<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:none;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.75;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4"><b>Project Wingspan Plant Technician Assistant</b></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:none;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.75;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><b>8 Month, Part-Time Position (16-30 hours/week)<br>Location: Mason State Nursery, Topeka, IL</b><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><br></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:none;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.75;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Pollinator Partnership (P2) seeks to hire a motivated and detail-oriented Project Wingspan Plant Technician Assistant. <em style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit">Project Wingspan (PW) </em>is a collaborative pollinator habitat initiative with numerous partners across a 7 state region. PW is a multi-component project that is addressing the alarming decline in pollinators and the fragmentation of habitat through seed collection, technical training, and enhancing and securing long-term habitat. This project is part of Pollinator Partnership’s wider Monarch Wings Across America program (<a href="https://www.pollinator.org/monarch/mwaa">https://www.pollinator.org/monarch/mwaa</a>). The Plant Technician Assistant will provide assistance to the Native Plant Horticulturist, participate in nursery practices related to cleaning seed collections and propagating native plant plugs, maintain records, and participate in the preparation of reports as requested.<br style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:none"></font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:none;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.75;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Primary Duties and Responsibilities</font></strong></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:none;margin:0px 0px 10px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;list-style-position:initial;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:none;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Reports to and works under the direction of the Native Plant Horticulturist.</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:none;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Provides assistance and actively participates in various phases of plant materials processing and grow out production. This may include seed cleaning, seed storage, seeding, weed & insect control, soil management, irrigation, greenhouse and prairie forb production area, inventory, lifting, sorting, packaging, and shipping plants and plant materials.</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:none;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Collects and compiles data related to plant material processing and grow-out.</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:none;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.</font></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:none;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Works efficiently and able to work independently.</font></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:none;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.75;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:none;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Personal and Professional Qualifications</font></strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:none;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-v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artnership Canada</font></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#666666" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#666666" face="arial, sans-serif">PO Box 73619</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#666666" face="arial, sans-serif">Wychwood PO</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#666666" face="arial, sans-serif">Toronto, Ontario</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#666666" face="arial, sans-serif">c: 647-895-2393</font></p></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.pollinatorpartnership.ca/" target="_blank"><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/pollinator.org/uc?id=1AysYk3nyi42IeH6yeErLHUTyektT8Rs1&export=download" width="96" height="39"></a><br><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:1119.2px"><div style="margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1LDYQRhFPnqffV-vPPBeV6XOVgKyPGdyy&revid=0BwHW822UDtaRSmFuSlBOckhDTmZUcytqbEF5V29oUVd6Nmk4PQ" width="81" height="96"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1-duqwA_jrAmUH2VXULyOCGJq-TJJb7MK&revid=0BwHW822UDtaRMnB2TkhteXNLd0xQNTMyc0Vyb29WcmtkeElRPQ" width="96" height="96"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1BJg07rYsttwFERDmOxIT_yxn_hHSQ51y&revid=0BymBLcwLxZ5qVGFsaWUzcmwvckpwUFovSk1rWEtxSzJ2M0JJPQ" width="94" height="96" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(32,33,36)"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"></div></div><div style="font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>