Lead Beautification Coordinator

Lead Beautification Coordinator

Department: Leisure Services

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Hourly Salary: $18.83/hr

Position Overview

Serve as the coordinator between the Landscape Manager and Beautification Coordinators for projects as assigned, including inmate resource distribution. Supervises and coordinates activities of inmates engaged in litter reduction, general upkeep and maintenance of medians, right of ways and neutral grounds, pruning and removal of small trees and shrubs, and installation of trees and shrubs.

Essential Job Functions

Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, May include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.

• Reviews work orders to ascertain service, equipment, and work force requirements and schedules work for crew according to weather conditions, availability of equipment, and seasonal limitations.

• Investigates work orders, citizen complaints and requests to determine necessary actions to remedy problems.

• Travels to County/State Correctional Facility, picks up inmate work crew, supervises crew through-out workday and returns crew to Facility at end of day.

• Reviews completed work to ascertain quality of work.

• Reviews effectiveness of chemicals applied.

• Act as the coordinator between the Landscape Manager and Beautification Coordinators for projects as assigned including inmate resource distribution.

• Supervises inmates based on quantities provided by the Correction Facility. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's and Correctional Facility Department's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training and instructing inmates on work duties; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

• May be called on to perform activities of workers supervised.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Must posses required knowledge, skills, abilities and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the

essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Thorough knowledge of landscaping and grounds maintenance practices.

• Through knowledge of small and large equipment relating to maintenance and operating of a landscaping division.

• Thorough knowledge of tree, plant and turf disease and necessary chemicals for remediation.

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.

• Ability to write simple correspondence.

• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees of the organization.

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

• Ability to set up projects.

• Ability to review work for completeness.

• Ability to work as a team with others to accomplish a project.

• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.

• Ability to maintain harmonious and effective working relationships with other employees, supervisor and other departments.

Education and Experience

High school diploma or equivalent. Five to seven years' experience in landscaping or horticulture. Also, must have 3- 4 years' experience supervising a work crew.

Required Licenses or Certificates

Must possess a valid Mississippi driver's license.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical requirements include occasional lifting/carrying of 50+ pounds; visual acuity, speech and hearing; hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate a computer keyboard and basic office equipment. Subject to sitting, standing, reaching, walking, twisting and kneeling to perform the essential functions. Working conditions are both indoors and outdoors. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment may be loud.