AmeriCorps Crew Member

Overview

2025 CREW MEMBER POSITION DESCRIPTION
AmeriCorps Position: Crew Member (ages 18-25), 300 hour
Living Allowance: $500/week stipend before taxes, paid out every 2 weeks
Service Term: May 27th – August 7th (or October 17th for Extended Season)
Service Schedule: Dependent on Agency Partner – Monday-Thursday or Tuesday-Friday (40-hour week), potential for backcountry (8 days on) during the mid season
Reports to: Crew Leader, Field Coordinators, and Stewardship Field Manager
Criminal History Check: NSOPW, FBI & State(s), the member does have recurring access to vulnerable populations.

Location: This is a residential program; participants will be camping throughout the summer in front-country campgrounds (water, toilets, etc.). In occasional instances, crews may have bunkhouses provided by the US Forest Service or National Park Service, but campsite information will be guaranteed. Depending on crew location, crews can expect to spend anywhere from 30% to 100% of their season living in tents. Please note certain activities such as food shopping, meal prep, eating meals, cleaning your bunk/tent/room, and evening activities do not count toward your term hours.

Crews work in the following locations:
• Rocky Mountain National Park (Estes Park area, or Grand Lake area)
• Arapaho National Forest (Sulphur Ranger District)
• Roosevelt National Forest (Boulder and Canyon Lakes Ranger Districts)

Position Summary: Crew members will work with four to eight of their peers and one or two crew leaders to complete conservation, wildfire mitigation, and/or historic preservation projects throughout public lands in Northern Colorado. Projects can include, but are not limited to, trail maintenance and construction, vegetation management, wildfire mitigation, habitat restoration, historic structure stabilization and restoration, and basic carpentry. Projects are completed alongside the National Park Service and USDA Forest Service staff, along with occasional interaction with several local nonprofits.

Additionally, crew members will participate in orientation and training activities, educational programs, shadowing opportunities and career development workshops. These will include safety protocols, Leave No Trace principles, backcountry preparedness, natural and cultural history, resume workshopping, USAJobs overview, and a review of AmeriCorps policies, expectations, and requirements. The Conservancy will additionally supply a food stipend ($10/person/day while working) in the form of a credit card provided to crew leaders.

AmeriCorps Crew Members must be able to serve effectively on a team comprised of their peers, helping fellow members achieve personal and program success through the principles of teamwork and service-learning. Crew Members must be responsive to instructions and feedback delivered by the Crew Leader, Program Staff, and project hosts from land management agencies such as the NPS and USFS.

Tagged as: Conservation, Crew, Trail Supervisor, Crew, and Leaders

Qualifications:

High School Diploma or GED Equivalent
Ability to obtain basic First Aid Certification by start date

Required Skills:

• Long (10 hour) days of shoveling, digging, carrying equipment, swinging heavy tools repetitively, as well as a myriad of other physical activities
• Heavy lifting of up to 50 pounds
• Walking and working on steep or uneven terrain
• Carrying a 40lb backpack up to 10 miles
• Occasionally having to work in adverse weather
• Working, eating, and camping outdoors in all weather conditions