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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">*Deadline:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> October 5, 2021</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">*Overview:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> 8 Month, Part-Time Position (16-30
 hours/week) (October 2021 – May 2022)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">*Position:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Project Wingspan Plant Technician
 Assistant</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">*Location:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Mason State Nursery, Topeka, IL</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">*Who may apply:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Open to the public</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">*Compensation:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">$12/hour</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">*Description:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Pollinator Partnership (P2) seeks to hire a motivated and detail-oriented Project Wingspan Plant Technician Assistant. Project Wingspan
 (PW) 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.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">*Primary Duties and Responsibilities</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Reports to and works under the direction of the Native Plant Horticulturist.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">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.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Collects and compiles data related to plant material processing and grow-out.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Works efficiently and able to work independently.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">*See the full announcement:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.pollinator.org/careers">https://www.pollinator.org/careers</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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