Career Opportunity: Sustainability and Gardens Manager with Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum in Hamilton, OH

Do you have a passion for nature, sustainability, and community engagement, and enjoy hands-on work with gardens, native plants, and ecological restoration? Are you excited to lead sustainability projects, train and inspire volunteers, and build partnerships that make a visible impact across 470 acres of art and nature? If so, this is the opportunity for you.

Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum is seeking a Sustainability and Gardens Manager to oversee the care, planning, and stewardship of all landscaped and natural spaces across the Park’s 470 acres. This role leads sustainable garden operations, habitat improvement, beautification initiatives, and environmental best practices that support the Park’s mission to bring people to art in nature. You’ll work closely with staff, volunteers, and community partners to strengthen Pyramid Hill’s environmental impact, increase biodiversity, and enhance guest experiences.

As the Sustainability and Gardens Manager, you will:

• Oversee daily care and maintenance of gardens, native plant areas, pollinator habitats, no-mow zones, and trees
• Plan annual and seasonal plantings, plant selection, and maintenance schedules
• Monitor plant health, pruning, mulching, mowing, watering, and bed maintenance
• Lead honeysuckle and invasive species removal, ecological restoration, and native habitat expansion
• Support landscape management around the historic Fortified Hill earthwork
• Develop and implement sustainability initiatives (composting, rainwater collection, pollinator gardens, soil regeneration, IPM)
• Lead and supervise volunteers, seasonal staff, interns, and community service groups
• Provide educational support for sustainability and plant-related topics, including workshops, tours, and field trips
• Manage budgets for plant materials, tools, and sustainability projects
• Build partnerships with environmental organizations, garden clubs, and universities
• Assist with grant reporting and donor proposals as needed.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Horticulture, Sustainability, Landscape Management, Forestry, or related field, or equivalent hands-on experience
• At least 2 years’ practical experience in gardening, landscaping, ecological restoration, or park management (volunteer or graduate work considered)
• Certifications in sustainable horticulture, pollinator gardening, or conservation preferred
• Knowledge of native plants, pollinators, soil health, and sustainable practices
• Experience with invasive species identification and removal
• Able to lead volunteers, train teams, and manage projects independently
• Comfortable working outdoors in varied weather and terrain
• Strong communication, organizational, and computer skills
• Valid driver’s license
• Ability to lift 50 lbs

Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum is a 470‑acre sculpture park and museum in Hamilton, Ohio, with a mission “to bring people to art in nature.” The Park features indoor and outdoor art collections, rolling hills, hiking trails, the iconic Pyramid House, and a full calendar of exhibitions and educational programming. The Park also stewards Fortified Hill, a 2,000‑year‑old Indigenous earthwork and ceremonial site.

Learn more:

https://www.pyramidhill.org/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/pyramid-hill-sculpture-park-&-museum-park/

We Offer:

• $22–$24 per hour based on experience and certification
• Health, dental, and vision insurance (70% employer‑paid)
• Employer‑matched retirement plan
• Employer‑paid short‑term disability insurance
• 15 vacation days, 5 sick days, 12 paid holidays, and pet‑related leave
• NARM & ROAM reciprocal memberships
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible scheduling and the chance to work in a beautiful natural setting

If you are ready for a new challenge, apply online or send your compensation requirements and resume to job@strategichrinc.com.

Employer is EOE/AA/M/F/D/V.

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Career Opportunity: Chief Financial and Administrative Officer with Cincinnati Opera in Cincinnati, OH

Are you seeking an executive financial leadership role where your work shapes fiscal strategy and long-term resilience for a celebrated arts institution? Cincinnati Opera may be exactly that opportunity.

Cincinnati Opera seeks a strategic, analytically strong, and collaborative leader to serve as Chief Financial and Administrative Officer (CFAO). This role is a key thought partner to the General Director & CEO and a member of the senior leadership team, providing insight, analysis, and leadership to support the organization’s financial health and long-term sustainability.

Working closely with senior leadership and the Board, the CFAO guides financial strategy in an environment where core finance, accounting, HR, payroll, and IT functions are delivered through a shared-services partnership with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (“CSO”) and trusted third-party providers. The role is focused on planning, forecasting, risk management, and decision support, rather than day-to-day transaction processing or operational execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as Cincinnati Opera’s senior financial executive, responsible for financial strategy, fiscal stewardship, and the integrity of financial reporting and internal controls, reporting directly to the CEO and functioning as the primary financial liaison to the Board of Trustees and its committees.
• Serve as a staff liaison to the Finance & Audit Committee and the Investment Committee.
• Partner with trustee-chairs to develop agendas, provide analysis and recommendations, and present financial data and reports as needed.
• Lead development of the annual operating budget, along with forecasting, scenario planning, and multi-year financial modeling to support the organization’s mission and strategic priorities.
• Develop and maintain financial dashboards, scorecards, and key performance indicators.
• Oversee treasury management, including cash flow planning and relationships with banks, custodians, and investment managers.
• Oversee risk management activities, including insurance coverage and contractual review.
• Provide contract oversight and review, including artist agreements and lease arrangements.
• Serve on a small leadership team managing union relationships and negotiations.
• Manage the external audit process and act as primary liaison to the shared services provider
• Serve as the primary liaison to the CSO’s shared-services teams, ensuring coordination across finance, audit, and HR and that these services consistently meet Cincinnati Opera’s needs.
• In collaboration with Development, oversee gift accounting to ensure accurate records and donor intent documentation for pledges, planned gifts, and restricted and endowment funds.
• Collaborate with the Development team to supply financial modeling, budgets, reporting, and compliance documentation for grant proposals and post-award reporting, ensuring fiscal accuracy and adherence to funder requirements.
• Coordinate with outsourced IT and other professional service providers to ensure alignment and accountability.

