Assistant Crew Leader

Classification

Ameri Corps Participant (entitled to benefit package offered to all AC participants)

The Assistant Crew Leader (ACL) will assist in the successful completion of MCC natural resource and community service projects, on-site management of 4-6 participants, monitoring of crew dynamics to ensure a high level of crew motivation and functioning, as well as the delivery of the full range of MCC program components while learning advanced leadership skills from their Primary Crew Leader (PCL).

This job is not a 9-5, rather a commitment to service and an experience where long hours and extended time away from your home base are expected. Serving as an ACL at MCC means having a passion for service to others, for wildlands and wild places, for personal growth, or any number of MCC’s values. Leaders and their crews will camp for most of their term, often in remote locations in varied terrain and all weather conditions.

The CL is the primary in-field liaison between regional staff and the on-site project partner or technical advisor, generally an employee of the land management agency or group working with the crew. The ACL will also establish and maintain a good working relationship with their Primary CL (PCL), other partner personnel, Crew Members, MCC staff, and volunteers who come in contact with the crew.

The ACL will be in a leadership learning position that prioritizes Crew Member development through program delivery, project duties, and adherence to MCC policies and procedures.

Assistant Crew Leaders understand that commitment, flexibility, and self-motivation are integral to maintaining high expectations. They use their pre-season and in-season leadership training, experience, and commitment to collaborate with their PCL to facilitate their crew’s development. They are open to learning from their PCL, being creative in their approach to problem-solving, and motivating others. They are also invested in the idea that their personal development and growth as a leader are most fully realized when used in service to their crews, their communities, and the environment.

Duties may include building or maintaining trails, treating or removing invasive species, building fences, operating chainsaws to reduce wildfire risks by thinning trees, among many other types of projects. Not all CMs will serve on all types of projects. Crews may be deployed for natural disaster relief.

Some crews may spend the majority of their term on a specific crew type, these may include but are not limited to:

• Forestry Crews
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  Duties may include Tree Species , Timber Stand Assessment, Tree Marking, Timber Sale Boundary Marking, Tree Planting, Silviculture Prescriptions, Reforestation Plot Surveying, Chainsaw Operations/Maintenance, Precommercial Thinning, Fireline/Fuelbreak Operations, Biochar generation, and more.
• Fuels and Fields
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  These crews may have a high proportion of chainsaw use, fireline construction, forest health monitoring activities, and wildland fuels mitigation projects.

• Establish a working relationship and training goals with their PCL while actively participating in the portion of MCC’s Leadership Development Program that is available to them, gaining knowledge of, and demonstrating investment in MCC’s approach to fulfilling its mission
• This is a leadership learning position; must be willing to learn from and partner with PCL
• Collaborate with PCL to define specific crew responsibilities that the ACL will be the lead on
• Guide, support, and assist Crew Members to ensure quality project performance, safety, and crew well being
• Communicate and organize service projects in conjunction with the partner/land management agency’s technical advisor; ensure project completion to the satisfaction of partner expectations
• Ensure safety as the top priority during all MCC activities and projects; promote a culture of safety with emphasis on adherence to MCC policies and procedure
• Make recommendations to regional staff for fair and appropriate behavior management of Crew Members as needed
• With their PCL, help oversee implementation of all elements of the Crew Member Development…