Youth Programs Specialist
Listed on 2026-02-28
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Maintenance/Cleaning
Emergency Crisis Mgmt/ Disaster Relief, Outdoor / Nature
Boulder County Community Planning and Permitting Department is seeking to hire a Youth Programs Specialist. Boulder County’s wildfire mitigation program—Wildfire Partners—is currently seeking a Youth Programs Specialist to help coordinate our Youth Helping Vulnerable Individuals and Communities program. Wildfire Partners works with partners—such as TEENS Inc. and Mile High Youth Corps (MHYC)—to provide free wildfire mitigation services to individuals and communities who are unable to complete mitigation on their own.
The Youth Programs Specialist is the liaison between Wildfire Partners, the partner organizations, and the individuals and communities receiving the free mitigation services.
Mitigation work focuses on creating and maintaining defensible space and performing hazardous fuels reduction projects. Defensible space projects include removing combustible material near structures (and placing it into dumpsters), cutting trees and shrubs, cutting grasses, removing surface fuels, low limbing trees, removing combustible debris and other items from under decks and other locations, and creating and maintaining a five-foot non-combustible zone next to structures.
Some crews doing this work use chainsaws; some do not. Hazardous fuels reduction projects are performed by chainsaw crews and involve vegetation removal farther than 100 feet from homes such as creating fuel breaks identified in Community Wildfire Protection Plans.
Vulnerable individuals and communities are historically underrepresented or underserved residents of Boulder County who often have not been able to easily access mitigation services. They may not be fluent English speakers. To learn more about Wildfire Partners and wildfire mitigation, visit our website: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..
This is a full-time, benefited position that will work weekday business hours, depending on the time of year, working both four 10-hour days and five 8-hour days per week, with occasional evenings and Saturdays as needed. This position will work out of 2045 13th Street, Boulder, Colorado. Under Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) guidelines, this position is exempt.
Boulder County requires its employees to reside in the state of Colorado as of the first day of work.
Hiring Salary Range: $63,828.00 - $68,900.00 Annually
Tentative Hiring TimelineWeek of March 16th
Week of March 23rd
Week of March 23rd
New employees receive an 80-hour bank of vacation at the time of hire, in addition to 8 hours of both vacation and medical leave accruals each month (Must not have been employed at Boulder County during the 12 months prior to re-hire date to qualify). Boulder County offers bountiful benefits, including pension contributions.
Boulder County employees may qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). Visit student aid.gov for more information.
Note:
when the on-site work is occurring, the Youth Programs Specialist will spend much of their time on-site with the crews); the work location could be anywhere in the county and the schedule for these weeks of on-site work will be four 10-hour days per week.
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