Qualifications

• Ability to translate complex financial data into clear insights that support decision-making at the senior leadership and board level, including monitoring performance against budget and identifying trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders and boards on long-term financial planning and organizational sustainability in a nonprofit, arts, or other mission-driven organization.
• 5+ years of experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis, including multi-year modeling and scenario planning.
• Experience with accounting, audit, or financial reporting, and the ability to work effectively across strategic and operational finance functions.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience; CPA, advanced degree, or relevant certifications preferred.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, solutions-oriented approach, with the ability to build effective working relationships across departments and with external partners.
• Comfort working in a shared-service or outsourced finance environment and coordinating with external professional service providers.
• Commitment to the mission of Cincinnati Opera.

Compensation

• Salary range: $110,000-$125,000, commensurate with experience, plus a competitive benefits package. Reports to General Director & CEO.

About Cincinnati Opera 
Founded in 1920, Cincinnati Opera is one of the oldest and most highly regarded opera companies in the United States. Known for its longstanding partnership with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, a roster of world-class singers, and its spectacular performance venue, Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati Opera has received numerous accolades and awards, including a recent nomination for the prestigious International Opera Award. Cincinnati Opera offers a primary season of performances from June through August (paid attendance 17,000-20,000), plus a host of events throughout the year, including educational programming, small-scale public performances, recitals, and fundraisers.  

Apply online today to join a great team!

Cincinnati Opera is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive environment where a variety of backgrounds, cultures, orientations, ideas, and talents can flourish. 

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The role:

Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Facilities, as the Utilities & Maintenance Manager you will lead and manage maintenance (maintenance-related operational activities) and utility (RO water, WWT, compressed air, chilled water and bulk raw material processes) functions to ensure equipment availability, infrastructure reliability, regulatory compliance, and minimal downtime—supporting overall business operations and production goals.

At Kao, we offer amazing benefits that are available to you on your first day of employment (healthcare, 401(k) plus company match), 36 total days off (vacation + holidays + sick) and a reasonable salary range of $100,000 - $120,000.

What you will do:

• Maintenance & Utilities Leadership – supervise team performing preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance on production equipment & facilities; ensure timely repairs & minimize equipment downtime; manage CMMS; supervise team and operation/ maintenance of utility systems, including boilers, chillers, air compressors, electrical distribution system, RO water & WWT operations.
• Reliability & Efficiency – drive equipment reliability through root cause analysis and continuous improvement; monitor KPIs such as MTBF and MTTR.
• Team Development & Safety – lead teams of skilled trades personnel, technicians and team/shift leads; foster culture of safety, accountability and training; enforce safety policies and compliance as they relate to safety protocols.
• Planning & Budgeting – manage maintenance and utility budgets, spare parts inventories & capital projects; lead and participate in annual shutdowns, facility upgrades and expansions.
• Strategic Contribution – ensure business continuity by keeping utilities and production assets in optimal condition; support sustainability and energy efficiency initiatives; reduce costs and risks through proactive maintenance and utility optimization.

What you will need:

• Bachelor's degree in Technical discipline or Facilities Management, preferred. Associates degree in Facilities Management or Technical discipline.
• 5+ years maintenance management experience with proven excellent leadership.
• 3+ years experience in maintenance planning.
• 5+ years effective project management experience.
• Utilities system knowledge, e.g. boilers, steam, HVAC, chillers and refrigeration, compressed air, electrical, water/WWT.
• Technical training/certifications in electrical, mechanical and general construction trades.
• Strong knowledge & understanding of engineering concepts, including electrical, hydraulic and mechanical systems.
• Knowledge of regulations and requirements of governing agencies, e.g. OSHA, MSD, EPA.

What we offer: A friendly and flexible work environment with great compensation packages, benefits package, ongoing development and the opportunity to enhance your skills and deliver tangible results. At Kao your voice will be heard. Your opinion really counts. We believe that change comes from taking opportunities into your own hands, so we value and reward thinking and new ideas.

Hiring Process: Kao embraces the diversity and the individual personalities of its people because we believe it is diversity that makes us strong. This is why we welcome applications from all areas of the global community.

Want to learn more: If you feel you are as unique as our products and want to find out why 33,000 people across the globe opted for a career with us please visit our Americas website (https://www.kao.com/americas/en/).

