{"id":46073,"date":"2022-05-18T14:15:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T21:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=46073"},"modified":"2022-05-18T14:15:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T21:15:07","slug":"job-trail-crew-leader-washington-trails-association-regional-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-trail-crew-leader-washington-trails-association-regional-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Trail Crew Leader, Washington Trails Association (Regional, WA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><strong>For more information, please follow this link:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservationjobboard.com\/job-listing-trail-crew-leader---mount-rainier-regional-washington\/1545379802?utm_source=ongage&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=regular\"> https:\/\/www.conservationjobboard.com\/job-listing-trail-crew-leader&#8212;mount-rainier-regional-washington\/1545379802?utm_source=ongage&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=regular<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Salary<\/strong>&#8211; $21.00 &#8211; $22.00 per hour<\/p>\n<p><strong>Primary Responsibilities &amp; Qualifications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leading volunteer work parties<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure physical and emotional safety for a volunteer crew of diverse ages and backgrounds<\/li>\n<li>Support, motivate, and train volunteers to complete a variety of trail projects. Projects may include annual maintenance, tread construction, drainage structures, and constructions of steps, turnpike, puncheon and retaining walls<\/li>\n<li>Effectively manage emergency situations following WTA\u2019s emergency response protocols<\/li>\n<li>Positively represent WTA mission, programs and membership in all interactions with volunteers, trail users and others<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Preparing for work parties<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arrive at each work party with tools, refreshments and work plan<\/li>\n<li>Coordinate work party projects and plans with senior WTA staff and land manager<\/li>\n<li>May communicate directly with volunteers via email and phone prior to work parties<\/li>\n<li>May assist other WTA staff and volunteers in identifying appropriate volunteer trail projects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Documenting work parties<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure morning safety review is delivered to volunteers and documented<\/li>\n<li>Maintain and submit Sign-in and Liability Release for volunteers in a timely manner<\/li>\n<li>Prepare and submit summary report and thank you email to volunteers for each work party in a timely manner<\/li>\n<li>Report all incidents affecting the safety, health, and well-being of volunteers<\/li>\n<li>Using a WTA cell-phone, provide digital photo documentation of project progress and volunteer engagement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other trail maintenance and construction\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Potential to work alongside agency trail crew on some days<\/li>\n<li>Potential to engage youth through school programs and trail maintenance events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Outreach &amp; other<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May assist efforts to engage hikers, volunteers and community groups in other WTA programming (e.g. representing WTA at events in the region)<\/li>\n<li>Perform other tasks in the front and back country to ensure program success<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Experience, Skills, Knowledge, and Values<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Competitive candidates will highlight the following in their application, or express willingness to learn:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Demonstrated commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wta.org\/our-work\/about\">WTA\u2019s mission<\/a> and values on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wta.org\/our-work\/about\/commitment-to-diversity-equity-inclusion\">diversity, equity and inclusion<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Demonstrated experience leading a team in an outdoor setting<\/li>\n<li>Ability to create a crew community where every member feels included and valued<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrated skills in trail maintenance and building<\/li>\n<li>Ability to effectively manage emergency situations<\/li>\n<li>Ability to accept and integrate feedback graciously, and give effective feedback to team members<\/li>\n<li>Ability to work in an outdoor environment, including hiking and backpacking up to 6 miles daily in a variety of terrain, and follow minimum impact guidelines<\/li>\n<li>WFR certification preferred, WFA and CPR certification minimum requirement valid through the duration of employment<\/li>\n<li>Valid driver\u2019s license and ability to drive a truck on highways and dirt roads<\/li>\n<li>Ability to work weekends and 10-hour days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Trail Crew Leader is a temporary position beginning as soon as possible and continuing through October 3, 2022. The expected schedule for the Trail Crew Leader is 30-40 hours a week over 3-5 days each week. Generally, work parties will occur Thursday-Sunday unless otherwise defined, and requires working most weekends. Work party-related communication as well as documentation of activities may occur outside of work party days. Reliable internet and printer access for work party planning and documentation is needed; library and other public access is fine. Several times during the season the crew leader may be assigned to lead volunteers in backcountry trail projects 4-7 days in length. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccination requirements are in place for WTA staff and volunteers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Compensation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The hourly rate for this position is $21.00 &#8211; $22.00 per hour depending on experience, for training, day trip crew leading, administrative and scouting assignments.\u00a0Multi-day trips are paid $840 \u2013\u00a0$880 per 4-day Backcountry Response trip (BCRT) and $1,050 &#8211; $1,100 per 5-day BCRT. A supplementary per diem rate of $50\/day will be provided for multi-day backcountry trips. WTA provides a cell phone, hard hat, work gloves and safety glasses. WTA does not provide boots, clothing or other personal outdoor and backpacking gear required for fieldwork, but does provide a $200 reimbursement to offset wear and tear on personal gear. Position is eligible for paid holidays, sick leave, health stipend and an employer match retirement plan.<\/p>\n<p>A WTA vehicle will be provided for transportation to work parties. Reimbursement for up to 250 miles per trip will be provided for staff members who use a personal vehicle to fulfill program needs, unless commuting to\/from base of operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9433,"featured_media":34097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[15],"tags":[4,28,33,141,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46073"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9433"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46074,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46073\/revisions\/46074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}