Urban and Community Forestry Youth Crew Leader - Boise ID
Urban and Community Forestry Youth Crew Leader - Boise ID
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Position: Urban and Community Forestry Youth Crew Leader Boise/Nampa ID
Dates:
Leader Training Dates: May 19th May 30th 2025
Summer Session Dates: Session 1: June 2 July 3 2025; Session 2: July 8 August 8 2025
Location: Based out of Boise ID. Boise Leaders/members will commute to the central meeting location each day. Leader training before the crews launch involves camping.
Urban and Community Forestry (UCF) crew members complete urban forest health projects for five weeks throughout the Treasure Valley area. Crews will work on urban forestry projects such as tree planting and maintenance wildfire protection and invasive plant management. You will colead a closeknit team of 8 crew members committed to playing a vital role in improving our urban forests and the environment.
Position Details:
- Impact the lives of youth by teaching jobskills and education lessons
- Accomplish meaningful service projects in your local community
- Excellent entrypoint into the fields of natural resource management youth development and outdoor education.
Urban and Community Forestry Crew Leaders colead manage and supervise conservation crews of up to eight youth ages 1518 over the course of the summer. The summer season is broken down into two fiveweek sessions so leaders will oversee two separate groups over their term of service. Crews work Monday through Friday and meet each morning at a central location in their community. While on session Field Leaders will be responsible for completing a variety of handson conservationoriented projects on public and private lands and facilitating daily lessons using our accredited outdoor education curriculum. Field leaders are wellbalanced individuals who work hard and embody compassion patience and an inspirational attitude.
Benefits: This Northwest Youth Corps/Idaho Conservation Corps position is operated in partnership with AmeriCorps our countrys national service program. AmeriCorps members complete paid terms of national community service to address our nations most pressing issues.
As an AmeriCorps member you will receive a living allowance of $725/week totaling $7250 with an AmeriCorps education award of $1956.35.
Learn more about additional benefits here qualifications:
- At least 20 years old
- Current First Aid (or higher) and CPR certification needed before session start date
- Recreational/ professional outdoor experience and experience working with youth
- Ability to lift and/or move up to 70 pounds
- Experience/desire in working with diverse populations
- Current Drivers License ability to pass background checks clean driving record for the past three years.
To Apply More information and link to apply can be found at information can be found at .
Questions/Contact: Dominic Martinez UCF Program Coordinator
Northwest Youth Corps is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our core purpose is to provide opportunities for youth and young adults to learn grow and experience success. We strive to create an empowering environment for participants from a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. We are deeply invested in the success of youth and young adults of all races ethnicities gender identities religions sexual orientations economic statuses or other sociocultural identifiers.
In accordance with 45CFR 2520.65 AmeriCorps members may not perform prohibited service activities directly or indirectly by recruiting training or managing others for the primary purpose of engaging in the activities. Prohibited service activities are outlined in the Service Agreement and AmeriCorps member manual.
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