Job Details
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Natural Resource Aid
Hourly Rate: $24.23- $27.23 per hour, depending on experience
Limited Hour (up to 28 hours per week)
**This position is open until filled. A cover letter and resume demonstrating your experience and qualifications is required. If you have technical difficulties or need help in completing your online application, please feel free to call our office at (253) ###-#### and we will do our best to assist you.**
Description
This position will be working with the Natural Resource Specialist to provide maintenance support to the natural areas in the City of Kent park system including Mill Creek Canyon, Clark Lake, Lake Fenwick and other locations. An ideal candidate has an interest in natural area maintenance and management, possesses general park maintenance skills and knowledge and trail maintenance techniques and knowledge. Familiarity with native plant species of the Pacific NW and invasive plants is also desirable. This position requires excellent communication skills, customer service skills, and ability to work with limited supervision in a team setting.
General duties and responsibilities
- Perform trail inspections, trail maintenance, debris/garbage removal, vegetation control, volunteer event support
- Provide support to the Natural Resource specialist in the form of direct assigned work, collaborating on work planning, site planning
- Document work as required to report illegal encampments, trail inspections, potential hazards (hazard trees, debris etc), etc.
- Hike designated trails checking for illegal encampments, debris, trail condition, and any environmental safety hazards.
Specific duties- Inspect trails for maintenance. Examples include removal of brush, invasive plants, damage from water runoff, illicit use, document trail conditions as required.
- Basic trail repairs. Examples including repair of damage from water runoff using best management practices, repair/replace boards on boardwalks, bridges, replenish soft surfacing.
- Signage, posting inspection and repairs. Examples include repair/replacement of trail signs, signposts
- General debris/garbage removal including debris from abandoned homeless shelters
- Identify casual trails for removal/mitigation
Required Abilities- Maneuver in steep and densely forested terrain.
- Physically able to hike hours at a time with heavy loads up to 50lbs.
- Understand and perform basic natural area pruning
- Understand and perform basic trail maintenance
- Able to assist with trail construction.
- Perform specific tasks with limited supervision.
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:Education: Graduation from high school, GED, or equivalent
Experience: Experience in the maintenance of parks, trails, natural area restoration or related areas of work preferred
Or: In place of the above requirements, the incumbent may possess any combination of relevant education and experience which would demonstrate the individual's knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the essential duties listed above.
LICENSES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:- Valid Washington State Driver's License, or the ability to obtain within thirty (30) days of employment
- Must successfully pass the City's pre-employment driver's records check and maintain an excellent driving record
- Must successfully pass the City's pre-employment substance abuse screening
- New employees are subject to position-relevant criminal background checks
Temporary employees with the City of Kent do not receive insurance or time off benefits outside of those which are legally mandated. In certain instances, temporary employees may be eligible for retirement benefits through the State of Washington's Department of Retirement Systems.
The City of Kent is an Equal Opportunity Employer.