FWS – Landscape Worker
Position Title: FWS – Landscape Worker
# of Positions to Fill: 2
Department/Program: Facilities 70000
Work Location Authorization: 100% On-Site
Campus Location: Arapahoe Campus
Reports to: Director, Facilities & Operations
FLSA Classification: Non-Exempt/Hourly
FTE: 13% (5 hrs/week)
Compensation: $18.00 - $18.00/hour
Application Deadline: 2/15 or until filled
Job Summary
Job Summary
The Naropa Student Employment Landscape Worker will work with the University landscaping crew to maintain and enhance the beauty and sustainability of Naropa’s landscaping on both campuses.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Create and maintain a positive team environment and behave professionally with everyone encountered in the course and scope of the job duties.
• Weed and mulch.
• Water plants (indoors and outdoors), and planting.
• Sweep walkways.
• Pickup trash.
• Small projects.
• Other duties as needed.
What Naropa Requires…
• Student must have a Naropa Student Employment award from Student Financial Services to be eligible to apply for this position.
• Must be able to create and maintain a positive team environment and behave professionally with everyone encountered in the course and scope of their job duties.
• Must be punctual and have exceptional attention to detail.
• Must be hardworking, reliable and both task as well as people oriented.
• All job candidates must demonstrate an appropriate level of understanding of and appreciation for the values of Naropa University and the capacity to demonstrate an integration and embodiment of these values as evidenced in work, communication, collaboration styles, and other general workplace behaviors.
What We’d Like You to Have…
• Previous landscaping experience.
Physical Requirements & Environmental Conditions
Maximum amount of weight employee must be able to lift/carry with or without reasonable accommodation(s):
• 50 pounds
During regular daily activities, employee must be able to do the following with or without reasonable accommodation (check all that apply):
☒ Stand
☒ Walk
☒ Sit
☒ Run
☒ Handle/Finger
☒ Bend at the waist
☒ Reach above shoulder level
☒ Kneel
☒ Crouch
☒ Crawl
During regular daily activities, employee may be exposed to the following:
☒ Interruptions/Distractions
☒ Heat/Cold
☒ Dust
☒ Dampness
☒ Heights
☒ Moving machinery parts
☐ Other (please list):
Naropa recognizes the following holidays throughout the year:
-Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
-Memorial Day
-Juneteenth
-Independence Day
-Labor Day
-Fall Break, 4th Thursday and Friday in November
-Winter Break, the last two weeks in December encompassing the Christmas holiday as well as New Year’s
Naropa’s health and welfare benefits include the following: medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-paid life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment, an employer-sponsored pre-tax retirement savings plan, which includes up to 2.5% employer matching, and a variety of voluntary, employee-paid supplemental insurance plans.
A comprehensive benefits package is available to full-time employees who work a minimum of 30 hours each week. Employees who work 20 – 29 hours each week are eligible for only the employer-paid short-term & long-term disability, employer-paid life insurance & accidental death and dismemberment, and the retirement plan, which includes up to 2.5% employer matching.
Employees who work fewer than 20 hours per week are eligible to participate in Naropa’s retirement plan only, which includes up to 2.5% employer matching.
All regular full-time and part-time faculty and staff, including student workers, accrue sick leave benefits. Full-time and part-time staff positions accrue vacation and personal time. All leave accrual rates vary based on the position, hours worked, and years of service.
The University recognizes the importance of including its employees in its organizational mission and values and welcomes employees into the classroom to “touch the magic.” Specifically, regular employees are provided generous tuition remission opportunities for themselves and their family members.
Naropa University participates in the Council of Independent Colleges Tuition Exchange Program (CIC-TEP). CIC-TEP is a network of CIC colleges and universities willing to accept, tuition-free, students from families of full-time employees of other CIC participating institutions (full-time as designated by the employer/institution). Additional information can be found here: https://www.cic.edu/member-services/tuition-exchange-program.
Naropa University is an equal opportunity, non-discriminatory employer and Title IX is a federal civil rights law that prohibits gender discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual and relationship violence. This law applies to all students, faculty, and staff.