Green Bay Conservation Corps Crew Member
City of Green Bay
ApplyOpportunity summary
Term length
6/10/2024 - 8/30/2024
Application window
4/1/2024 - 5/20/2024
Location
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Hourly pay equivalent
$12.22
Project summary
Crew members serve to restore degraded habitats throughout the City of Green Bay parks, trails, and greenways by invigorating pollinator habitat, improving flood mitigation, and making ecosystems more resilient through invasive species control and native plantings.
Opportunity description
Join the City of Green Bay to enhance the Green Bay Parks and Greenways through an AmeriCorps program. Conservation Corps members are responsible for restoration efforts including the following: 20% Trail maintenance, 25% Native plantings and maintenance, 25% Habitat restoration, 10% Volunteer and education outreach, 10% Training and job development, 10% Mapping and survey efforts. There are as many as 10 openings for this position
Benefits
- Education benefit
- Workforce credential or certificate
- Mental and behavioral health benefits
- Child care
Requirements and qualifications
Requirements
Lifting and carrying up to 30 pounds. frequent walking, standing, bending, and lifting. ability to focus for long period of time on projects. ability to work in varied environmental conditions. High school diploma.
Preferred qualifications
No experience required.
Opportunity details
Focus area
- Natural resource preservation and conservation
- Biodiversity protection and restoration
- Reforestation or afforestation
- Outdoor recreation access improvements
- City parks and greenspaces creation and maintenance
- Tree planting and urban forestry
- Disaster preparedness
- recovery
- and response
- Local ecosystem restoration
- Volunteer recruitment and management
- Environmental education and training
- Environmental research and citizen science
Work environment
- Team based
- Urban
- Outdoor