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Position: AmeriCorps Corps Respond corpsmember
Now accepting applications for service year beginning January 11, 2010 through December 10, 2010.
The opportunity: Help protect communities, reduce the threat of disasters and restore the environment by becoming a member of CCNB’s Corps Respond Program. The San Francisco Bay Area is prone to natural disasters such as floods, fire and earthquakes. As a program member, you will help Marin County agencies and organizations by maintaining creeks to prevent flooding, building fire breaks to protect homes from wildland fires and training community members in emergency preparedness. Your crew will undertake all these projects while enhancing the environment and protecting communities. You will receive training in power tool use, project management, disaster operations, search and rescue, flood response, public speaking, and more. We will also help you develop your career goals by providing you with opportunities to partner with agencies in the fields of emergency response and natural resources management. With Corps Respond, you will learn new skills, make new friends, and take pride in knowing that you made a difference.
CCNB’s Corps Respond Program Crew will help address community emergency preparedness, fire mitigation, and flood response. The members will participate in projects that will help reduce damage in the event of an emergency. The AmeriCorps members will be placed in a 10-person crew that will work full-time with CCNB’s project partners five days a week on critical fire and flood mitigation projects, community education, disaster preparedness training, and emergency situations. The crew will operate out of CCNB’s main facilities in San Rafael, report to their Supervisor each morning and travel to and from the local service sites each day.
Corpsmembers will receive power tool training to create fuel breaks in the wildland urban interface. These fuel breaks have been prescribed by fire departments and are used to give fire fighters a safe chance to save homes during a fire. Corpsmembers will be trained in flood response methods to reduce damage to property. They will be trained in levee patrol, sandbag wall construction, and obstructive debris removal. Community Emergency Response Trainings will address earthquake survival, fire prevention and suppression, search and rescue, disaster first aid, and emergency preparedness. In addition to their on-the-job training, Corps Respond AmeriCorps members will also participate in organized trainings at CCNB and partner facilities throughout Marin.
Goal: The goal of the Corps Respond is to prepare young men and women for leadership positions in their communities, emergency response organizations, or within the natural resources field. Corpsmembers members will gain experience training community members and working with government and non-profit agencies. All corpsmembers will gain experience leading conservation projects and will acquire the technical skills necessary to effectively respond to and assist in the recovery from disasters.
Compensation:
- Monthly stipend of $1,200.
- $4,725 AmeriCorps Educational Award upon successful completion of 11-month community service program to be used to repay student loans or for future college schooling expenses.
Benefits:
- CCNB Training Program consisting of technical trainings & field trips, Corps-to-Career counseling, and civic engagement lessons and projects.
- Health insurance, child care, uniform, training, worker's compensation, and travel expenses during disaster deployment.
- 7 floating vacation days, 6 sick days.
Required qualifications:
- U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or legal permanent resident alien of the U.S., over the age of 18.
- Interest in serving the community and the environment.
- Flexibility: Members may be deployed to disaster sites around the U.S. in times of need. These projects have a degree of uncertainty and will include variable living conditions and last minute changes. Members must be adaptive, patient and be able to maintain a positive perspective throughout.
- Applicants are limited to two AmeriCorps service terms. Applications will only be accepted by members that have served or attempted one or less AmeriCorps service terms.
- Corpmembers must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. and do strenuous work in all kinds of weather – heat, rain, wind, etc.
Desired qualifications:
- Experience/interest in conservation, natural resources and land management; education.
- Effective communication and public speaking skills and the ability to lead/work with diverse people of all ages.
- Experience/interest in training others in Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response.
- Current drivers license with good driving record.
How do I apply?
To become a CCNB AmeriCorps member, apply online or download the CCNB Application [PDF] and submit to CCNB along with a cover letter, resume, and one reference (letter or Americorps reference form) to:
Conservation Corps North Bay
Attn: Recruiter
27 Larkspur Street
San Rafael, CA 94901
or email to: recruiter@conservationcorpsnorthbay.org
or fax to: (415) 454-4595
Para hacerse un miembro de CCNB Americorps, imprima una aplicación del CCNB [PDF] en español y enviánosla a CCNB con una carta de introducción, su curriculum y una carta de referencia (en forma de carta ó en el formulario de referencia de CCNB). Para información, llame a (415) 454- 4554 ext. 142.
Contact us at 415-454-4554 ext. 142.
Conservation Corps North Bay is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
AmeriCorps Program administered by The Corps Network and sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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