding contract status + delivery dates
• Negotiate change orders of contracts

Required Qualifications

• Good customer relations skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Skilled in Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, Access)
• Nursery propagation and production experience
• Skilled in the identification of California native plants
• Knowledge of California Native Plant communities
• Familiarity with California native plant propagation schedules from seed and cuttings
• Must be physically fit: able to stoop, bend, and repeatedly lift 35 lbs
• A high degree of self-motivation and ability to work independently to complete specific tasks and meet inflexible deadlines
• Valid driver’s license and good driving record
• Ability to multitask and work in a hectic office environment with various strong personalities
• Willingness to work in inclement weather (Raingear provided)

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