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About the Role

Serve on a team of 3 conservationists performing critical outdoor and indoor conservation and infrastructure projects. Utilize traditional and modern conservation tools for trail maintenance, carpentry, and campsite rehabilitation. Work outdoors in winter conditions and learn carpentry and tool maintenance indoors when weather restricts outdoor activities.

Responsibilities

• Complete a variety of conservation projects in outdoor and indoor environments
• Trail brushing and blowdown removal
• Trail maintenance as weather allows
• Carpentry projects for DEC recreation areas
• Work 8-10 hour days performing physical labor in potentially challenging settings
• Hike up to 10 miles per day
• Lead peers by learning project management skills, assessing and communicating job hazards, and upholding SCA’s safety standards
• Use industry standards to collect and record field data
• Drive an SCA work vehicle to various project sites and trailheads throughout the Adirondacks
• Develop skills to professionally interface with the public and to personally foster community
• Maintain historical DEC housing and Headquarters

Requirements

• Must have the ability to legally work in the US
• Ability to meet SCA's criminal background check standards
• Desire and ability to work in outdoor winter weather conditions
• Commit to working and living in small crew environment
• Ability to perform manual, physical labor for up to 8 to 10 hours per day, exposed to the elements, occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds or more, and potentially hike up to 10 miles per day
• Chainsaw training and use dependent on candidate having an active Wilderness First Aid or Wilderness First Responder certification
• Personal AWD or 4WD vehicle recommended due to remote location and winter conditions

Skills

• Trail maintenance
• Carpentry
• Infrastructure projects
• Traditional conservation tools
• Modern conservation tools
• Project management skills
• Assessing and communicating job hazards
• Collecting and recording field data
• Interfacing with the public
• Fostering community
• Chainsaw safety and use
• Snowmobile safety training
• Basic rigging

Location

• Long Lake, NY

Work Type

• Full-time
• Outdoor
• Indoor

Experience Level

• Entry-level

Education Level

• High School Diploma or GED required

Salary/Compensations

• $600 weekly stipend
• $150 winter hiking boot stipend

Benefits

• Housing provided
• 450 Hour AmeriCorps Education Award

About the Company

• The Student Conservation Association, Inc. (SCA) is dedicated to building the next generation of conservation leaders and inspiring lifelong stewardship of nature and the outdoors.

Equal Opportunity

• The Student Conservation Association, Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• The SCA strives to cultivate a work environment that encourages fairness, teamwork, and respect among all staff members and is committed to maintaining a work atmosphere where lifestyles may grow personally and professionally.