Garden of Lights Installer

h2About the Department/h2pp style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;" id="isPasted"Montgomery Parks is seeking a strongGarden of Lights Installer/strong to assist in the installation, repair, operation, and take down of lights and fabricated forms for the Gardens of Lights winter light show at Brookside Gardens./pp style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"This part-time position is from August 2025 through mid-March 2026. This position pays at a rate of $17.69 per hour up to 40 hours per week./pp style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"Throughout the year, Brookside Gardens hosts more than 1,000,000 visitors, many at engaging programs and events for children and adults, including the summer live butterfly exhibit and winter light display. We welcome applicants who reflect the diversity of our community and can help us become a more inclusive garden for staff and visitors. Go to our website to learn more about Brookside Gardens: a href="//www.brooksidegardens.org" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="//www.brooksidegardens.org"www.brooksidegardens.org/anbsp;/p/ph2Position Duties/h2pullip style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;" id="isPasted"Installs lights on trees and shrubs daily August-November/p/lilip style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"Safely uses ladders daily and can work from heights/p/lilip style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"Works nights as a ticket scanner, parking attendant, or show monitor from mid-November through early-January/p/lilip style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"Uses iPhone-based check-in system to scan and redeem tickets/p/lilip style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"Evening and weekend work required from mid-November through early-January, when the show is running and open to the public/p/lilip style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"Takes down and stores the entire show from January through mid-March/p/li/ul/ph2Minimum Qualifications/h2pp style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;" id="isPasted"strongImportant Skills and Characteristics/strong/pullip style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"Knowledge of electricity, amperage loads, tools, and equipment preferred/p/lilip style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"Outstanding work ethic with great attention to detail/p/lilip style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"Ability to accurately follow detailed instructions for a wide variety of tasks/p/lilip style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"Punctual and reliable/p/lilip style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"Strong communication and customer service skills/p/lilip style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"Ability to work independently and as part of highly collaborative team/p/lilip style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"Works well in stressful situations/p/lilip style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"Ability to operate motorized carts with trailers/p/li/ulp style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"br/pp style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"strongMinimum Qualifications/strong/pp style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"Specialized training and experience is necessary for those jobs requiring specialized equipment operation in grounds and facility maintenance, specialized program leadership and supervision, technical clerical activities, etc./p/ph2Other Qualifications/h2pundefinedspan style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;" id="isPasted"strongGet to know Montgomery Parks and the opportunities available: a href="https://www.montgomeryparks.org/about/divisions/" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://www.montgomeryparks.org/about/divisions/"https://www.montgomeryparks.org/about/divisions//anbsp;/strong/span/undefinedbrbrspan style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;" id="isPasted"A criminal background investigation will be completed prior to hire./spanbr style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"b style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"May be subject to medical, drug and alcohol testing./bbr style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate a workplace culture of diversity, equity and inclusion without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, gender identity, or any other non-merit factor./spanbr style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"br style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"div style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center;"Applicants with Disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act./divdiv style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center;"If you require accommodations or special arrangements due to a qualifying disability, please notify the Recruitment amp; Selections Services Unit at the time of applications at or 301-454-1411 (Maryland Relay 7-1-1)/divdiv style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center;"M-NCPPC will make all efforts to reasonably accommodate you./div/p