Montana Conservation Corps - Tools for Living. Experience for life.

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Serving as a Field Crew Leader with Montana Conservation Corps will have a lifelong impact not only on you, but also on the communities and landscapes that you serve. With MCC you’ll discover unexpected abilities within yourself along with the enduring self-confidence to effectively lead others toward accomplishing even the most challenging tasks. In the end, it is your commitment to serving others—starting with your crew—that yields the most satisfaction, and the greatest enjoyment.

As a Field Crew Leader your service term begins with the intensive MCC Leadership Development Program, which will provide you with all of the training, reinforcement and feedback necessary to develop into an effective leader with MCC and beyond. These first three-months are spent rigorously training within the five MCC Program Objectives; communication and team skills, leadership skills, environmental stewardship, technical field skills, and the development of a strong service ethic. The MCC Leadership Development Program includes training in Wilderness Advanced First Aid, several statewide and regional soft-skill workshops, and multiple hands-on work experiences that will challenge you to develop a strong work ethic, build your ability to endure the elements of the Rocky Mountains, and create opportunities for you to hone and polish your people skills.

These trainings will prepare you for the responsibility of leading a crew. You will become fluent in the MCC education materials and will have time to plan and exercise your lesson delivery. You will be introduced to the MCC Safety Culture and will be given the tools to effectively manage a project worksite. You will learn the administrative ropes and will practice documenting your project accomplishments, crew dynamics, and behavioral/safety incidents. You will be asked to carry out the MCC program requirements of completing 10 hours of volunteer service with a local nonprofit organization and attending one public meeting in order to support and oversee your corpsmembers’ completion of the same objective. Throughout the entire experience you will be given feedback from your staff and peers in order to increase and improve your performance.

Upon successful completion of the Leadership Development Program in May, you and your co-leader will hit the trail with your crew of four to five corpsmembers for the 24-week project season. You and your crew will delve into the meaning of service while helping solve critical wildlife habitat challenges; get your hands dirty creating safe trails and maintaining access to remote wilderness areas, national parks, grasslands, and forests; and support community nonprofit organizations through volunteer service projects. The last two weeks of your term will be spent weatherizing homes around Montana as part of the Governor’s Warm Hearts Warm Homes initiative.

At the end of the day, the unscripted crew experiences you have will be the greatest teacher and will create your most lasting MCC memories. Hearing each other’s stories, supporting one another through challenge and success, inside jokes and shared experiences will create bonds that will last long after your tools are put away.

Qualified individuals with disabilities and those from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. We provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals and are an equal opportunity employer.

Benefits

Crew Leaders receive a $605 bi-weekly living allowance, training, and health insurance after 30 days. Leaders will receive an AmeriCorps Education Award of $5,550 upon successful completion of the term of service.

Qualifications - Must Have

At least 2 years of college, military service, or equivalent work experience
Previous experience or training in a leadership role
Effective communications skills
US Citizenship or ability to work in US
Valid driver’s license

Qualifications - Desired

Joining MCC is not a job— it is a serious commitment to service and to participating as an active learner in a crew setting. We look for applicants ready to put others’ interests before their own, learn and support their peers’ learning, complete the entire term of service, participate as a positive member, work hard while serving long hours and living outdoors in all weather, respect MCC as a drug- and alcohol-free workplace, and to lead by example.

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