Youth Conservation Corps Program Assistant
Youth Conservation Corps Program Assistant
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Summary
King County Parks is seeking two 2 Program Assistants to support our Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program from June August 2025.This is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about youth development creating employment pathways and/or environmental education.
About the Role:King County Parks Youth Conservation Corps is a summer internship program that provides environmental learning opportunities for high schoolaged youth. The sixweek program runs from July 8 August 14 2025. Interns work with King County Parks & Recreation Division staff at multiple Parks locations to better understand the breadth and depth of environmental justice ecological restoration and parks and recreation management practices. Each program assistant will be paired with a Teen Environmental Pathways Coordinator to support a cohort of 1012 interns. This position has a crucial role in ensuring impactful program delivery and a positive experience for the interns and will get to spend a fun and engaging summer with a great group of teens who are curious about local environmental challenges and solutions. The role is expected to last for three months.
This position performs work remotely and onsite.
About the Team:The Youth Conservation Corps began in 2021 with the mission to build pathways for a new generation of park and environmental leaders who represent the diversity of King Countys communities. We believe in developing a more diverse environmental field and this is one strategy to build a more just movement. Learn more at and to Equity Racial and Social Justice:King County named after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a diverse and vibrant community that represents cultures from around the world. Our True North is to create a welcoming community where everyone can thrive. We prioritize equity racial and social justice making it a foundational and daily expectation for all employees. As a YCC Program Assistant you will actively apply these principles in all aspects of your work. Learn more about our commitment at now for a rewarding career with theKing County Parks Divisionof King County Department of Natural Resources & Parks (DNRP). Join our talented workforce in protecting and restoring the natural environment and promoting more resilient sustainable and equitable communities.
Job Duties
What You Will Be Doing:
- Support preprogram planning organization and preparation.
- Lead morning checkins and afternoon debriefs with the teen interns.
- Drive teen interns to various program sites in a 15passenger van.
- Facilitate discussions on various environmental topics.
- Mentor and guide teen interns in completing independent projects.
- Provide ongoing feedback and coaching to teen interns through oneonone and in groups.
- Assist with morning preparation and endofday tasks to ensure organized programming.
- Prepare and maintain program materials including tools used for restoration activities.
- Assist the Education Coordinator and Volunteer Program Assistant in leading high school students in restoration projects at various King County Parks.
- Collect ongoing feedback from interns through surveys and focus groups.
- Assist with postprogram organization evaluation and debrief activities.
Experience Qualifications Knowledge Skills
Qualifications You Bring:
- Experience working with high school students or close in age group.
- Experience creating teaching or supporting educational curriculum and materials focused on environmental stewardship environmental justice or climate change.
- Willingness and ability to drive youth to various program sites in a 15passenger van. (must be 21 years or older to transport youth in passenger van.
Competencies You Bring:- Manages Ambiguity Operating effectively even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear.
- ActionOrientedTaking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency high energy andenthusiasm.
- Nimble Learner Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
- Demonstrates selfawareness Using a combination of feedback and selfreflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.
- Manages Conflict: Handling conflict situations effectively with a minimum of noise.
- Interpersonal Savvy: Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people.
Required Licenses:- A valid WA State drivers license at the time of appointment is required and comfort driving throughout King County.
- Current CPR and First Aid training or ability to obtain with 60 days of hire.
Physical Requirement:- Work includes indoor and outdoor settings. May be exposed to drafts pollens inclement weather and uneven surfaces.
- Requires occasional lifting and carrying supplies and equipment up to 50 lbs.
- Requires stooping standing sitting or walking depending on nature of program or event.
It Would Be Great if You Also Bring:- Experience working with Black Indigenous and youth of color teens (age 15 18 years old).
- Experience with handson ecological restoration inparks.
- Anuanced understanding of the intersections of power privilege and the environment.
- Experience leading or supporting youth development programs.
- Experience building youth programming that centers youth leadership and voice.
Supplemental Information
Working Conditions:
- Remote and Onsite Work Details:Employees in this role work remotely from a home location with onsite reporting requirements typically weekly. The frequency of onsite work is determined by business needs and may be adjusted accordingly. Onsite reporting locations may be at various King County worksites including the collaboration space at King Street Center St Seattle WA 98104. This work arrangement promotes worklifebalance and reduces carbon footprint under the departments vision ofGreen Where We Work.
- Remote Work Location Requirement:Employees must reside in Washington State and be within a reasonable distance to King County worksites to meet onsite reporting requirements.
- Work Location:Sunset District Shop th Ave S Seatac WA 98168
- Work Schedule:Monday Thursday 7:30 am 5:30 pm. This position is covered under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is overtime eligible.
- Union Representation:This position is not represented by a union.
- Duration: This recruitment is to fill 2 Shortterm temporary positions with an anticipated end date of August 23 2025. This position is not eligible to participate in the countys benefit program.
Application and Selection Process:We welcome applications from all qualified applicants. We value diversity diverse perspectives and life experience and encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.Application materials will be screened for clarity completeness and alignment with the experience qualifications knowledge and skills essential for this role to determine which candidates may be invited to participate in one or more panel interviews.
Resume and Cover Letter will not be reviewed
To apply submit a complete application. However please be aware that cover letters resumes and other documents wont be considered during minimum qualification screening.
Who to Contact: For more information regarding this recruitment please contact Patty Jurgens at
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Together with leadership and our employees were changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a differenceCome join the teamdedicated to serving one of the nations best places to live work and play.
Guided by our True North we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting support and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply including Native American and people of color immigrants refugees women LGBTQ people living with disabilities and veterans.King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer
No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race color religion national origin sex (including gender identity sexual orientation and pregnancy) age genetic information disability veteran status or other protected class. Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions including but not limited to recruitment hiring selection for training promotion transfer demotion layoff termination rates of pay or other forms of compensation.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
