Park Operations Tech

Job Description: Park Operations Tech 
Location: Austin, TX
Reports to: Director of Park Operations

You:  Hospitable, service-oriented, people-person who dreams of working outdoors in a thriving public and natural work environment. Maintenance pro, who is eager to work in a park setting and be a part of an energetic, collaborative and growth-focused work culture.

Us: Austin’s most historic public park, in an urban setting that recently underwent a major and beautiful renovation. A non-profit work environment with a passion for excellence and stewardship for Austin’s greenspace preservation. A safe space offering inclusivity, respect, and the potential to grow within the organization.

Position Description: 

The Part time Park Operations Tech is responsible for facilities, grounds and custodial maintenance under the supervision of the Director of Park Operations. The Park Operations Tech will provide quality upkeep of the 7 acre Kingsbury Commons section of Pease Park. This position is foundational to Pease Park’s vision of ensuring a clean, safe and high quality visitor experience. 

Specific Responsibilities:

• Facilities Maintenance: 
  • Preserve “Hardscapes” such as paved surfaces, basketball court, cornhole court, urban trails. Includes blowing pathways, debris and litter removal, power washing, and inspection for damage, vandalism, or other needed repairs. Prompt graffiti or gum removal as needed, and responsibility to address issues as soon as they are identified.
  • Maintain “Site Features” such as the Tudor Cottage, treehouse, drinking fountain, lighting, fencing, walls, exercise equipment, playscape, water feature, seating, and irrigation. Daily site walk and inspection of all grounds facilities to ensure upkeep, cleanliness, and maintenance. Troubleshoot, suggesting maintenance updates and repairs as needed, and report issues as they arise. 
• Groundskeeping 

Perform “Softscape” maintenance and general landscaping in coordination with the Director of Park Operations and Horticultural Coordinator. Includes litter removal, weeding, pruning, raking, planting, leaf blowing, edging, bed maintenance, trash removal and other grounds services as needed. Work in a variety of landscapes including display garden beds, riparian areas, lawn and woodlands. Leading work with volunteer groups. 

• Custodial Service:

Restroom deep cleans and hourly checks, restocking soap and toilet paper, attending to as-needed spot cleans on site. Daily emptying of trash and recycling cans, and carrying trash and recycling to dumpsters. 

• Security and Emergencies:

Communicate concerns regarding infrastructure, safety hazards and park usage issues as necessary. Report public disturbances, violations of use, and enforce park rules when necessary, and ensure a safe experience. 

• Hospitality:

Ongoing friendly, proactive engagement of park visitors acting as on-site point of contact, greeting visitors, answering questions, and educating of appropriate usage.

• Special Event Support:

Logistics, setting up, and breaking down event features, and post-event clean up. 

Experience and Skills Required:

• Love of the outdoors and ability to perform rigorous physical labor on a daily basis in year round weather conditions.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs and operate power equipment.
• Ability to stand, squat, kneel, climb ladders and walk for extended periods.
• Ability to follow and maintain quality standards and detailed record keeping. 
• Attention to detail; ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Effective time management skills with ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work weekends is preferred. 

Additional Information

Hours: Saturday 10:00pm - 6:00pm

Sunday  10:00pm - 6:00pm 

 Rate: $21.00 per hour 

About Pease Park Conservancy: 

Our Mission: Pease Park Conservancy celebrates the diverse ecology and history that make Austin’s first public park valuable and unique. The Conservancy works to restore, enhance and maintain this 84-acre public green space for the sustainable use and enjoyment of all.

Our Vision: We want Pease Park to be known as an accessible urban green space for all, where land stewardship, environmental innovation and inclusive programming embrace the community's history and inspire its future.  

Our Culture: We are committed to creating and fostering a just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace where all employees and volunteers feel valued and respected. 

Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity:

Pease Park is emblematic of racial and economic injustice in Austin and presents a unique opportunity to acknowledge our history of slavery, segregation, and exclusion in order to create a public space that is welcoming and accessible to all.

Pease Park Conservancy respects, values, and celebrates our community's diverse life experiences and heritages and resolves to ensure that all voices—including historically underrepresented voices— are valued and heard. We aim to be an inclusive organization with respect to gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, sexuality and sexual identity, education, and disability.

We are committed to modeling diversity and inclusion for the greenspace nonprofit sector, and to maintaining an inclusive environment with equitable treatment for all.

To promote informed, authentic leadership for cultural equity, Pease Park Conservancy will:

• View our mission through the lens of equity, diversity, and inclusion to ensure the well-being of our staff and the communities we serve.
• Acknowledge and dismantle any inequities within our policies, systems, programs, and services, and report organizational progress.
• Explore potential underlying, unquestioned assumptions that interfere with inclusivity.
• Prioritize and support high-level thinking about how systemic inequities impact our organization’s work, and how best to address them in a way that is consistent with our mission.
• Practice and encourage transparent communication in all interactions.
• Commit time and resources to expand diversity in leadership within our board, staff, committees, and advisory bodies.
• Lead with respect above all.