Job Details

School Programs Assistant

Position Number: 9972339
Location: Salt Lake City, United States
Position Type: Extension and Outreach

School Programs Assistant

Job Summary

Red Butte Garden & Arboretum is one of the largest botanical gardens in the Intermountain West and, together with the University of Utah, serves as the State Arboretum of Utah. Located on 100 acres in the foothills above the University of Utah campus, Red Butte Garden includes over 21 acres of developed gardens and five miles of natural area trails. The Garden is nationally recognized for its diverse plant collections, seasonal floral displays, outdoor concert series, private event spaces, and award winning horticultural education programs.

Join Red Butte Garden's School Programs team in connecting students with nature through informal education! Share your passion for the outdoors, the environment, and plants with school aged kids during field trips, classroom visits, summer camps, and more. Gain valuable experience planning and teaching school programs and seasonal events. Must enjoy being outdoors and working with school aged children. Depending on season, this position will be planning, preparing for, and leading field trips within the Garden, leading off-site classroom visits, teaching summer camps, or supporting other programs.

Responsibilities
* Teaching plant science through on-site and off-site programs for elementary school students
* Assisting in daily operations by maintaining supplies, facilities, and equipment
* Assisting the Programs department with other activities, programs, and seasonal events as needed

Work Environment and level or Frequency typically required
Often: Classroom and school environment, outdoor (garden) environment, storage and tool rooms, greenhouse, event spaces, public spaces

Physical Requirements and level of frequency that may be required
Often: standing, sitting, listening, talking, walking (sometimes on hilly, uneven terrain), driving trams, bending, reaching overhead, repetitive hand motion (such as typing), lifting and carrying up to 50lbs, setting up and moving around classroom spaces

Minimum Qualifications
EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).
Department may hire employee at one of the following job levels:
Program Assistant,, I: Requires little to no related experience.
Program Assistant,, II: Requires at least 1 year of related experience.

Preferences
* An interest in environmental and informal education, demonstrated by education, previous employment, or personal pursuits
* An interest in plants, demonstrated by education, previous employment, or personal pursuits
* Experience working in an outdoor setting
* Enjoy being outdoors
* Enjoy teaching/leading school aged children, primarily ages K-6th grade

Special Instructions

Requisition Number: PRN17579N
Full Time or Part Time? Part Time
Work Schedule Summary: Varies depending on season. Primarily Monday through Thursday with some Friday work required. Working hours are typically between 8:30am and 3:30pm but may start or end earlier depending on programs. Optional evening and weekend work possible.
Department: 00340 - Red Butte Garden & Arboretum
Location: Campus
Pay Rate Range: $16.00 - $18.00, depending on experience
Close Date: 12/31/2026
Open Until Filled:

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