Salary : $924,872.00 - $1,248,598.00 AnnuallyLocation : BereaJob Type: Full-TimeDivision: Operations & SustainabilityDepartment: Facilities ManagementOpening Date: 12/18/2024FLSA: Non-ExemptPlease note that references provided at the time of application for staff positions will not be contacted until the applicant has been offered the position. Description: Join Our Team as a Groundskeeper at Berea College!Are you passionate about working in an environment where your efforts will help create a welcoming, safe, and attractive space for the campus community? Berea College is hiring for a Groundskeeper I. This is an entry level position involved in performing all aspects of seasonal grounds operations such as trash pickup, mowing, trimming, edging, planting and snow and ice control. The level of the groundskeeper job title is dictated by the forementioned education, experience, and special skills, knowledge, and abilities. In addition, the incumbent will plant and maintain landscaped areas. The position is also responsible for providing routine maintenance of trees, other plants, and hard surfaces. Your Key Responsibilities:
- Entry level position that performs all aspects of grounds maintenance including; mowing, trimming, edging, weed control and removal, seeding, fertilizing, grounds clean-up including leaf removal, and snow and ice control operations.
- Use best management practices to maintain a zone on campus for safety, cleanliness, landscape health and aesthetics
- Perform basic routine equipment maintenance
- Continue to learn and grow as a professional in the landscaping industry
- In support of Berea College's great commitments this position requires student supervision. The fourth great commitment is to promote learning and serving in community through the student labor program, honoring the dignity and utility of all work, mental and manual, and taking pride in work well done. The Supervision would include scheduling, assigning and approving work performed. Developing students about common workplace acumen and giving them tangible work experience is an expected outcome. To learn more about the student labor program and requirements on this position see: Labor Program Goals
What You'll Bring: Education required to ensure success in this position:
Experience required to ensure success in this position:
- Entry level - 0-3 years' experience in grounds, landscape, or turf maintenance
Special skills, knowledge and abilities:
- Basic, beginner level knowledge of grounds maintenance and landscaping tools and materials
- Ability to safely operate all types of grounds and landscaping equipment
- Computer/tablet literacy
- Ability to establish and maintain a collaborative working relationship with others
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as equipment maintenance manuals, landscape diagrams and or drawings
- Ability to prioritize work and work orders
- Ability to handle multiple tasks at the same time
License, certification, or registration necessary:
Physical requirements:
- Physical capability for manual labor
- Ability to lift 50 pounds
- Ability to work in extreme conditions
- Ability to navigate and traverse campus by foot
Environmental conditions:
- Working outside in weather extremes- sun and heat, rain, snow, cold temperatures;
- Working around hazardous equipment- lifts, tractors, front loaders, chain saws, mowers, etc.;
- Working in dangerous conditions- storms, trees, etc.;
- Working in garage- loud, dusty, greasy conditions.
Founded in 1855, Berea College is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls more than 1,500 students from 46 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them with a no-tuition promise, valued at more than $204,000. Berea's students excel in the College's supportive yet demanding academic environment, and most are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only nine federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College is listed #20 in overall ranking in the U.S. by the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse college rankings, 2023. The Washington Monthly ranks Berea College #2 Best Liberal Arts College and #1 in Social Mobility, 2023. Money Magazine ranks Berea #20 Best Overall College and #10 for Best in the South, 2023. Berea College is also the only institution in Kentucky to receive the 5-Star Rating from Money Magazine, 2023.Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.Berea College is always looking for talented, self-motivated individuals to join our team. If you think you are ready to be a part of an exciting team, then we encourage you to continue with this applicant friendly, online job application! Berea College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.Our Benefits:Berea College offers a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees and their families including health care, dental, vision, retirement, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability and an Employee Assistance Program. The benefit package also includes access to the for children of College Staff, ages 6 weeks to 6 years, Membership, Staff Development Funds and Tuition Reimbursement. Eligible staff employees also receive paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.Part-time employees who work an average of 24 hours per week over the course of a year, receive benefits on a pro-rated basis.To learn more details, visit our benefits page at Our Unique Culture:Berea College strives to be a place where people with various Christian interpretations, different religious traditions, and no religious traditions work together in support of Over the past century, various leaders of the College have applied the College's inclusive scriptural foundation and spirit to their expanding world and welcomed those whose beliefs were consistent with the Christian gospel of impartial love. Therefore, Berea College today affirms its inclusive Christian tradition even as it respects the traditions of Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus, as well as other faiths, and those holding no religious beliefs. We strive not to ignore our differences, but rather seek to understand each other honestly and respectfully, and together create a climate where anyone can openly discuss what they believe without fear of sanction. To that end, all persons who are willing to share in the spirit and the work of the Great Commitments as shaped by its preamble are welcome to study, to teach, and to work at BereaLabor Supervision: In support of Berea College's great commitments, staff and faculty serve as labor supervisors. Our fourth great commitment, The Dignity of Labor, promotes learning and serving in community through the student Labor Program, honoring the dignity and utility of all work, mental and manual, and taking pride in work well done. Student Labor Supervision includes scheduling, assigning, and approving student work, developing students' workplace acumen, and providing tangible work experience. To learn more about the labor program office please see the following link