Trail Planning and Outreach Coordinator - Individual Placment Americorps

Overview

Position Title:

Trail Planning and Outreach Coordinator
- Individual Placement
- Ameri Corps

Site

Location:

Mescalero, New Mexico

Address: 375 Graveyard Rd, 88340

• Start Date: TBD
• End Date: TBD
• Ameri Corps Slot Classification
  : 1700hrs

• Sugar Hill Pathways’ mission is to provide a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment where children and teenagers can learn to ride bikes in the mountains, build confidence, and develop respect for nature and our cultural heritage in Mescalero Apache. We are looking for safe places to ride with youth in the reservation and want to develop a designated trail system.
• Sugar Hill Pathways needs someone focused on leading community involvement in developing a trail system. This person will lead community outreach, help develop public events, help take in and organize community input and create a final report we can use to implement a trail system. This person will also get acquainted with non-profit administration and program development by working alongside Kevin Balatche of Sugar Hill Pathways.

• There is currently no public trail system on the Mescalero Apache Reservation for youth to ride and local dogs are a safety issue. The trail plan will include ecological and cultural surveys to ensure there's no risk to local ecosystems. It will improve acres of land for use by the Mescalero community, and it could also increase tourism from outside community members if that is what the community wants.
  
  By the end of the project, we will have a plan for a trail system on the Mescalero Apache Reservation that takes in community input through local events by developing systems, events through outreach, and a final report and plan for the implementation of a trail system. This person will be provided training and could become an integral part of Sugar Hill Pathways and its mission in the Mescalero Community.
• The IP will receive primary mentorship from Kevin Balatche of Sugar Hill Pathways, with additional support and learning opportunities through Ancestral Lands and Story Riders staff and programming. Exposure to the field will occur through a combination of hands-on participation, structured mentorship, and observation of ongoing project activities. This will include opportunities to shadow staff during community outreach and trail planning meetings, participate in partner coordination sessions, and engage in field-based activities related to trail development and stewardship.
• The IP will also be introduced to broader aspects of nonprofit and project administration, including grant-supported program implementation, data collection and reporting, and community engagement strategies. Additional learning opportunities may include exposure to related training and professional development experiences such as wilderness first aid, trail work and construction practices, and community organizing approaches rooted in local and tribal partnership models. The IP will also have opportunities to build professional networks through interaction with partner organizations, community leaders, and regional collaborators involved in outdoor access and youth development initiatives

• United States citizen, United States national, or a lawful permanent resident alien
• At least 17 years of age
• Has received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate; or has not dropped out of elementary or secondary school to enroll as an Ameri Corps participant, and agrees to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent prior to using the education award
• Agrees to provide information to establish eligibility and to complete a National Service Criminal History Check.

Conservation Legacy is committed to the full consideration of all qualified individuals and will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to perform essential job functions. Physical requirements may include periodic overnight travel, non-traditional work hours, ability to move across varied terrain, use program-specific tools and a range of technology on an infrequent or frequent basis. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull,…