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-$20
Hours per week: 40 hours/week
Job Classification: Limited, non-exempt
Job Type: Onsite
Duration: May - November
Location: Haskell Public Gardens, New Bedford, MA, Westport, MA
What You’ll Do:
Your Impact:
Come work on the Trustees South Shore properties! Your hard work will be rewarded with views of Boston Harbor and knowing that you are helping make our properties accessible to thousands of people every year!
The Role:
The Trustees is seeking Stewards to assist with the care of its properties on the South Shore. As a Steward, you will perform routine maintenance on these properties, caring for the fields, trails, gardens, structures, and other natural and cultural features. Day to day operations include mowing reservation entrances, trimming brush, maintaining walking trails, mowing cultural landscapes, invasive species removal and more.
Specifically, you’ll:
- Maintaining parking areas, fences, and trails
- Routine maintenance of landscapes including mowing fields and lawns, tree and shrub care, and brush removal
- Maintaining buildings and structures using carpentry tools, paint brushes, and other hand tools
- Removing trash and litter
- Watering newly planted trees at World’s End
- Helping with seasonal events
- Other duties as assigned with or without accommodation
This is a seasonal, non-exempt position working 40 hours/week reporting directly to the South Shore Stewardship Manager.
Apply on company website Westport, Massachusetts, United States On-site 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.