Youth Crew Leader
3 weeks ago
Work Outside, Work with Youth, Make a Positive Impact on your Community
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A SUMMER JOB?
Tree Trust's Summer Youth Employment Program is a great experience to build your resume in leadership, youth work, and the green industry as you make a difference in the lives of young people and improve your community
You will help your crew members learn landscaping and landscape construction skills, develop resilience, work as a team, enjoy the summer sun, make new friends, and build lasting memories.
TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED
There are multiple openings for this role that pay $20.00 per hour.
To qualify, you will:
- Be able to pass a criminal and motor vehicle background check.
- Be able to successfully listen, give feedback and motivate youth and young adults.
- Have excellent judgment, risk management skills, and calm decision-making ability in challenging situations.
- Be at least 19, have a valid driver’s license, have three years driving experience, and have a clear driving record in order to meet the insurance requirements for driving a Tree Trust vehicle.
- Be able and willing to travel daily within the metro area in a Tree Trust vehicle provided. Your assigned worksite will be within Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, or Washington County.
- Be able and willing to transport up to 15 participants between pickup locations in a company vehicle.
- Be available June 3 to August 16, 2024.
- Be able and willing to work Monday – Friday, 8 hours per day.
Job Summary: Supervise and motivate up to 8 youth and young adults (14-21) with barriers to employment* on a daily basis in a safe, educational, and professional manner by providing high quality job-training experiences through the completion of community-based projects. Past projects have included landscape construction (timber staircase, bocce ball court, retaining walls), conservation/natural resources (vegetation management, invasive species removal, stream bed remediation).
Tree Trust actively seeks to build a staff that reflects the diversity of the population and community it serves, and that’s why we strongly encourage people of color to apply.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Essential Functions:
- Provide leadership, supervision, guidance, support, and motivation to approximately up to 8 youth/young adults at a time on two part-time crews.
- Lead and perform all work activities, ensuring quality work performance, safety, and the general well-being of the crew.
- Provide deliberate and effective feedback to youth to foster continuous growth within a job training setting.
- Organize work projects for the crew in conjunction with the field coordinator and supporting staff.
- Teach training curriculum on topics such as workplace safety, environmental issues, and community service to crews.
- Provide basic First Aid as needed, report all work injuries following Tree Trust policy and procedure, and work with program staff to assess and take corrective action on safety issues.
- Maintain tool and material inventory and notify supervisor of project material needs.
- Responsible for the operation, cleanliness, and maintenance of equipment; report any damaged equipment to site supervisor.
- Accomplish work goals to the satisfaction of supervisors and funders and according to project proposal specifications.
- Set and maintain clear expectations for work attendance, appearance, language, and behavior among both crew leaders and youth.
- Accurately maintain, complete, and submit paperwork and reports in a timely manner, including crew time sheets, accident/ incident reports, receipts, crew member development, project records, and others as assigned.
- Implement fair and appropriate discipline of crew members based on handbook.
- Assure implementation of education and service-learning components.
- Attend two weeks of training on construction techniques and best practices for serving youth with employment barriers.
Participant Service Requirements
- *Mentor BIPOC participants and participants with all types of employment barriers, including participants with varied ability including Autism, ADHD, Down Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, trauma, experience with the criminal justice system and substance abuse issues, and from underserved areas or living with low income.
- Model a strong work ethic, positive attitude, and commitment to quality.
- Provide deliberate and effective feedback to participants to foster continuous development within an employment training setting.
- Set appropriate boundaries with participants, staying focused on program mission and goals.
- Respond to challenging situations with composure and good judgement, modeling professional employment behaviors.
Qualifications/Skills Preferred:
- One year of college education in a related field (including but not limited to, education, special education, social work, youth development, psychology, environmental sciences, or landscape related.)
- Prior experience working with or supervising youth/young adults.
- Technical skills in landscape construction, conservation, and/or chainsaw operation.
Work Environment: Regularly works outside in conditions that include bad weather, heats up to 100 degrees, rain, and humidity. The noise level may be loud at times. Sturdy/closed toe footwear required. All tools will be provided by Tree Trust.
Physical demands: Physical demands require constant moving, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling. Frequently operates machinery and will use hands/fingers and legs to operate, activate, use, prepare, inspect, place, detect and position materials. Frequently required to stand and walk, lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. Constantly required to communicate with ability to talk and hear. Ability to learn how to safely and effectively use all tools and equipment needed for job tasks.
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