Kao USA is an equal opportunity employer, including disability/vets.

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Position Summary

Crescent Forklift Operators are responsible to move the necessary materials throughout the warehouse in an effective, efficient, and very safe manner.

Forklift Operators are responsible to provide the necessary logistics services to our internal and external customers. The FLO’s processes will operate as outlined in the Crescent Way- 3 P’s:

• Purpose
• Process
• People

While building on our culture of:

• Doing it Right
• Doing it Safe
• Doing it Well

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Safety

• Read, understand, and follow the Doing it Safe Playbook 
• Understands and complies with all safety requirements 
• Do not walk by any unsafe act or behavior 
• Maintain a clean and organized warehouse
• Complete forklift inspection and trailer inspection forms accurately and according to procedure 
• Operate forklift in a safe manner in trailer, warehouse, production floor, and around other workers.

People

• Motivated member of the Crescent team
• Ability to work and complete individually assigned tasks
• Work well in high paced environment 
• Work closely with other FLO’s, Line Leads, Shipping and Receiving, and Supervisors to complete tasks on time, resolve issues, and continuously improve 
• Ability to learn tasks, layout, and customer requirements quickly
• Ability to operate warehouse management system

Productivity

• Operate forklift efficiently to maximize productive time
• Communicate with Production to prioritize, pull, and stage inventory accurately and according to procedure to ensure efficient line operation
• Efficiently load and unload trailers to maintain turnaround times for each dock appointment 
• Communicate with lead and supervisor to maintain good workflow for assigned tasks 
• Consistently reach pallets per hour productivity standard 

Quality

• Load trucks according to Crescent and Customer requirements with consideration for weight, balance, and load security 
• Report all safety, quality, near misses, accidents, mistakes, and product damages accurately and according to procedures
• Ability to accurately verify and count items to be picked, staged, or loaded
• Ensure the integrity of lot code is maintained through every product movement process
• Maintain customer or inventory separation when required

Customer Value

• Handle customer owned product with care and protect their brand
• Work efficiently to provide on time delivery for each customer request
• Identify and be a part of continuous improvement efforts

Financial

• Provide ideas to continually improve productivity, GMP’s, and RSW
• Continually seek out means to remove sources of waste throughout the warehouse
• Look for ways to increase sustainability 

Cultural Competencies

Do It Right

Doing what is right for our customers, doing what is right for our company and doing what is right for our People. Continually improving the quality of our product and services. Monitoring and measuring every key ingredient which could negatively impact our quality. Doing it Right ensures we will always be a Premier Service Provider.

• Identify and communicate continuous improvement opportunities 
• Accept and embrace change

Do It Safe

Providing a safe environment and supporting our people to reach their highest potential. A safe environment where all forms of risk are assessed and controlled. A safe environment open to new ideas, where our people’s opinions and overall well-being count. A diverse environment where everyone fits and can be successful.

• Able to adhere to safety and GMP requirements 
• Patient and aware of surroundings

Do It Well

Optimizing all our resources to efficiently and effectively perform all tasks well. Our overall productivity as a company is a reflection of the thousands of activities performed well each and every day by everyone. At Crescent, our ability to Do it Well is a real source of pride valued by our customers.

• Able communicator- clearly communicate with peers and supervisors 
• Able to follow policy and procedures 
• Resilient—able to deal with the unexpected 

Work Environment / Physical Demands

Fast paced environment, requiring FLO’s to follow specific guidelines and instructions to meet a set productivity goal. The ability to establish repetitious routines, and be flexible to the flow of the business.

• Ability to frequently sit, stand, walk, reach with hands and arm’s length, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch
• Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Possess the necessary level of hand / eye coordination to safely operate industrial equipment 

Knowledge, Skills, & Capability

• The ability to read instructions and perform simple math
• Confident and able to both make decision and ask for support
• The ability to communicate and balance talking with listening 
• Being self-motivated and motived by achieving set targets while continually seeking out opportunities to eliminate waste. Ability to accept and embrace change
• Determining how information fits together and how the information relates to the task at hand
• The ability to break a problem down into steps and produce a logical timely solution
• The ability to manage one’s time effectively, schedule and prioritize tasks in accordance with the demands of the day

Systems Usage

• Pack Manager
• SAP

Performance Metrics and Trends

• Moves per hour
• Incidents and accidents
• Participate in Safety Observations
• Pack-Manager Data Entry
• Absenteeism
• Ontime/ timely

Qualifications

Education & Experience:

• High school diploma and 2 years of related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to communicate effectively through oral and written communications 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Regulatory GMP manufacturing experience
• Lean manufacturing and continual process improvement experience

We will absolutely know the FLO is successful if they can:

• Operate safe risk-free industrial equipment 
• Achieve all Productivity and Quality targets 
• Maintain an organized warehouse 

By completing this application, you are acknowledging the following: 

• I am at least 18 years of age of older 
• I can perform the essential functions of this position, with or without accommodation
• I am a US Citizen or otherwise authorized to work in the US on an unrestricted basis