Crew Supervisor

LA Conservation Corps

About the organization

Our workforce development programs offer youth and young adults paid work experience on a variety of conservation projects as well as the chance to build valuable life skills and personal resilience in a supportive environment. Some of those projects include: building parks and community gardens, planting trees, refurbishing hiking trails, removing graffiti, and cleaning alleyways.

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is embedded in our mission. We create a safe space for all individuals to bring their full identities to the spaces in which we work without judgment or harmful behavior. We hold ourselves accountable for ensuring our work prioritizes historically and currently excluded communities first. We ensure our Corpsmembers have access to a diverse collection of resources to support their needs in their personal lives and as they build their future careers, so they not only survive but thrive.

Duties

Motivates young people to fulfill their education, development and work plans and goals.

Provides corpsmembers the skills necessary to improve their employability.

Supervises the crew in the completion of service projects including trail maintenance/construction, restoration, and park construction projects

Supervises corpsmember crews while performing field instructions.

Ensures safe work practices, a safe work environment and the proper maintenance of vehicles, equipment and tools.

Ensures that a consistent high quality of work is performed on various work projects.

At project worksites, serves as liaison between project sponsoring agency staff and supervisor.

Trains and guides the team in project development tasks.

Implements work projects timely and efficiently from start to finish.

Ensures appropriate equipment availability for the work crews to perform the work projects.

Maintains appropriate professional ties with community-based organizations and sponsors

Provides team support for community events and promotes community involvement in team projects.

Plans and carries out assigned crew scheduling.

Qualifications

Must be COVID-19 vaccinated and be able to provide supporting documentation.

Ability to perform the physical requirements of the job, as well as train others.

Ability to work with diverse populations and motivate young people to meet program goals.

Ability to structure tasks, establish priorities and set goals.

Demonstrates the supervisory, project management and logistics skills necessary to fulfill position responsibilities.

Demonstrates sensitivity, understanding and the ability to effectively interact with individuals (internal and external) from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, disability and ethnic backgrounds.

Demonstrates the oral and written communication skills necessary to prepare concise, logical, grammatically correct documents and presentations.

Competent level of computer skills (Microsoft Office Environment) and the ability to complete the necessary reports.

Work schedule will vary on project needs. Work shifts may include graveyard hours for coverage of night events at different venues.

Salary

21.64 - 26.64

Application instructions

Contact email: [email protected]

We have positions open at our Northeast LA , Compton, South LA, East LA and Valley (Reseda/ Tujunga) sites.

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