Steamboat, CO
Position Title: Monitoring and Stewardship Trail Grew
Organization: Colorado Mountain Club
Location: Steamboat, CO with opportunities to base out of Laramie.
Position Overview: Monitoring / Stewardship Crew will receive opportunities to work with public land management agencies, non-profits, and volunteers on a wide variety of field-based data collection and conservation projects. Program participants will engage in a 1-week training period that focuses on enhancing technical project skills, field-based knowledge as well as conservation leadership strategies.
Duties:
- Operate on a small two-person collaborative team in the backcountry.
- Efficiently complete wilderness monitoring assessments and trail stewardship projects in a variety
- of environmental conditions, including adverse weather and terrain.
- Coordinate logistics with CMC staff and land management agency personnel.
- Positively interact with all user groups of public lands.
- Effectively communicate with CMC staff, partners, and volunteers in a timely manner.
- Complete reporting & administrative tasks assigned by CMC staff and agency personnel.
- Assist in management of crew budget and expenses.
- Support and participate in CMC activities and tasks.
- Utilize and engage in CMC risk management strategies.
- Transport crew and gear safely in CMC vehicles.
- Position duties are subject to change based on program and project priorities.
- 2024 project work will entail wilderness monitoring assessments and backcountry trail
- stewardship projects.
Qualifications:
- Physically fit and able to work 10-hour days in adverse conditions.
- Demonstrated experience with conservation, trail, restoration, or other outdoor fields.
- Experience includes both paid and unpaid/volunteer experience.
- Ability to work both independently and in a team with a collaborative culture.
- Capacity to professionally communicate in complex situations.
- Physically fit and able to work 10-hour days in adverse conditions.
- Demonstrated experience with conservation, trail, restoration, or other outdoor fields.
- Experience includes both paid and unpaid/volunteer experience.
- Ability to work both independently and in a team with a collaborative culture.
- Capacity to professionally communicate in complex situations.
Salary/Pay: $17.50-21/hour (Depending on qualifications)
Application Deadline: Rolling Deadline
How to Apply: Email brian@cmc.org with a cover letter, resume and three professional references. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, with preference given to earlier applicants. Hiring for these positions will begin immediately.