Beautification Coordinator

City of Gulfport•Gulfport, MS

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About The Position

The Beautification Coordinator assists the Landscape Manager in overseeing the City’s beautification program, operating the greenhouse, supervising personnel, and designing, installing, and maintaining landscaping and irrigation systems. This position is classified as non-essential for emergency response and critical continuity operations. The role supervises crew members and coordinates daily maintenance and assigned projects. It also involves responding to work orders and citizen requests, scheduling work, inspecting work quality, maintaining reports, and communicating with residents, business owners, and community organizations about project designs. The coordinator may assist with employee performance evaluations and technical supervision of crews, contracted work, and temporary personnel. Work takes place indoors and outdoors, with regular exposure to outdoor weather conditions and occasional exposure to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The work environment may be loud.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree preferred, or six to eight years of related experience and/or training in horticulture or landscape architecture, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Five to seven years of supervisory experience.
Valid Mississippi Driver’s License.
Ability to apply basic professional knowledge to the design and construction management of simple or complex landscaping projects.
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
Ability to review work performed by the beautification crew.
Ability to assist personnel in reviewing quantities, costs, specification accuracy, completeness, constructability, and coordination with other professions.
Ability to present information effectively one-on-one or in small groups to City employees.
Ability to communicate effectively with City employees, public officials, and citizens.
Ability to technically supervise crews performing assigned contracted work and provide special services such as testing and inspections.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

Assist the Landscape Manager in designing healthy, well-maintained gardens and grounds.
Supervise the beautification crew and implement daily maintenance operations.
Assist with installing and maintaining landscaped areas, including grading property, installing lighting or irrigation systems, and building walkways, terraces, and fountains.
Oversee transporting and planting vegetation, transplanting mulch, applying fertilizer, and watering plants, trees, and shrubs.
Investigate work orders and citizen complaints or requests, and determine solutions to problems.
Assist with and conduct quarterly and annual employee performance evaluations.
Schedule crew work according to weather, equipment availability, and seasonal limitations.
Monitor and inspect crew work to determine quality.
Oversee mixing and application of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides.
Prepare fields, garden beds, and lawn areas by cultivating soil and adding fertilizers and compost.
Coordinate projects assigned by the Landscape Manager and ensure their completion by team members.
Maintain detailed reports of scheduled and completed work.
Meet with citizens, business owners, and community organizations to present project designs and obtain information for design development.
Perform other duties as assigned by a supervisor, manager, director, or mayor.