Employment
Work for one of the top botanical gardens in North America. The UC Botanical Garden is a non-profit research garden and museum for the University of California at Berkeley, having a notably diverse plant collection including many rare and endangered plants. Established in 1890, the Garden, which is open to the public year-round, has over 13,000 different kinds of plants from around the world, cultivated by region in naturalistic landscapes over its 34 acres.
The UC Botanical Garden is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Staff Positions
Rental Event Coordinator
Do you love weddings and working with people? Are you detail oriented and great at problem solving with a smile? This position is part of a two-person team coordinating the renting of Garden venues for private events to a diverse clientele including the campus community and external clients. Responsibilities include managing all aspects, with both front-end and back-end responsibilities. Includes one weekend day in a 5-day schedule. Click the button below for more information and to apply. Join the Garden team!
Membership Manager
This is a full-time position reporting to the Director of Development. Work in a fun, fast-paced and highly collaborative environment at a world-class botanical garden! The Membership Manager plans, administers, and implements an established membership program; creates and manages membership events, and is responsible for keeping in-house database current and ensuring compatibility with University-wide CADS database, among other duties. Job is in-person in a shared office setting. Learn more and apply online here.
Development Associate
This is a full-time position reporting to the Director of Development. Work in a fun, fast-paced and highly collaborative environment at a world-class botanical garden. Under the guidance of the Director of Development, the Development Associate assists in identifying, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding prospective and existing donors, including maintaining and updating donor data in campus fundraising system (CADS) and Botanical Garden database (Altru), among other duties. Job is in-person in a shared office setting. Learn more and apply online.
UC Berkeley Student positions
Are you interested in joining our Visitor Experience team?
We will soon be hiring for the Summer student staff. We are specifically looking for students that meet the following criteria:
- Will be in Berkeley over the Summer, or the majority of the Summer
- Availability to work 8-16+ hours a week over the Summer (with the opportunity to continue into Fall semester and beyond)
- Work-study students preferred (but we will make exceptions for students with stellar customer-service experience)
If you’d like to apply to work over the summer at the Garden in the Visitor Experience department, please email meganpeterson@berkeley.edu a copy of your resume. We will begin hiring and training in mid April to early May.