Head of Operations – Botanical Garden Project

Job description / Role

Manage and supervise horticultural and administrative functions, provide coordination for a number of horticultural and botanical activities in a botanical garden, and perform other related duties as required. Overseeing the day to day operations of the garden.

Coordinate work schedules and assignments to ensure adequate operation of the garden; plan, organize, and direct garden and greenhouse horticultural operations; make recommendations for planning of garden areas and their continued development; advise on the acquisition as well as disposition of plants; grow and/or procure plant material.

Review and supervise all accounting, purchasing, and inventory activities; supervise maintenance of facilities, machinery, and utilities; recommend purchase of equipment and supplies; recommend a total budget to a director or committee; set priorities on expenditures based on objectives of the operations; participate in long range planning of garden activities.