Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Position Title: Seasonal Junior Botanist & Plant Investigator Program Assistant

Department: Children’s Education

FLSA Status: Part-time Seasonal, Non-exempt

Compensation: $17.50 per hour

Term : June 9–August 9, 2025

Schedule: Tuesday–Friday; 22–28 hours per week

Application Deadline: April 1, 2025

Position Description:

Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) Junior Botanists (new participants entering grades 5–7) and Plant Investigators (returning participants entering grades 6–8) are scholarship students selected from Title I schools in Brooklyn that have partnered with BBG during the school year through our Project Green Reach outreach program. This position entails three weeks of intensive training, followed by six weeks of fast-paced programming.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate and work within an inquiry-based, team-teaching model for gardening activities.
• Support Plant Investigator instructor in preparing and delivering lessons that are multidisciplinary and exploratory, with a focus on botanical/environmental science.
• Plan and lead weekly cooking session.
• Help maintain garden plots.
• Work as part of a staff team to co-lead a three-day overnight camping trip.
• Perform other related duties or special projects as directed.

Schedule:

Mandatory paid training: Tuesday–Friday, 9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | June 10–June 27 (no training June 19)

Program: Tuesday–Friday, 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | July 1–August 8 (no program July 4)

*Requires two Saturdays (June 21 and August 9) and one three-day, two-night camping trip (July 14–16)

Qualifications:

• College-level studies and a demonstrated interest in education, urban agriculture, botany, or environmental and biological sciences
• Must be a former member in good standing of the Garden Apprentice Program
• Must love teaching children ages 9–13
• Experience and comfort working with students, peers, and supervisors from diverse backgrounds
• Willingness to work outside in all weather

Benefits

• BBG offers certain benefits to part-time employees including:
  
  • Up to 56 hours of sick leave
  • Short-term disability/New York Paid Family Leave
    
• As a 501(c)3, BBG is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Eligible Employer
• Museum Pass which provides employees the opportunity to enter many museums in New York City for free
• Free garden admission for employee plus one guest
• Employee discount at BBG’s retail shop and food venues

To be considered for this position, please submit an application by clicking Apply below. Applications submitted without a résumé and cover letter will not be considered.

No telephone calls for position inquiries, please. Applicants with disabilities who need assistance with the online system, or who may require a reasonable accommodation during the application process, should contact Human Resources at hr@bbg.org. 

Brooklyn Botanic Garden is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

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