Park Operations Tech
Austin, Texas
Reports to: Director of Park Operations
Hours: 20 hours a week/Wed - Sun 2:30pm - 6:30pm
You: Hospitable, service-oriented, people-person who dreams of working outdoors in a thriving public and natural work environment. Maintenance pro, who is eager to work in a park setting and be a part of an energetic, collaborative, and growth-focused work culture.
Us: Austin’s most historic public park, in an urban setting that recently reopened after a major and beautiful renovation. A nonprofit work environment with a passion for excellence and stewardship for Austin’s greenspace preservation. A safe space offering inclusivity, respect, and the potential to grow within the organization.
Position Description:
The Park Operations Tech is responsible for facilities, grounds, and custodial maintenance under the supervision of the Director of Park Operations. The Park Operations Tech will provide quality upkeep of the 7-acre Kingsbury Commons section of Pease Park. This position is foundational to Pease Park’s vision of ensuring a clean, safe, and high-quality visitor experience.
Specific Responsibilities:
Facilities Maintenance
Preserve “hardscapes” such as paved surfaces, basketball court, cornhole court, mulch, and other trails. Includes blowing pathways, debris and litter removal, power washing, and inspection for damage, vandalism, or other needed repairs. Prompt graffiti or gum removal as needed, and responsibility to address issues as soon as they are identified.
Maintain “site features” such as the Tudor Cottage, Treehouse, drinking fountain, lighting, fencing, walls, exercise equipment, playscape, water feature, seating, and irrigation. Daily site walk and inspection of all grounds facilities to ensure upkeep, cleanliness, and maintenance. Troubleshoot, suggesting maintenance updates and repairs as needed and report issues as they arise.
Groundskeeping
Perform “softscape” maintenance and general landscaping in coordination with the Conservation Manager, Horticulture Coordinator, and volunteers. Includes litter removal, weeding, pruning, raking, planting, leaf blowing, edging, bed maintenance, trash removal, and other grounds services as needed. Work in a variety of landscapes including display garden beds, lawn and woodlands. Lead work with volunteer groups.
Custodial Service:
Restroom deep cleans and hourly checks, restock soap and toilet paper, attend to as-needed spot cleans onsite. Empty trash and recycling cans daily, carrying trash and recycling to dumpsters.
Security and Emergencies:
Communicate concerns regarding infrastructure, safety hazards, and park usage issues as necessary. Report public disturbances, violations of use, and enforce park rules when necessary, ensuring a safe experience.
Hospitality:
Ongoing friendly, proactive engagement of park visitors, acting as onsite point of contact. Greet visitors, answer questions, and educate of appropriate usage.
Special Event Support:
Logistics, set up, and break down of event features. Post-event clean up.
Experience & Skills Required:
Love of the outdoors and ability to perform rigorous physical labor on a daily basis in year-round weather conditions
Ability to lift 50 lbs and operate power equipment
Ability to stand, squat, kneel, climb ladders, and walk for extended periods
Ability to follow and maintain quality standards and detailed record keeping
Attention to detail
Ability to work independently, as well as in a team environment
Effective time management skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
Ability to work weekends is preferred
Salary & Benefits:
The Park Operations Tech position is hiring for a part-time 16 hour per week non-exempt position at $21.00 an hour.
How to Apply
Send resume and cover letter, letting us know how you are and why you think you are the best fit for the position, to bret@peasepark.org. Candidates selected for an interview will be requested to provide references.
About Pease Park Conservancy:
Our Mission: Pease Park Conservancy celebrates the diverse ecology and history that make Austin’s first public park valuable and unique. The Conservancy works to restore, enhance and maintain this 84-acre public green space for the sustainable use and enjoyment of all.
Our Vision: We want Pease Park to be known as an accessible urban green space for play, adventure and connectivity, where land stewardship, environmental innovation and inclusive programming embrace the community's history and inspire its future.
Our Culture: We are committed to creating and fostering a just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace where all employees and volunteers feel valued and respected.
Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity Statement:
Pease Park Conservancy is committed to creating and fostering a just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace where all employees and volunteers, whatever their gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, sexual orientation or identity, education or disability, feel valued and respected. We are committed to a nondiscriminatory approach and provide equal opportunity for employment and advancement in all of our departments, programs, and worksites.
We respect, value, and celebrate our community's diverse life experiences and heritages and resolve to ensure that all voices—including historically underrepresented voices— are valued and heard.
We are committed to modeling diversity and inclusion for the greenspace management industry of the nonprofit sector, and to maintaining an inclusive environment with equitable treatment for all.
To promote informed, authentic leadership for cultural equity, Pease Park Conservancy will:
View our mission through the lens of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion to ensure the well-being of our staff and the communities we serve.
Acknowledge and dismantle any inequities within our policies, systems, programs, and services, and continually update and report organization progress.
Explore potential underlying, unquestioned assumptions that interfere with inclusivity.
Prioritize and support board-level thinking about how systemic inequities impact our organization’s work, and how best to address that in a way that is consistent with our mission.
Practice and encourage transparent communication in all interactions.
Commit time and resources to expand diversity in leadership within our board, staff, committee, and advisory bodies.
Lead with respect and tolerance.