Veterans Corps Crew Member/Leader
Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa
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Term length
1/22/2025 - 12/12/2025
Application window
9/16/2024 - 12/31/2024
Location
Multiple Locations, Minnesota
Hourly pay equivalent
$13.84
Project summary
AmeriCorps Veterans Corps Field Crews serve outdoors restoring habitat, managing natural resources, and responding to natural disasters or community needs.
Opportunity description
The Field Crew program prioritizes personal and professional growth while teaching hands-on conservation skills in the field. Members develop technical skills throughout their term while completing challenging and impactful conservation projects. Members will be trained in a wide variety of skills and receive nationally recognized certifications and opportunities to network with professionals.
Benefits
- Education benefit
- Healthcare
- Childcare
Requirements and qualifications
Requirements
Honorably Served in US Military; Flexible schedule to accommodate week-long out of town assignments and emergency response; Willingness to learn and adapt to changing plans, work, and project needs; Long (8-12 hour) days engaging in physically demanding work using various hand and power tools; Heavy lifting, bending, and carrying up to 50 pounds; Walking and working on steep or uneven terrain; Working in all weather conditions
Preferred qualifications
No experience required.
Opportunity details
Focus area
- Natural resource preservation and conservation
- Biodiversity protection and restoration
- Wildfire prevention and fuels reduction
- Waterway restoration
- Forestry
- City parks and greenspaces creation and maintenance
- Tree planting and urban forestry
- Local ecosystem restoration
- Soil and water conservation
Work environment
- Team based
- Rural
- Urban
- Traveling
- Outdoor