Position: Seasonal Facilitator, Borderlands Earth Care Youth (BECY)
Borderlands Restoration Network seeks two dynamic leaders to facilitate the training of groups of 8 youths ages 15-20, as part of the Borderlands Earth Care Youth program. One position is based in Patagonia, Arizona and the other is based in Douglas, Arizona. Educational Facilitators will work directly with BECY youth four days per week to co-train the next generation of land stewards, provide marketable job skills through hands-on restoration projects, and educate tomorrow’s conservation leaders about the issues that surround complete habitat rehabilitation.
The BECY program pays youth to learn hands-on job skills in the following fields alongside conservation experts: watershed restoration, ecosystem restoration, and supporting resiliency within border communities. Educational Facilitators will work alongside Program Coordinators to ensure the safety of the BECY employees, facilitate educational experiences, supervise high school-aged youth camping in remote environments, and cultivate a productive work environment.
Educational Facilitators will be seasonal employees of Borderlands Restoration Network, whose mission is to partner to grow a restorative economy by rebuilding healthy ecosystems, restoring habitats for plants and wildlife, and reconnecting our border communities to the land through shared learning.
Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
Job Preferences
Physical Demands
Hours, Duration, and Pay
These are seasonal positions (32+ hours/week) at $17.50 per hour. Work will take place from June 12-July 13, four days a week. Facilitators are expected to be present for the duration of the program and complete the necessary one-week training prior to the program’s start. Benefits include workers’ compensation and paid sick leave.
Email your resume, cover letter, and three references to Youth Education Program Coordinator, Jordan Sene at jsene@borderlandsrestoration.org by Friday, March 17, 2023.
Borderlands Restoration Network is an equal opportunity employer that works in the culturally diverse, multinational borderlands. We invite and support strong voices from diverse groups of people to join us as board members, staff members, and volunteers. As an organization, we will consider all applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, economic circumstances, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status. For more details on how we practice equity, inclusion, and justice in our work please click here.
The BECY program pays youth to learn hands-on job skills in the following fields alongside conservation experts: watershed restoration, ecosystem restoration, and supporting resiliency within border communities. Educational Facilitators will work alongside Program Coordinators to ensure the safety of the BECY employees, facilitate educational experiences, supervise high school-aged youth camping in remote environments, and cultivate a productive work environment.
Educational Facilitators will be seasonal employees of Borderlands Restoration Network, whose mission is to partner to grow a restorative economy by rebuilding healthy ecosystems, restoring habitats for plants and wildlife, and reconnecting our border communities to the land through shared learning.
Responsibilities
- Maintain the physical, mental, and emotional safety of program participants.
- Delegate responsibilities to interns, supervise work sites, establish, and maintain crew morale, manage crew discipline, and manage crew’s interpersonal dynamics.
- Lead a variety of daily work projects including erosion control, planting native plants, invasive species removal, and other ranch or farm work.
- Facilitate and supervise youth during overnight, outdoor camping excursions during the program. Supervise youth cooking and cleaning in teams while camping.
- Integrate educational activities into daily schedules by following a provided curriculum while taking advantage of spontaneous teachable moments.
- Have weekly check-in meetings with the Program Manager. Communicate with the Program Manager daily to discuss the flow of the day and receive and provide feedback for the day’s activities.
- Responsible for documentation of daily work and submission of crew timesheets on a bi-weekly basis.
- Drive in a personal vehicle to and from the work site daily.
- Drive a work van with students on board.
Required Qualifications
- 18+ years old
- Positive attitude
- Ability to listen, give and take feedback
- Excellent organizational and communication skills
- Excellent judgment and risk management skills
- Experience in a position of leadership
- Fingerprint background check
- Certified in Basic Wilderness First Aid and CPR (Training is offered through Borderlands Restoration Network and will be a condition of employment)
- Valid Arizona driver’s license, experience driving, comfortable driving a van with passengers in it
Job Preferences
- Local young professionals from the borderlands who are interested in a related career
- Pursuing an associate’s or bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Environmental education experience
- Interest in working on a job site as part of a team to complete a variety of projects including installing rainwater harvesting systems, erosion control structure building, ranch, and farm work, planting native plants and edible gardens
- Camping experience, comfortable with overnight trips
- Preference will be given to candidates who successfully graduated from BECY
Physical Demands
- Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function of the job.
- The ideal candidate must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation including the ability to move over rough terrain, use hand tools, and repetitively lift up to 50 pounds.
- Position requires the ability to stand, crouch, kneel, reach, and hike up to 2 miles.
- Must be able to traverse rugged terrain in all weather conditions and work in Arizona heat.
- Ability to exercise precaution in the handling of tools and equipment.
- Comfortable with exposure to inclement weather, heat, humidity, dust, and dirt.
Hours, Duration, and Pay
These are seasonal positions (32+ hours/week) at $17.50 per hour. Work will take place from June 12-July 13, four days a week. Facilitators are expected to be present for the duration of the program and complete the necessary one-week training prior to the program’s start. Benefits include workers’ compensation and paid sick leave.
