Field Specialist

Location: Northern

# Field Specialist## Overview Salary Range $2,600.00 - $2,600.00 Salary/month## Description
** Position:
** Field Specialist (Ameri Corps, 18-30; 35 for Veterans)
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* Location:

** Various, in Minnesota and Iowa    
* This is not a residential program; participants must secure housing preferably near the crew location
*** Service Term:
** 1700 hours (January
- December 2027)
** Education Award Amount:**$7,395
** Benefits:
*** Living Allowance: $2,600/month pre tax
* Training, certifications, networking
* Access to gear lending library
* Access to Employee Assistance Program
* Health insurance
* Childcare assistance
* Student loan forbearance (on qualifying student loans)
* Service term eligible to count towards Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
** Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa (CCMI)
** is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and Ameri Corps grantee that engages hundreds of youth and young adults each year in programs and initiatives that improve access to outdoor recreation, restore natural habitat, protect waterways, and respond to community needs and natural disasters.
** Our mission
** is to cultivate a community of emerging leaders in service to people and the planet. Learn more at conservationcorps.org.
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* Position Summary:

** The Ameri Corps Field Specialist provides training, education, coordination, and leadership to Ameri Corps Members and other participants. The Field Specialist will help fellow Ameri Corps members achieve personal and program success through the principles of teamwork and service-learning. Specialists must be responsive to instructions and feedback delivered by the Field Coordinator, Program Staff, and project hosts from land management agencies such as the DNR, USFWS, NPS, SWCDs, cities and counties.

In addition to providing support and training to members and participants, Field Specialists help support a variety of natural resources projects. Natural resources projects vary but may include:
* Invasive species management
* Stream bank stabilization, erosion control
* Prescribed burning
* Trail construction & maintenance
* Tree planting
* Basic carpentry
* Raingarden maintenance
* Emergency response

Projects are in partnership with public land management agencies such as the State Department of Natural Resources, US Fish & Wildlife Service, National Park Service, cities, counties, and trail associations. Projects are physically challenging and team-oriented and may occur throughout the Midwest, including urban and wilderness settings.

Primary responsibilities include fostering Ameri Corps member development through experiential learning, providing technical skills training, monitoring field safety and conducting equipment maintenance. In addition, the Field Specialist helps coordinate logistics, tools and equipment for Ameri Corps members and participants natural resources projects, shuttles vehicles and/or equipment as needed, and serves alongside Ameri Corps members on more technical field projects.
** Role Clarification:
** This is an Ameri Corps member level position, NOT a staff member. While serving in this Ameri Corps position, members need to abide by the below restrictions:
* Members may NOT sign/approve official documents such as Ameri Corps paperwork, other member‘s timecards, performance evaluations, disciplinary contracts, project contracts or any similar documents.
* Members may NOT be directly involved in project acquisition or contracting.
* Members may NOT discipline other Ameri Corps members. While they may provide guidance, facilitate crew meetings, motivate, reward and uphold safety policies on the service site, all policy violations and disciplinary action must be directed to and handled by Corps staff**.
**** Duties & Responsibilities
*** Coordinate service projects and assist with project management, including training, site safety visits, assisting crews with technical projects, filling in for short-handed crews, shuttling equipment and coaching Crew Leaders. Partner with project hosts and Crew Leaders to determine schedules, daily plans, tasks, tools and responsibilities so projects are accomplished in an efficient, safe and consistent manner.
* Provide or coordinate training, including skills training, project-specific trainings, and crew operation trainings (in some programs this may include youth development and youth leadership facilitation).
* Provide and/or coordinate crew operation training such as team building, effective communication, conflict resolution, and in some programs youth…