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Description:
The Great Basin Institute (GBI), in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU), is recruiting (1) crew leader to lead the 2024 Generation Green summer youth crew. As a crew leader, the successful candidate will lead several youth crew members to accomplish 2024 seasonal goals. Crew leader will work with the assistant crew leader, USFS staff, GBI staff and volunteers to determine work projects. Although surrounded by nature's beauty, many young adults in the Lake Tahoe area are disconnected with the outdoor environment. Generation Green is an innovative work-study program of the US Forest Service and the Great Basin Institute. Targeting low-income, diverse and youth-with-a-barrier students, this program provides job opportunities while building work ethics, job skills, leadership, and teamwork experience. Young adults are shown a variety of jobs found in the natural resource fields and connect with US Forest Service and GBI staff mentors. Local high school students throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin are building their futures and life-long love of the environment during this eight-week program.
The job is physically arduous with work being done outdoors every day. Job responsibilities include recreational projects such as trail building, noxious weeds removal, talking to the public about the basin, painting picnic tables, and cleaning campgrounds. Resource projects can include wildlife surveys, soil monitoring, historic site maintenance, forest care and maintenance, and other miscellaneous work or educational events that arise. The job requires the use of safety equipment such as gloves, goggles, long sleeve shirts, and hardhats. Crew leader will be responsible for ensuring the entire Generation Green Crew adheres to the methods, procedures, and safe work practices necessary to carry out job responsibilities. Crew leader will also be a guide and mentor for the youth members by acting as a positive role model. The lead will make sure that technicians conduct duties in a safe and orderly manner so as not to endanger self, fellow workers, or property with which entrusted.
Responsibilities:
Position will require 2 - overnight camping trips up to 5 days (all gear provided besides personal items). Crew Lead (along with assistant crew lead, USFS staff, and GBI staff) will help plan the backpacking trips including but not limited to gathering food, testing out gear (sizing for each member), route management, and more.
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