About Our Job

With competitive pay great benefits and endless opportunities working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose for you and those who benefit from your passion skills and expertise. Join our diverse inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver Denver.

What We Offer

This is an on-call position which means it is a part-time hourly role. This position will work no more than 39 hours per week. The pay range for this position $28.87 - $44.75/hour. New hires are typically brought into the organization between $28.87 - $36.81/hour. This position is eligible to enroll in the City and County of Denvers 457b retirement plan. This position is not eligible for other additional benefits. Oncall positions may have routine or variable work schedules.

Location & Schedule

This position is based at the Denver Mountain Parks headquarters in Morrison schedule is typically Monday - Friday 7:00 a.m. 3:30 p.m. with occasional evenings weekends and or/holidays will be required for special events or operational needs. Schedules are subject to change based on seasonal needs.

Who We Are & What Youll Do

Denver Parks and Recreation is seeking Resource Stewardship Crew Lead to support the Denver Mountain Parks Natural Resources program. Established over a century ago in 1912 the Denver Mountain Parks consists of 14000 acres of parks and open space across four counties outside of Denvers municipal boundary. The Mountain Parks system boasts a wide array of parks historic structures bison herds the world-famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre Buffalo Bills grave and museum water resources wildlife habitat trails and a variety of recreational activities ranging from the alpine environment of Mount Blue Sky to the plains ecosystem of Daniels Park.

This position will support the Denver Mountain Parks Forestry and Natural Resources Program in the areas of bison conservation forest health and wildfire mitigation youth and community engagement grassland restoration weeds management green workforce and a variety of related natural resource projects. The position will work closely with existing partners and establish new partnerships. We are seeking a candidate who can combine community collaboration with field-based skills and who can synthesize elements of both for a variety of audiences.

Job duties and responsibilities of this position include but are not limited to the following:

• Develop green workforce youth corps projects for forestry and fire mitigation in Denver Mountain Parks coordinate youth crews and oversee field-based projects

• Assist with bison conservation including handling and feeding

• Support grassland restoration including mechanical removal of woody encroachment herbicide application seeding and dung beetle reintroduction

• Conduct fire mitigation and forest health projects including tree cutting and burning slash piles

• Foster organizational and community partnerships

• Collaborate on projects and initiatives that engage Denver youth

• Develop and lead educational programs for a variety of audiences both on- and off-site.

• Support a range of related natural resource projects

• Work outdoors in various weather and environmental conditions

• Operate tools and equipment including a chainsaws brush cutters OHVs seed drills masticators boom sprayers skid steers wood chippers and related equipment.

What Youll Bring

We value diversity of ethnicity race socioeconomic status sexual identity gender religion language ability and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. Youll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself your work the people around you and Denver to the next level.

Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience skills and characteristics:

• At least one year of experience operating a chain saw in a field-based environment

• Experience utilizing forestry equipment

• Red carded as a Basic Wildland Firefighter (S-130/190)

• Experience handling and working with bison with an understanding of their basic behavior and biology

• Experience leading educational programs and/or working with youth groups

• Experience working in a parks open space or natural resource management

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education requirement: Graduation from high school or the possession of a GED HiSET or TASC Certificate

• Experience Requirement: Three (3) years of experience as a member of a crew performing a wide variety of construction maintenance and repair work

• Education/Experience Equivalency: Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements.

• Licensure: Requires a valid Drivers License at the time of application. Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment.

Application Deadline

This position is expected to stay open until July 6 2025. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than July 6 2025 at 11:59 p.m. MST

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