Contact Name: Kate Johnson
Company/Organization/Agency: Appalachian Mountain Club
Address: 361 Rt 16, Jackson, NH 03846 USA
Email Address: kjohnson@outdoors.org
Contact Phone: (603) 466-8132
Job Title: Trail Crew Leader - Volunteer Groups
Job Description: This position is internally listed as Adult Volunteer Vacations and Custom Crew Leader.
Duties and Responsibilities:
This position is 40 hours per week and is an independent position, supported -- sometimes remotely -- by the North Country Trails Volunteer Program Supervisor. The position requires group management and trail work experience as well as office work, organizing completed work reports and coordinating with program participants and AMC staff. The main duty of this position will be to coordinate, execute, and report on all of AMC’s volunteer trails programs, both frontcountry and backcountry, as well as provide support to the Jobs for America’s Graduates youth crew and AMC’s volunteer chapters’ trail efforts. Additionally, this position provides support to the AmeriCorps program, both in the field and in the office.
Specific responsibilities:
-Lead up to 10 adult volunteers on frontcountry and backcountry trail stewardship projects, between 1-5 days long, in locations such as the White Mountains, Acadia National Park, Baxter State Park
-Practice, exemplify, and teach quality technical trailbulding hand skills. Projects will include bog bridge construction, native stonework and timber work, trail layout, and trail maintenance.
-Coordinate custom crew availability, plan trail work projects and maintain AMC trail work standards, with the help of the Program Supervisor and other AMC staff
-Communicate by email and phone with volunteer participants well in advance of the arrival date, as well as any follow-up
-Create and compile accurate and thorough project reports after each event and enter them into the online database. Track project progress and report status to the Program Supervisor.
-Participate in group check-ins, at least twice a month or as needed, with the Program Supervisor and other AMC Volunteer Trails staff
-Assist with scouting, field support of other programs, and recording & reporting work
-Perform site visits and logistical support and purchase supplies for AMC-Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) youth crew, an 8-week day program
-Work with JAG leaders to build project-specific skills and best support the program as needed
-Foster a spirit of cooperation, safety, teamwork, responsible stewardship, and fun while working with volunteer crews
-Plan menus, order or purchase food, and prepare meals for volunteer trail crew participants, up to groups of 9
-Serve as the primary responder/coordinator in the event of a backcountry emergency
-Emphasize safety and low-impact camping methods in the backcountry
-Assist with maintenance of tools, equipment and Camp Dodge facility as needed
-Drive 12-passenger vans as needed
-Understand and enforce all local, state, federal and AMC COVID-19 policies and guidelines
Job Start Date: 5/2/2022
Application Deadline: 4/15/2022
Additional Information: https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=0069e8e9-aaba-4b74-ac6a-a6ccadb65927&ccId=1125625467_1842&jobId=382356&lang=en_US&source=CC4