AmeriCorps NCCC Team Leader
AmeriCorps NCCC
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Term length
9/10/2024 - 8/1/2025
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Location
Sacramento, California
Hourly pay equivalent
$18.03
Project summary
This position will help to preserve and enhance a community’s natural resources by working on trail development and maintenance, planting trees, removing invasive plant species, cleaning up rivers, streams, and beaches, performing water quality assessments, and leading environmental education workshops and camps for youth.
Opportunity description
Leaders will lead a team through direct, hands-on service in the areas of natural and other disasters, infrastructure improvement, environmental stewardship and conservation, energy conservation, and urban and rural development. Your team could be doing anything from building a house to running a youth summer program, so adaptability is key! As a Team Leader, you will be crucial to your team’s success. You'll be responsible for directing, motivating, and mentoring, a diverse team of young people. There are as many as 30 openings for this position.
Benefits
- Education benefit
- Housing
- Healthcare
- Child care
- Relocation expenses
Requirements and qualifications
Requirements
Must be a US Citizen or a Lawful Permanent Resident of the US. Must have a valid driver's license or plan to have one by the time you start. Must pass an initial drug screening test upon arrival to the program.
Preferred qualifications
No experience required.
Opportunity details
Focus area
- Natural resource preservation and conservation
- Biodiversity protection and restoration
- Wildfire prevention and fuels reduction
- Reforestation or Afforestation
- Outdoor recreation access improvements
- City Parks and Greenspaces Creation and Maintenance
- Tree planting and urban forestry
- Disaster preparedness
- Recovery and Response
- Coastal wetlands restoration
- Local ecosystem restoration
- Community gardens
- Environmental education and training
Work environment
- Team based
- Rural
- Urban
- Traveling
- Indoor
- Outdoor