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AmeriCorps Position – Restoration Coordinator

This is a volunteer opportunity offered through a partnership with the Washington Service Corps AmeriCorps Program to begin September 1, 2018.

The AmeriCorps member will receive a stipend through the Washington Service Corps.

This opportunity is contingent on funding.

 

Sponsoring organization: Capitol Land Trust

Capitol Land Trust’s Mission: To further collaborative and strategic conservation of southwest Washington’s essential natural areas and working lands. This includes both protecting additional lands for conservation, and maintaining and restoring the lands under our management to improve habitat quality and ecological function.

Location: Capitol Land Trust’s office in Lacey WA, and Land Trust properties throughout Thurston and Mason counties.

Project description: The AmeriCorps project will address two problems: first, the project will restore degraded habitat to improve fish and wildlife habitat and water quality in South Puget Sound; and provide opportunities to get youth engaged in the outdoors.

The AmeriCorps member will implement a series of volunteer restoration events to improve habitat on properties managed by Capitol Land Trust, including properties in the Black River watershed and along the Puget Sound shoreline in Mason and Thurston counties. This will

include service on Capitol Land Trust’s Inspiring Kids Preserve on Henderson Inlet and will involve coordinating with local schools to host student groups at the preserve as part of our ongoing restoration and stewardship efforts.

The AmeriCorps member also may organize restoration events to remove invasive plants, plant native plants, and maintain existing native-plant plantings at other Capitol Land Trust properties.

Finally, The AmeriCorps member will also serve to enhance public access on several properties in Mason County and Thurston County. This will involve service with local school groups, the Washington Trails Association and adjacent land owners.

Restoration Coordinator Responsibilities: The member will organize and run weekly restoration service days at multiple locations in the southwest Washington with a focus on Mason and Thurston counties. Volunteers may be recruited using our internal database of volunteers and by recruiting new volunteers by reaching out to our community.

 

Restoration service days will involve talking with Capitol Land Trust staff to identify areas that need stewardship, recruiting volunteers, organizing necessary supplies/logistics, running the event and training volunteers, and running the day of tasks associated with the event. Other tasks include adding volunteers to our database and reporting back to staff about the event.

The member will also assist Capitol Land Trust staff with education and outreach events including our hands-on nature-based education activities and our Outdoor Exploration Series.

Other tasks will involve assisting Capitol Land Trust staff with updating our website and social media pages.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • High school degree with a minimum of one year of related
  • Training or demonstrable background/coursework in natural sciences, natural resource management, environmental studies, land-use planning, or related
  • Desire to serve with people to promote environmental
  • Outgoing and friendly personality, and an ability to meet and interact with new people easily.
  • Good organizing and project management
  • Physically able to conduct outdoor field service and traverse through rough and steep terrain.
    • Willing to work outdoors in inclement weather year
    • Able to serve and train in various parts of Mason/Thurston
    • Good computer skills, and good speaking, presentation, and writing
    • Communicate in a positive, professional manner and function well in a team environment.
    • Ability to work
    • Regular and reliable attendance.
    • Able to occasionally serve on weekends and
    • Experience with volunteer management a
    • Experience with habitat restoration a
    • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) experience a
    • Submit to a criminal background
    • Ability to commit to the full term of
    • Must have a valid driver’s
    • Must own or have regular access to a privately owned vehicle, to drive to field sites for restoration events. (CLT will provide mileage reimbursement at the IRS )

 

AmeriCorps Requirements:

  • Must be at least 18 years of age at start of service
  • 10 ½ -month term of service, starting September 1, 2018 and ending July 15,
  • Must serve a minimum of 1,700 hours during the 10 ½ -month term of
  • Complete and submit all necessary AmeriCorps paperwork and reports in a timely manner.

 

  • Complete and submit at least one article for the AmeriCorps ‘Stories of Service’

program each quarter.

  • Attend all required AmeriCorps training and orientation events, and achieve the core competency trainings.
  • U.S. citizen, national or lawful permanent resident.
  • Member may have part-time job or attend school provided it doesn’t interfere with

schedule set at site.

 

AmeriCorps Benefits:

  • A taxable monthly stipend of $1,202.86, provided by Washington Service Corps.
  • Upon successful completion of a full term of service, eligible members receive an educational award of $5,920, provided by the National Service Trust.
  • Student loan forbearance on qualifying loans.
  • Basic health insurance (covers members only, not dependents; vision and dental insurance is not included).
  • Childcare assistance (if qualified).
  • Training and experience.

To Apply:

Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted.

Email resume and cover letter to daron@capitollandtrust.org.

Applicants are also required to complete the online AmeriCorps application found here: https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=73789