Contact Name: Emma Nehan-Springstead
Company/Organization/Agency: Conservation Corps New Mexico
Address: 512 North Valley Dr., Las Cruces, NM 88005 United States
Email Address: mnorris@conservationlegacy.org
Contact Phone: (928) 266-5369
Job Title: Summer Crewmember
Job Description: Apply:https://corpsnm.org/crew-positions
Start Date: June 6, 2022
Status: 450-hour(roughly 4 months), or 900-hour(roughly 6 months) AmeriCorps Service Terms (availability varies each season)
Stipend:$400/wk for most* AmeriCorps Member positions.
Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Benefits: AmeriCorps Segal Education Award; Paid training; Food budget while on project; Employee Assistance Program
Conservation Corps New Mexico (CCNM):
Conservation Corps New Mexico, a program of Conservation Legacy, aims to continue the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930s. CCNM crews are based in Las Cruces, NM and project work will take place on public lands in New Mexico and western Texas.
Responsibilities of an CCNM Corpsmember:
Members can expect to work long days and must successfully adapt to various climates and working conditions. Workdays will contain strenuous labor in remote settings and all weather conditions.
While serving a term of National Service, CCNM crews are expected to work in diverse team settings. Respect for all members of the program, our partners, the public and the land they are visiting is expected.
CCNM expects all members to represent the program in a professional manner at all times. Crew life will include our corps values of challenge, stewardship, dedication, community, integrity and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Members are expected to be timely, hardworking, flexible and complete all functions of the tasks assigned, including tough physical labor and hiking several miles to remote locations under adverse weather conditions.
Qualifications:
Be between the ages of 18 and 25, there is some flexibility to accept members up to age 30.
Have US Citizenship or Legal Permanent Residency status.
Have a high school diploma or GED
All offers of positions are conditional upon completion of an acceptable:
A nationwide check of the National Sex Offender Public website;
A fingerprint-based check of FBI criminal history record; and
A check of the State criminal history record repository for the individual’s State of residence AND State of service,
Must be eligible to receive an AmeriCorps Education Award
Full vaccination against COVID-19 by the first day of employment and ability to provide proof of vaccination before starting
Job Start Date: 6/6/2022
Application Deadline: 4/1/2022
Additional Information: Apply:https://corpsnm.org/crew-positions