Youth Tree Team Leader

Spend a summer outside working with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful! As a Youth Tree Team Leader, you will mentor high school team members, develop leadership and teaching skills, and work on tree care and stweardship projects together at our tree planting sites around the city of Indianapolis.

KIB’s Youth Tree Team (YTT) Program is a summer job skills development program for high school students and adult leaders. YTT functions as one of KIB’s primary boots-on-the-ground maintenance teams and is responsible for the maintenance of trees planted within the city of Indianapolis through our Community Forestry program. The program also includes weekly enrichment activities that expose YTT members to a variety of personal and professional development opportunities. 

Responsibilities:

• In tandem with a co-leader, oversee and work with an 11-person team of high school students in caring for trees planted through KIB’s Community Forestry program, with the goal of ensuring tree survivability.
• Motivate and initiate crew members to work efficiently and effectively as a team.
• Ensure all youth follow work safety practices and use appropriate/required PPE.
• Safely transport crew to and from worksites in a 15-passenger van with a watering or f latbed trailer
• Accurately track and report the work as completed each day, including any issues noted in the field, such as dead, missing, or leaning trees that will require future action. Update GIS database with any necessary information.
• With other leaders, complete specialized tasks, including pruning, staking, and tree removal.
• Attend and actively participate in education, training, and enrichment opportunities for the YTT Members

YTT Leaders will work Monday-Friday, ~35/week. The season lasts mid-May through the end of July, with optional hours in the fall.