Garden & Seed Library Coordinator

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Garden & Seed Library Coordinator

Do you love getting your hands in the dirt and bringing people together to learn something cool? Our Library is looking for the next Garden and Seed Library Coordinator—part garden steward, part program champion, part volunteer wrangler (the fun kind), and part community connector. If you’ve ever thought, “Libraries are for more than books,” you’ll fit right in!

This Role Is Awesome!

You’ll help create a space where neighbors learn, share, and grow—literally. The library's garden is a vibrant community hub, and this role helps keep it accessible, functional, and full of life.

• Keep the Library Garden healthy, beautiful, and productive
• Plan, plant, and maintain annual flowers, vegetables, and decorative features
• Weed, cultivate, design, and care for the garden throughout the seasons
• Do the hands-on work that makes a space feel alive and welcoming

• Lead and support volunteers
• Help train, and coordinate garden volunteers
• Build a collaborative, motivated volunteer team
• Keep garden work fun, clear, and well-organized

• Bring garden learning to life through programs
• Collaborate with library staff to deliver garden-related programs for diverse audiences
• Partner with community members and organizations for program ideas, resources, and support

• Coordinate the Seed Library
• Keep the Seed Library accessible, organized, and promoted in the community
• Support education and resources around seed saving, preservation, and community growing

Plus other duties as assigned, like budgeting, supporting other special projects, and misc. tasks.

Required

• Gardening or horticulture knowledge, training, or experience
• Knowledge of sustainable gardening and seed-saving practices
• Experience volunteering, working with volunteers and/or managing volunteers
• Clear communication skills and/or public speaking (verbal and written, in English)
• Valid driver’s license + acceptable driving record
• At least 18 years old + high school diploma/GED (or equivalent combo of education/training/experience)

Preferred (but not required)

• Experience designing and delivering educational or community programs
• Knowledge of soils & garden water-delivery systems

This is an outdoor-focused role, so you’ll be working in the elements and doing physical activity like:

• Standing/walking for extended periods
• Bending, kneeling, digging, reaching, climbing
• Lifting/carrying up to 50 pounds
• Using common gardening tools and basic office/library tech

Plants don’t always run on a 9–5 schedule—and neither do gardeners.

This is a seasonal position with up to 32 hours per week from about March-October. The ideal candidate will need the ability to host programs during the day, late afternoons and occasional Saturday mornings. There is a possibility of winter work within the library for the right person.

• Paid medical, dental, vision, group life insurance and Life Flight Membership for the employee
• Generous PERSI defined benefit for retirement with vesting after 5 years
• Paid Time Off, Sick Leave, and Paid Holidays

Eligible veterans and their spouses are encouraged to apply and will receive preferential consideration in accordance with Idaho Code Title 65, Chapter 5; when requested in accordance with the law.

The East Bonner County Library District is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors. Please inform us if you need any accommodation to apply or interview for this position.