Youth Crew Leader - Limited Duration (Seasonal)

Starting Wage: $20.00/hr.

Job Summary:

Manages, supervises, and participates in day-to-day details of crew life at work and in camp. May supervise up to a ten person summer youth crew. Assists the department with natural resources projects. This position is partially grant funded.

Essential Functions:

• Monitors, manages, and promotes physical and emotional safety on and off the work site.
• Trains, motivates and supervises a crew of eight to ten young adults to efficiently complete conservation projects.
• Transports crew safely in 15-passenger buses or vans.
• Coordinates logistics with Crew Supervisor, Parks & Recreation Coordinator, and Natural Resources Manager.
• Implements Environmental and Life Skills Curriculum via formal and informal lessons.
• Manages gas cards, tools and personal safety equipment for self and crew.
• Promotes individual Crew Member development and a healthy crew community.
• Performs stream and riparian restoration/enhancement.
• Maintains trail system and constructs new trails.
• Plants native vegetation plantings.
• Performs habitat enhancement and monitoring.
• Performs a variety of community and other natural resources projects as assigned.
• Performs a variety of other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Supervisory:

• Ensures the hiring, training, promoting, assigning, disciplining and discharging of employees are in accordance with Tribal Law, including without limitation, the Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance (TERO).
• Assures staff adherence to all policies and procedures, work, safety and administrative rule, Tribal Law and State Regulations.
• Serves as a mentor, as requested, for Tribal career development

Education, Experience, and Licenses:

• Requires a High School Diploma or GED and must be enrolled in college.

Driving Requirements:

• Must maintain a valid Oregon driver’s license or obtain one upon hire, qualify for the Tribe’s vehicle insurance, and provide proof of personal vehicle insurance.

Qualifications, Registrations, and Certifications:

• Must be minimum of 18 years old
• Must attend leadership and youth crew program training for approximately (3) three weeks.
• A desire to work with youth and in natural resources field.
• Must be in good physical condition and be able to work in rugged outdoor terrain.

• Must be able to pass a physical fitness (moderate) pack test.
• Must have one (1) year of experience driving a 15 passenger van with an exemplary driving record or must complete the van driver’s certification at the time of hire.
• Requires experience in the proper use of hand tools.
• Must have good communication skills.
• Must supply your own work boots.
• Leadership and First Aid/CPR training will be provided.
• Must be able to work long hours, under adverse conditions, during days and nights and on weekends.
• Ability to exercise common sense and self-initiative to carry out instructions furnished in oral, written, or diagram form.
• Must be able to exercise sound judgment.

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Continually requires the ability to work under strenuous or adverse conditions for extended periods, while maintaining mental alertness and concentration to maintain work rate, quality, and safety.

• Continually requires the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discrimination in sound.

• Continually requires verbally expressing or exchanging ideas or important instructions accurately, loudly, or quickly.

• Continually requires moving about on foot to accomplish tasks.
• Frequently requires raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position.

• Frequently requires stooping which entails the use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Continually requires the ability to express or receive detailed information or important instructions through oral communication.
• Continually requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm. Requires repetitive movement of wrists, hands and/or fingers. Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time, raising objects from a lower to a higher position and/or moving objects horizontally.
• Occasionally requires lifting of up to 100 pounds.

• Supports a safe work environment by performing all duties in accordance with Tribal safety policies and procedures, and Emergency Management Plan.

• Due to the nature of the interactions with other employees and the public we serve, employees may be required to provide documentation of, or receive, certain health vaccinations.
• May be called upon to serve as a Disaster Reservist during Emergencies, or when the Tribal Emergency Operations Center is opened.
• Local travel is occasionally required. Travel outside of the state is infrequently required.

Background Check:

Candidates for this position will be subject to criminal and character background checks and may be subject to fingerprinting.

Education

• High School or better