Youth Crew Leader/NRD Intern - Limited Duration

Job Summary:

Manages, supervises, and participates in day-to-day details of crew life at work and in camp. May supervise up to a ten person summer youth crew. Assists the department with natural resources projects. This position is partially grant funded.

Essential Functions:

• Monitors, manages, and promotes physical and emotional safety on and off the work site.
• Trains, motivates and supervises a crew of eight to ten young adults to efficiently complete conservation projects.
• Transports crew safely in 15-passenger buses or vans.
• Coordinates logistics with Crew Supervisor, Parks & Recreation Coordinator, and Natural Resources Manager.
• Implements Environmental and Life Skills Curriculum via formal and informal lessons.
• Manages gas cards, tools and personal safety equipment for self and crew.
• Promotes individual Crew Member development and a healthy crew community.
• Performs stream and riparian restoration/enhancement.
• Maintains trail system and constructs new trails.
• Plants native vegetation plantings.
• Performs habitat enhancement and monitoring.
• Performs a variety of community and other natural resources projects as assigned. 
• Performs a variety of other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Supervisory:

• Ensures the hiring, training, promoting, assigning, disciplining and discharging of employees are in accordance with Tribal Law, including without limitation, the Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance (TERO).
• Assures staff adherence to all policies and procedures, work, safety and administrative rule, Tribal Law and State Regulations.
• Serves as a mentor, as requested, for Tribal career development

Education, Experience, and Licenses:

• Requires a High School Diploma or GED and must be enrolled in college.

Driving Requirements:

• Must maintain a valid Oregon driver's license or obtain one upon hire, qualify for the Tribe's vehicle insurance, and provide proof of personal vehicle insurance.

Qualifications, Registrations, and Certifications:

• Must be minimum of 18 years old
• Must attend leadership and youth crew program training for approximately (3) three weeks.

• A desire to work with youth and in natural resources field.
• Must be in good physical condition and be able to work in rugged outdoor terrain.
• Must be able to pass a physical fitness (moderate) pack test.
• Must have one (1) year of experience driving a 15 passenger van with an exemplary driving record or must complete the van driver's certification at the time of hire.
• Requires experience in the proper use of hand tools.
• Must have good communication skills.
• Must supply your own work boots.
• Leadership and First Aid/CPR training will be provided.
• Must be able to work long hours, under adverse conditions, during days and nights and on weekends.
• Ability to exercise common sense and self-initiative to carry out instructions furnished in oral, written, or diagram form.
• Must be able to exercise sound judgment.

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Continually requires the ability to work under strenuous or adverse conditions for extended periods, while maintaining mental alertness and concentration to maintain work rate, quality, and safety.
• Continually requires the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discrimination in sound.
• Continually requires verbally expressing or exchanging ideas or important instructions accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Continually requires moving about on foot to accomplish tasks.
• Frequently requires raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position.
• Frequently requires stooping which entails the use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Continually requires the ability to express or receive detailed information or important instructions through oral communication.
• Continually requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm. Requires repetitive movement of wrists, hands and/or fingers.  Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time, raising objects from a lower to a higher position and/or moving objects horizontally.
• Occasionally requires lifting of up to 100 pounds.
• Supports a safe work environment by performing all duties in accordance with Tribal safety policies and procedures, and Emergency Management Plan. 
• Due to the nature of the interactions with other employees and the public we serve, employees may be required to provide documentation of, or receive, certain health vaccinations.
• May be called upon to serve as a Disaster Reservist during Emergencies, or when the Tribal Emergency Operations Center is opened.
• Local travel is occasionally required. Travel outside of the state is infrequently required. 

Background Check:

Candidates for this position will be subject to criminal and character background checks and may be subject to fingerprinting.

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All positions are located in the greater Grand Ronde area unless specifically noted otherwise.

If you have questions or need more info, please call: 1-800-422-0232 x-2109

Application materials must be received in Human Resources by 5pm on the closing date.

INTERNAL APPLICANTS ARE DEFINED AS:

• Grand Ronde Tribal members
• Spouse of a Grand Ronde Tribal member
• Parent or legal guardian of Grand Ronde Tribal member children.
• Current Regular Employee, past their six-month introductory period, receiving at least a "meets expectations" on most recent performance evaluation and not under disciplinary action or performance improvement within the previous six months.

For individuals that meet the minimum qualifications: 

AN INTERVIEW WILL BE GIVEN IN THE FOLLOWING RANKING ORDER:

1. Grand Ronde Tribal members.
   a. (Qualified Grand Ronde Tribal members who show they meet the minimum qualifications of the position during the course of the interview process will be given first consideration for hire and the recruitment process will end)
2. Tribal member spouses, parents and/or legal guardians of Grand Ronde Tribal member children and current regular employees.