Construction Summer Intern

Location: Pantops

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville (“Habitat”) is a cutting-edge non-profit housing and community development organization creating simple, decent, affordable homes in partnership with low-income families, volunteers, and the communities of the Greater Charlottesville region. We are advocates, promoting innovations and policy solutions designed to increase the affordable housing supply across the communities we serve. Home construction capacity is multiplied by a volunteer labor force including homeowner families, corporate, civics, and faith groups.

Habitat is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International (“HFHI”), a global ministry working to end housing poverty  2013, Habitat completed construction at Sunrise, the first trailer park transformation in the nation without resident displacement. Currently, Habitat is redeveloping the Southwood Mobile Home Park with similar objectives. Southwood is the area’s largest single concentration of affordable housing and its greatest remaining redevelopment opportunity.

When complete, the redeveloped Southwood will be unprecedented in scale nationally. Habitat has also partnered with the Piedmont Housing Alliance and the City of Charlottesville to purchase the Carlton Mobile Home Park. In the short term, our plan is to manage the park responsibly while helping residents develop the collective capacity to be leaders in the eventual redevelopment of the property into a mixed-income community without resident displacement.

Habitat is a national pioneer in mixed-income community development. To date, Habitat has contributed to 12 mixed-income neighborhoods and built and sold almost 400 homes.

POSITION SUMMARYSuccess in the role of a Construction Intern is defined by an eagerness for executing projects to the highest level of professionalism & craftsmanship while fostering lasting relationships with partner Families and Volunteers.

Construction Interns work alongside CL1s, CL2s, and Construction Supervisors to train and supervise volunteers in the construction of affordable housing. As you are trained in tasks related to the residential construction process, you will also train and lead volunteers who will help you accomplish daily and weekly goals. It can be expected that you will lead 3-7 volunteers consistently on any given day.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Assist teammates in the creation of a safety plan each morning.

Assist teammates in maintaining a clean and organized jobsite.

Meet with your teammates each week to help produce a plan for volunteer tasks, and review it at the end of each day to reevaluate and set additional goals (Google Calendar).These plans will be communicated to Volunteer Management.

Take an active role in keeping track of volunteer forms and request additional forms when necessary.

Assist teammates in completing daily logs (via Procore).Communicate with teammates to ensure materials, tools, and PPE are available when needed and secured appropriately at the end of each day.

Ensure that you can accurately communicate how to safely perform each task that is assigned to a volunteer and remain available throughout the day.

Ensure that a safety talk (Toolbox Talk) is completed every week during lunch.

Take an active role in producing a high-quality home by ensuring volunteers know how toperform each task and by coaching them on techniques throughout their day.

The Construction Interns are in the field day in and day out with our volunteers and Partner Families. While prior construction experience is a plus, no construction experience is required. What we are looking for:

Positive, “can do” attitude

An ability to learn quickly and teach tasks effectively

A core interest in affordable housing and Habitat’s mission

A desire to work with others and contribute to a team atmosphere

Previous experience working alongside volunteers in various capacities

Strong organizational and communication skills

Experience with Google Calendar In addition to the above, all staff members are expected to exhibit the following on a consistent basis:

A dedication to an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to work Passion for supporting the organization’s mission and for maintaining programmatic excellence

Proven success working with individuals of diverse backgrounds

Ability to manage multiple projects and assignments simultaneously, often with competing deadlines

Communication skills that allow for productive sharing, debate, and exchange of information and ideas, whether verbally or in writing
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