Email your resume, cover letter, and three references to Youth Education Program Coordinator, Jordan Sene at jsene@borderlandsrestoration.org by Friday, March 17, 2023.
Borderlands Restoration Network is an equal opportunity employer that works in the culturally diverse, multinational borderlands. We invite and support strong voices from diverse groups of people to join us as board members, staff members, and volunteers. As an organization, we will consider all applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, economic circumstances, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status. For more details on how we practice equity, inclusion, and justice in our work please click here.
Position: Restoration Technician
Borderlands Restoration Network (BRN) is seeking a full-time Restoration Field Technician to join our Watershed Restoration crew with a flexible start date of April 17, 2023. This is a field-based position that will work in degraded wildlands and working lands to implement watershed and ecosystem restoration practices. This position is involved in all aspects of restoration practices including erosion control structure installation, native seed collection, plant propagation and establishment, and non-chemical invasive plant treatment. Approximately 70% of this position will be dedicated to mitigating problematic erosion through the construction of rock and wood erosion control structures with other restoration and educational activities comprising the remaining 30%.
Training will be provided, but we seek a motivated and quick learner who is able to work well with others and has a passion for restoration. The successful applicant will be comfortable working outdoors on rough terrain in a variety of weather conditions, and will welcome and be comfortable working with and interfacing with members of the public from diverse backgrounds.
Location
This position is based out of Patagonia, AZ. The employee must be located in Patagonia or close enough to be physically in Patagonia throughout the work week and for some weekends during program execution.
Hours & Compensation
This position is full-time at 36 hours per week starting at $18/hr. Benefits include employer paid health insurance, disability, life insurance, PTO, paid holidays, cell phone stipend, an employer-matched retirement plan, and reimbursements for required field gear (up to $300/year).
Major Responsibilities
Required Experience
Preferred Experience
Email your resume and cover letter to Watershed Restoration Program Manager, Tess Wagner at twagner@borderlandsrestoration.org by Friday, March 24, 2023 to be considered for this position.
Borderlands Restoration Network is an equal opportunity employer that works in the culturally diverse, multinational borderlands. We invite and support strong voices from diverse groups of people to join us as board members, staff members, and volunteers. As an organization, we will consider all applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, economic circumstances, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status. For more details on how we practice equity, inclusion, and justice in our work please click here.
Training will be provided, but we seek a motivated and quick learner who is able to work well with others and has a passion for restoration. The successful applicant will be comfortable working outdoors on rough terrain in a variety of weather conditions, and will welcome and be comfortable working with and interfacing with members of the public from diverse backgrounds.
Location
This position is based out of Patagonia, AZ. The employee must be located in Patagonia or close enough to be physically in Patagonia throughout the work week and for some weekends during program execution.
Hours & Compensation
This position is full-time at 36 hours per week starting at $18/hr. Benefits include employer paid health insurance, disability, life insurance, PTO, paid holidays, cell phone stipend, an employer-matched retirement plan, and reimbursements for required field gear (up to $300/year).
Major Responsibilities
- Construct wood and rock erosion control structures in eroding landscapes surrounding Patagonia, AZ.
- Document erosion control structure and site data using ArcGIS FieldMaps.
- Assist with outplanting of native plant materials and distribution of native seed in restoration areas.
- Assist the Watershed Restoration Program Manager and the Restoration Crew Lead in overseeing and teaching restoration practices to diverse groups of participants through educational events, volunteer days, and workshops.
- Occasionally assist with native plant propagation and care at the BRN Native Plant Nursery.
- Occasionally assist with wild seed collection and cleaning.
Required Experience
- Ability to conduct intense, physical work in potentially extreme weather conditions and rough terrain while carrying up to 50 lbs
- Ability to hike at least 10 miles over uneven and rocky terrain
- Experience operating basic tools for building erosion control structures and/or planting vegetation (rock hammers, pick mattocks, wheelbarrows, shovels, etc.)
- High standards of safety in the field and with hand tools
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail
- Experience operating basic tools for planting and transplanting vegetation, trenching, and hauling rocks (rock hammers, pick mattocks, wheelbarrows, shovels, etc.)
Preferred Experience
- Knowledge and familiarity with techniques used to perform habitat restoration (erosion control, invasive species management, revegetation, forest thinning, etc.)
- Experience collecting field data with a GPS unit, tablet, and/or written notes
- Familiarity with plants of the Southwestern US
- Standard First Aid, CPR, and/or Red Card
- Bilingual in Spanish and English
- Experience working and communicating with individuals and groups from a variety of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds
- Current Driver License
Email your resume and cover letter to Watershed Restoration Program Manager, Tess Wagner at twagner@borderlandsrestoration.org by Friday, March 24, 2023 to be considered for this position.
Borderlands Restoration Network is an equal opportunity employer that works in the culturally diverse, multinational borderlands. We invite and support strong voices from diverse groups of people to join us as board members, staff members, and volunteers. As an organization, we will consider all applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, economic circumstances, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status. For more details on how we practice equity, inclusion, and justice in our work please click here.
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Physical Address:
320-B School Street Patagonia, AZ 85624 Mailing Address: PO Box 121 Patagonia, AZ 85624 |
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