Who We Are:
Founded in 1891 by a group of visionary volunteers, The Trustees of Reservations (The Trustees) is the nation’s premier conservation and preservation organization. The Trustees’ preserves, for public use and enjoyment, properties of exceptional scenic, historic, and ecological value in Massachusetts. Our properties are open to all, and we thrive by involving as many people as possible in all that we do. We aim to protect special places for future generations to enjoy in perpetuity, and have helped protect more than 50,000 acres, including 27,000+ acres on more than 120 reservations that are open to the public. As a non-profit conservation organization, we are funded and supported entirely by our visitors, supporters, volunteers, and our 100,000 Member households. We encourage you to learn more about The Trustees on our website, www.thetrustees.org.
Posting Information:
Salary/Hourly Rate: $18.00 - $20.00
Hours per week: 40 hours/week
Job Classification: Limited Term, Non-Exempt
Job Type: Onsite
Duration: April - October
Location: Appleton Farms, Ipswich, MA
What You’ll Do:
Your Impact:
Our seasonal staff play an integral role in ensuring that our visitors enjoy our extraordinary places. With the change to warmer temperatures, we experience an influx of visitors of all ages and backgrounds who want to explore and be inspired by our properties. Sandy beaches, wooded trails, cultural gardens, historic homes, community supported agriculture—there are many ways for visitors to discover and explore The Trustees, and just as many opportunities for seasonal employees to make each visitor’s experience special.
The Role:
As a Seasonal Steward, you will work in concert with the Stewardship Manager and Steward to deliver excellent standards in maintenance of Appleton Farms and other properties on the North Shore of Massachusetts. This position is full-time (40 hrs/wk) and seasonal, running from approximately April 1 to October 31.
Specifically, you’ll:
Work in concert with and under the direction of the Stewardship Manager and full time Steward to plan and perform the day-to-day maintenance, stewardship and conservation of properties
Implement seasonal maintenance programs for grounds keeping and landscaping or as directed.
Assist specialist teams (trails, buildings & structures, agroecology, horticulture, collections) as needed in stewardship conservation projects.
Support visitor experience, safety, and services through safety patrols, monitoring, and ensuring proper wayfinding, and clean and functioning facilities.
Participation in activities at other Trustees properties may occasionally be required.
Other duties as assigned with or without accommodation.
This is a limited-term, nonexempt position (40 hours/week), reporting to the Stewardship Manager.
Apply on company website Appleton Farms, Morocco On-site Full-time USD 18 – 20 / hour
The Trustees of Reservations is hiring a Seasonal Steward
About company
The Trustees of Reservations preserve, for public use and enjoyment, places of exceptional scenic, historical, and ecological value.
We enjoy and care for nearly 52,000 acres, including 120 special places - all around Massachusetts. For more than a century, The Trustees has been on the ground in communities across Massachusetts, working to protect special places, providing loving care of our reservations, building creative new programs to engage people, and sharing our expertise with neighbors and partners across the state.
Our work includes land conservation and stewardship, coast and ecology protection, agriculture, horticulture, historic collections and archives, art and museums, and advocacy to ensure that land conservation and historic preservation are considered in public policy.