Southeast Conservation Corps
Address:
403 Chilhowie St.
Suite 400
Chattanooga, Tennessee
37405
Staff Crew Leader - Kentucky Fire & Recreation Crew
JOB DETAILS
Actively Recruiting: Yes
Position title: Staff Crew Leader - Kentucky Fire & Recreation Crew
Type of Position: Crew Leader
Town, City, Park, etc: Golden Pond
State / Territory: Kentucky
Benefits: Housing – Primarily Non-Camping, Industry-Recognized Certifications, Public Land Corps Hiring Authority
Project/Program Focus: Trails, Wildfire Management
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Position Summary:
Research shows that members of marginalized groups – including women, LGBTQIA+ identifying people, Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) – tend to apply to jobs only if they meet every single requirement listed. Here at Southeast Conservation Corps, we want the best candidates for the job, and those candidates don’t always meet 100% of the requirements listed. If you are passionate about uniting, empowering, and celebrating diverse communities for all and breaking down barriers for equity, we encourage you to apply – especially if you’re a member of a structurally marginalized group. We look forward to your application.
Southeast Conservation Corps’ Crew Leaders perform many roles and are the key to our program’s success. The position is multi-faceted and demanding, but with opportunity for enormous rewards. Successful candidates will demonstrate resourcefulness, effective communication skills, excellent judgement, maturity, initiative, professionalism, and the desire to devote themselves to a crew experience where the needs of others are placed above oneself. The Crew Leader position requires, mentorship, patience, technical aptitude, focus on efficiency, and a high level of comfort in the outdoors. Crew Leaders are ultimately responsible for successes and shortcomings of the crew. We encourage applicants who identify as Women’s+ to apply. Our program model fosters a supportive learning environment where participants can maximize their opportunities to grow and develop while gaining certifications to propel them into a career in environmental stewardship. It also creates an intentional space for groups that are under-represented to step into conservation and natural resource management.
Service Project:
Southeast Conservation Corps (SECC), The Daniel Boone National Forest, and Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area have partnered to host a Kentucky Fire & Recreation Crew. This crew will engage in various natural resource management projects through fuels management, prescribed fire, and developed recreation service projects. The Kentucky Fire & Recreation Crew provides an open and supportive space where members collaborate, learn from, and grow alongside one another as members gain leadership and technical skills, and engage in professional development opportunities through trainings and certifications related to fire and developed recreation management. As a crew, you will perform manual labor and complete conservation projects using various manual and power tools. You will be engaged in the program as a leader and will participate/ facilitate in environmental education and leadership development activities in addition to service projects. Risk management is of utmost importance, and all policies and procedures must be followed.
SECC's 2025 Kentucky Fire & Rec Crew is an AmeriCorps program administered by Serve Kentucky and funded by AmeriCorps, the federal agency.
The term of service will include a variety of tasks aimed at improving and maintaining recreation sites and supporting forest management activities. The primary responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Developed Recreation:
- Heavy Recreation Site Improvements
- Restoration/Stabilization
- Gravel Surfacing
- Painting and Repairs
- Data Collection
- Trail Building/Maintenance
Prescribed Fire Activities:
- Chainsaw use
- Establishing prescribed fire containment lines
- Providing holding and ignition resources for multiple prescribed burn units
- Trail Building/Maintenance:
Members will earn the following training and certifications:
*Members my not exceed 20% of their total term hours as trainings
- ICS-100 (Intro to Incident Command System)
- IS-700 (Intro to the National Incident Management System)
- S-130 (Firefighter Training)
- S-190 (Into to Wildland Fire Behavior)
- L-180 (Human Factors in Wildland Fire Service)
- USFS chainsaw recognized certifications
- Red Card via successful completion of the Moderate Pack Test
- 2-mile hike in 30 minutes with 25 pounds
- Trail construction and Maintenance
- Wilderness First Aid certification
JOB DUTIES
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