The Morton Arboretum
Who We Are
The Morton Arboretum is a magnificent outdoor museum with a mission to collect and study trees, shrubs, and other plants from around the world, to display them across naturally beautiful landscape for people to study and enjoy, and to learn how to grow them in ways that enhance our environment. Our goal is to encourage the planting and conservation of trees and other plants for a greener, healthier, and more beautiful world. The Arboretum ranks among the leading arboreta of the world in size, age, quality of specimens, and programs and initiatives to plant and protect trees.
About our Staff
Employees of The Morton Arboretum are tree champions—protecting and preserving them. They are passionate about trees and nature, and support the Arboretum's mission in a variety of departments including research, collections, education, development, administration, horticulture, marketing, retail operations, and visitor services.
To attract and retain the best staff, The Morton Arboretum offers a generous, comprehensive benefits package as part of overall compensation. In addition to a robust benefits package, the opportunity to work alongside a group of dedicated professionals whose passion is the planting and conservation of trees and other plants for a greener, healthier, and more beautiful world may be the best benefit of all.
Employee Core Values
The Morton Arboretum's mission is focused on trees, people, communities and the environment. Employees with diverse skills and backgrounds unite as one workforce to make impacts through science and conservation, education, plant collections and research. These core values guide employee conduct as we pursue the Arboretum's mission together.
Be Inclusive * Take Ownership * Work Together * Keep Learning * Make the Arboretum Exceptional
Our Commitment to Diversity
The Morton Arboretum is a champion of diversity, supporting a culture of inclusion that attracts, inspires, and engages people to achieve success. The Arboretum is committed to hire and develop employees based on job-related qualifications irrespective of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, or veteran status. To increase diversity in professions related to the public garden realm, we encourage applications from underrepresented minorities, persons with disabilities, and veterans.
The Morton Arboretum is dedicated to complying with our obligations as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All applicants are guaranteed equal consideration for employment.
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Lisle, Illinois
The Director of Marketing will lead strategies to elevate The Morton Arboretum's brand and mission awareness. The top priorities for the role are engaging new audiences and cultivating relationships with existing audiences to support revenu...
24h
| Job Type | Full Time |
CRM and Database Administrator
Lisle, Illinois
The Morton Arboretum is a world-renowned nonprofit dedicated to protecting and growing trees locally and globally. We are seeking an experienced Salesforce and database administrator to join our team to develop and support our database syst...
24h
| Job Type | Full Time |
Research Technician Fellowship (Temporary)
Lisle, Illinois
The Research Technician Fellowship is intended to welcome undergraduate and high school students, ages 16 and over, who are interested in learning about tree science. No experience is necessary. Fellows will be mentored and trained as they ...
1d
| Job Type | Temporary |
Horticulturist I (Display Horticulture) - 1 year term position
Lisle, Illinois
The Morton Arboretum is a world-renowned, nonprofit institution dedicated to the planting and conservation of trees and other plants for a greener, healthier, and more beautiful world. We welcome more than 1.1 million guests every year to o...
2d
| Job Type | Full Time |
Grounds Crew Aide- Living Collections (Temporary Position)
Lisle, Illinois
The Morton Arboretum is a world-renowned nonprofit dedicated to protecting and growing trees locally and globally. We are seeking a grounds crew aide to support the Collections Horticulture crew. Grounds Crew Aides at The Morton Arboretum h...
3d
| Job Type | Temporary |
Visitor Services Ticketing Assistant -Temporary (Summer)
Lisle, Illinois
Looking for some fresh air and sunshine? Join our team of front-line ambassadors who welcome 1 million visitors each year to the Arboretum. In this role, you will create a friendly, welcoming environment for our members and guests as they e...
4d
| Job Type | Temporary |
Research Intern - Plant Systematics Research Program
Lisle, Illinois
The Plant Systematics Research Program at The Morton Arboretum is recruiting a research intern to begin by mid-May, working 3 days per week. The intern will assume primary responsibility for data collection and maintenance of the common gar...
8d
| Job Type | Intern |
Lisle, Illinois
The Morton Arboretum is a world-renowned nonprofit dedicated to protecting and growing trees locally and globally. We are seeking enthusiastic team members to help our camp instructors facilitate interactive summer adventures for our camper...
9d
| Job Type | Full Time |
Lisle, Illinois
The Morton Arboretum is a world-renowned nonprofit dedicated to protecting and growing trees locally and globally. We are seeking experienced teachers to join our team, leading campers in interactive summer adventures. The ideal candidate w...
9d
| Job Type | Full Time |
Lisle, Illinois
The Morton Arboretum is a world-renowned nonprofit dedicated to protecting and growing trees locally and globally. We are seeking an experienced associate to join our team to increase philanthropic support through major giving. The ideal ca...
15d
| Job Type | Full Time |