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Join the Garden Team!
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San Francisco Botanical Garden is operated by a public/private partnership between San Francisco Botanical Garden Society and the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department.
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San Francisco Botanical Garden Society is the nonprofit support organization for San Francisco Botanical Garden and is responsible for education, visitor experience, fundraising, curation, and many other functions. Positions listed here are with San Francisco Botanical Garden Society.
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Horticulture positions are managed by the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department. Recruitment for those positions is administered by the San Francisco Department of Human Resources. More information on jobs with the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department can be found here.
Bookstore Manager
The Garden Bookstore is one of the first places visitors engage with the Garden and thus it plays a critical role in creating a good first impression as well as an excellent overall visitor experience. The Bookstore Manager oversees all visioning, planning, and daily operation of the Garden Bookstore.
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Garden Camp and After School Program Counselor
San Francisco Botanical Garden is extending its popular Garden Camp summer program into the school year with an After School Program (ASP) and Garden Camp (Camp) sessions during Thanksgiving and Winter school breaks. The ASP and Camp sessions will serve children in grades K-5 with all-outdoor programming that focuses on educational and positive social-emotional development with peers in nature. ASP and Camp sessions will connect children to plants through a combination of structured, themed activities and open-ended time to develop curiosity, initiative, imagination, and creativity. Curriculum will revolve around four main themes; gardening, art, wellness, and ecology.
Counselors are members of the Learning and Engagement Department, report to the Director of Learning and Engagement and work closely with the ASP Coordinator or Garden Camp Director.
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Visitor Experience Lead Associate
San Francisco Botanical Garden’s Visitor Services team is the face of the Garden welcoming, orienting, and assisting Garden visitors in a friendly and positive manner. This includes efficiently facilitating sales and transactions and graciously answering inquires for information about the Garden’s collections, programs, and other associated offerings. Our philosophy is to encourage every visitor to return and engage with the opportunities the Garden offers, including becoming members, donors and volunteers. The Lead Agent’s prime objective is to support the Visitor Services Agents in all aspects of operations. The Lead Agent will seamlessly lead the team and maintain general phone and email communications when the Visitor Services Supervisor is offsite.
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Visitor Experience Associate
San Francisco Botanical Garden is looking for an energetic, friendly, plant-loving, and knowledgeable person to work in the Visitor Experience department at San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park. The Visitor Experience Associate's prime objective is to help open and close the Garden; greet visitors in a friendly and positive manner; efficiently facilitate sales and transactions; and correctly answer inquires for information about the Garden's collections, programs, and other associated offerings.
Weekend availability required.