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Dates: May/June 2024 – May/June 2025 (12 months / 1700 hours)
Schedule: Monday-Thursday: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm, Friday: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm
Total Living Allowance: $23,000 (pre-tax, paid bi-weekly)
Segal Education Award: $6,895.00 upon successful completion of AmeriCorps service term
The Sustainability Institute’s Environmental Conservation Corps (ECC) program is an AmeriCorps-accredited workforce development and service-learning program for young adults. These opportunities offer desirable field skills and training for people pursuing careers in conservation and environmental fields.
Opportunity Youth Service Initiative (OYSI) positions are available to young adults aged 17-24 who are currently neither in school nor working full time (part-time/weekend jobs are permitted). OYSI positions offer:
AmeriCorps Qualifications:
Program Hours: All Crew Members will be expected to participate during the program hours of 8:30am – 4:30pm Monday through Thursday, 8:30am – 3pm Friday. A 30-minute lunch break every day does not count towards service hours required. Some weekend dates might be required; advanced notice will be given.
Background Check: Program enrollment requires every member to successfully provide information to program staff for the completion of the CNCS (Corporation for National and Community Service) three-part criminal history check (NSOPW check, state of residence and/or state of service check, and FBI fingerprint check). Members must sign the NCHSC (CNCS – National Criminal History Service Check) at the time of the interview. CNCS has established requirements that may not allow a member to serve due to the member’s previous criminal history.
Age: Crew Members must be at least 18 years of age at the time of enrollment and between the ages of 18-28 to qualify.
Education: A high school diploma or GED is required to serve with AmeriCorps. If a recruit has not earned his/her/their high school diploma, GED, or accredited equivalent prior to starting the ECC Program, they are required to obtain it within two years following their service term. In these instances, we require members to either attend or enroll in future GED training while in our program. SI staff will assist the member in arranging class and testing needs through local educational institutions.
Minimum Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Physical Requirements: Due to the conditions and scope of work performed by the Environmental Conservation Corps, members must be physically able to perform all program work, fully and equally, as other Corps Members. This includes, but is not limited to, climbing, heavy lifting, bending, working from one’s knees or back, working in hot or cold conditions and/ or other work components deemed necessary by SI staff.
Position Description:
Crew Members will engage in habitat restoration activities in public parks, forests and waterways, including, but not limited to, activities such as restoring salt marshes and oyster reefs; planting native plants and trees; and performing water quality testing and monitoring. Crew Members may also engage in weatherization activities, including presenting energy efficiency workshops throughout the community and developing work scopes.
Environmental Stewardship Work (95%):
Energy and Water Efficiency Work (5%):
Additional Responsibilities:
Training Provided:
The Sustainability Institute is committed to strong member development and includes in its plan a comprehensive set of resources offered to Crew Members that are designed to ensure member retention, personal growth, and success. These include, but are not limited to, an assessment of skills and interests upon arrival, a strong orientation, soft skills training, team-building activities, and exposure to outside employment opportunities upon completion of service with the Program.
The ECC Program is dedicated to providing members with field-based certifications and conservation-based trainings during their time of service.
Please direct questions to ECC Program Coordinator, Darby Reed, at darby@sustainabilityinstitutesc.org
For more information, please visit our website at Join AmeriCorps – The Sustainability Institute (sustainabilityinstitutesc.org)
Application can be found here: The Sustainability Institute’s Environmental Conservation Corps Application – 2024 (google.com). Resume required.
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