Horticulturist Assistant

Job Responsibility:

Date Posted: 01/15/2024 Req ID: 35663 Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga Department: UTM: Biology Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) Position Number: 00022294

Description:

About us: U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada's top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario's booming Peel Region—is one of the world's great catalysts of humanpotential. Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the lift of a lifetime through learning anddiscovery. We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world. This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside theMissinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We're thrilled to welcome those whowant to learn more about us and to be part of what we do. Your opportunity: The incumbent reports directly to the Manager of the Department of Biology and works collaboratively with stakeholders from the UTMOffice of the VP Research & Innovation, the Biology Teaching Labs, and researchers from various UTM departments. Your responsibilities will include:

• Applying established standards when planting, maintaining, and fertilizing plant material
• Following rules and procedural instructions when preparing plants for delivery tolabs for experimentation
• Following rules and procedural instructions when weighing and mixing fertilizersolutions
• Applying established plant propagation techniques to ensure sufficient teaching materials are available
• Applying established plant propagation techniques to ensure sufficient teachingmaterials are available
• Providing detailed explanations on how to grow plant materials

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum two yeas of recent and related practical experience managing growth facilities in a post-secondary environment, including experience in supporting teaching, research and administrative functions
• The job requires a moderate level of muscular coordination and/or manual dexteritywhere precision is essential. E.g., Pipetting

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Adaptable
• Organized
• Proactive
• Problem solver
• Self-directed
• Team player

Closing Date: 02/15/2024, 11:59PM ET Employee Group: USW Appointment Type : Budget - Continuing Schedule: Regular weekend and holiday schedule Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: USW Pay Band 07 - $58,012 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $74,189. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol. Job Category: Administrative / Managerial

This position works on weekends and holidays

Lived Experience Statement Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.