Description
Position Purpose
Provide an enjoyable and educational experience for guests visiting the butterfly exhibit while ensuring compliance of regulations as required by the USDA.
Essential Duties
• Ensure guests have a positive, informative, and safe experience throughout the duration of their visit to the butterfly exhibit
• Share enthusiasm for butterflies and the natural world with guests, including information about the butterfly lifecycle, host plants, and general Garden information
• Maintain compliance with USDA APHIS regulations; ensure proper entrance and exit procedures are followed at all times
• Ensure the pavilion stays in clean and healthy environment for guests and animals alike
• Perform daily operational for the exhibit (pavilion and nursery) tasks, including opening and/or closing procedures, as assigned by the Butterfly Exhibit Lead.
This is a seasonal position for the period of approximately 09/26/2026 through 11/22/2026
Requirements
Competencies
• Excellent interpersonal, customer service, and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions and stand for long periods
• Ability to effectively work with volunteers
• Fluency in Spanish language preferred (not required)
• Ability to work days, evenings, weekends, and holidays
Equipment Used
Some typical office equipment and materials used to keep the butterfly pavilion safe and clean for visitors.
Internal Communication
Frequent communication with Exhibits and Facilities staff, volunteers, and visitors.
External Communication Limited.
Working Conditions
The butterfly pavilion is an outdoor structure. Must be able to walk, sit, stand, stoop, kneel, bend, see, hear, speak, read, and type. Manual dexterity and the ability to lift up to 10 pounds required. This role requires occasional work in extreme heat.
Reasonable accommodations may be made, when necessary and feasible, to allow a qualified individual to perform essential job functions.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Desert Botanical Garden is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by law.
The Garden fosters and supports workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion to honor the unique perspectives, experiences, and contributions of all, to celebrate successes, and to cultivate individual and institutional excellence.
All employees will help add to the Garden’s diversity and fully embrace it.
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and deliverables of the role. This is not a contract and should not be viewed as such. Other duties may be assigned by supervisor and/or his/her/their designee.
Skills Required
- Excellent interpersonal, customer service, and troubleshooting skills
- Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions and stand for long periods
- Ability to effectively work with volunteers
- Fluency in Spanish
- Availability to work days, evenings, weekends, and holidays
- Ability to walk, sit, stand, stoop, kneel, bend, see, hear, speak, read, and type
- Ability to lift up to 10 pounds
- Ability to work occasionally in extreme heat
What We Do
The Desert Botanical Garden is a renowned botanical garden in Phoenix, Arizona, showcasing a diverse collection of desert plants from around the world. It is dedicated to the exhibition, research, and conservation of desert plants, with an emphasis on the Sonoran Desert.
