NeighborScapes Harvey AmeriCorps Summer Position

Job Description:

Position:
Harvey Conservation Corps Member Position Type:
Full-Time or Part-Time

Location:

Harvey, IL

Schedule:

Monday-Friday 9a-5p (Availability on the Weekends, some flexible assignments)

Salary: $25000 Living Stipend (Around $14.75 Hour)
Additional Benefits:
Discounted Health Insurance, Educational Segal Award of $ 7,000+ awardedd tofull-time members who complete 1700 Ameri Corps hours;
Childcare assistance if eligible, Fire Training and Commercial Pesticide Certification

About Ameri Corps:
Ameri Corps members and Ameri Corps Seniors volunteers serve directly with nonprofit organizations to tackle our nation’s most pressing challenges.

Hosted by Neighbor Scapes NFP, seven full-time Ameri Corps members will compose a "Harvey Conservation Corps" who will help catalyze revitalizing green spaces in and around the southern Chicago suburb of Harvey, Illinois.

Summary:

The Ameri Corps members will take responsibility for supporting community gardens, urban farms, and healthy green streetscapes; creating and maintaining trails in nearby parks and forest preserves; helping residents with both environmental stewardship and health education around nature, connecting Harvey students with nature; and maintaining and improving public lands.

• Wildland Fire Training Certification / Illinois Pesticide Certification
• Clearing Invasive Plant species in Parks / Forest Preserve
  • Creating /maintaining nature trails in public lands around the South Suburbs
• Working in urban farms and community gardens

• Must be a U.S. Citizen (required for FEMA Corps and Forest Corps), or a lawful permanent resident of the U.S.
• Must pass a background check upon arrival to the program. This will include fingerprinting
• For Full-Time Service, an individual must be available for full-time service consisting of extensivelocal/regional travel and additional service events around the State of Illinois (specifically Chicagoland).