The School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine is recruiting applicants for the position of Horiculture Technician at the UC-Irvine Arboretum (http://arboretum.bio.uci.edu/), a teaching and research facility on the Irvine main campus. Job duties include overseeing the maintenance of 12.5 acres of grounds and exhibits, with special attention to plantings grown for teaching, research and restoration. Job duties also include maintaining the UC-Irvine Herbarium, consisting of ca. 35,000 vascular plant collections from the western United States. The Horticulture Technician will work closely with research and teaching faculty and undergraduate and graduate students from the School of Biological Sciences and other campus units. Competitive applicants should have excellent leadership and organizational skills and a BS or MS in the biological sciences with an emphasis in plant care, or equivalent experience.
To apply or learn more about this position, reference job number “2016-0076” at the following: https://staffing2.hr.uci.edu/CSS_External/CSSPage_Welcome.asp All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy. For further information, please contact Dr. Kailen Mooney (moon...@uci.edu).
