Green Team Leader

Groundwork Southcoast; Riverside (CA); On-site; USD 25,485 - 27,552; Part time

Job summary

An environmental justice organization in California seeks a Green Corps Leader to oversee stewardship activities and mentor young adults. The ideal candidate will engage with the community, participate in environmental projects, and is comfortable working outdoors. A valid driver's license and experience in environmental justice neighborhoods are required. Position offers $18.50 – $20.00 per hour for up to 25 hours weekly.

Qualifications

• Experience engaging with youth and visitors.
• Comfortable working outdoors year-round.
• Willing to lift more than 40 lbs repeatedly.

Responsibilities

• Lead stewardship activities and coordinate with team members.
• Participate in staff meetings and trainings.
• Support volunteer and donor engagement efforts.

Skills

Engaging with people

Food growing knowledge

Trail maintenance

Bilingual (Spanish/Portuguese)

Education

Experience in environmental justice neighborhoods

Tools

Google Docs

ClickTime

Job description

Groundwork Southcoast (GWSC) provides several year-round, part-time job opportunities for youth and young adult employees. And, as a rapidly growing organization, we are frequently expanding our full-time team. Check back often for new career opportunities!

Part-Time Positions

Green Corps Leader

• Salary: $18.50 – $20.00 per hour
• Position Type: Part-time. If the chosen candidate desires to enter into training to eventually become full-time, that is an option that will be considered in fall of 2025.

Hiring Policy: Groundwork Southcoast (GWSC) strongly encourages individuals from the communities we serve—particularly those with lived experience in environmental justice (EJ) neighborhoods, and who are Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), immigrants, women, gender non-binary, and neuroatypical individuals—to apply. We encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet every listed qualification. GWSC values diverse experiences and perspectives and recognizes that lived experience is as valuable as formal qualifications. Network-wide Green Team alumni are encouraged to apply.

About Groundwork Southcoast (GWSC): GWSC is an environmental justice (EJ) organization focused on investing in the leadership of youth and adult residents from EJ communities in Fall River and New Bedford through leadership development, workforce programs, and environmental stewardship. We prioritize community-driven action that addresses issues of environmental, racial, and social justice and equity.

Position Summary:

The Green Corps is a new team focused on high-quality stewardship outcomes in Fall River and New Bedford. 4 Corps members will work 20 hours a week on a team to start. The schedule is tentatively set for 10:30 am-2:30 pm Monday-Friday during the cool/cold weather and will likely switch to 9:00 am – 1:00 pm (or earlier) during the warm/hot weather. We are seeking 1 Leader to lead this team who is over 21 and has had a driver’s license for at least 6mo. a clean driving record, CORI, and SORI, and able to work 25 hrs- a week part-time to start.

The Green Corps will be the lead team on installing and maintaining all of our stewardship sites, year-round in all safe weather conditions including rain, snow, and heat.

Key Responsibilities:

Stewardship Sites (80% of work):

• Multiple food access sites: Riverside Park, Sister Rose Garden, and additional sites TBD (measure: ensure grow at least 2,100lbs of produce each season)
• Streetscape and open space maintenance: Acushnet Ave and adjacent lots, pocket parks, and parking lots; and additional sites TBD (measure: amount of trash picked up, mi, sq ft, and landscaping planted)
• Multiple urban trails: Peirce, Mathieu, Riverside, Brooklawn, and additional sites TBD (measure: amount of trash picked up, mi, sq ft, and landscaping planted, signs (and other items) installed)
• Tree Planting and maintenance: a mix of community outreach and multiple site tree care (measure: number of people contacted, number of trees residents want planted, number of trees pruned and/or gleaned)
• Resilience and Restoration sites: installing native plantings/ restoring habitat and maintaining (measure: the amount of mi, sq ft, planted/maintained, signs (and other items) installed)

Groundwork Southcoast Coordination (20%):

• Attend all staff meetings, meetings with supervisor, and staff trainings, workshops, and retreats as required
• Communicate with Supervisor about Stewardship progress
• Complete all electronic timesheets daily
• Support volunteer and donor engagement efforts including participating in stewardship tours of our sites and our 6 engagement events each year that are outside of normal work schedule
• Be a part of growing our organization including being willing to do other duties as needed

Qualifications: If some of this sounds like you even if it isn’t a perfect fit- please apply!

• Living in/ or having experience in environmental justice neighborhoods, especially the North End of New Bedford
• Comfortable engaging with and connecting to people including youth and visitors to our public stewardship spaces
• Speaking English and a second language Spanish/Portuguese/Cape Verdean Creole/ K’iche preferred
• Familiar with growing food, landscaping, and trail maintenance
• Comfortable with working outside year-round and lifting more than 40lbs repeatedly
• Want to work at an organization that will invest in your leadership and give you the opportunity to do the same for youth
• Have or are willing to learn basic hardware and software skills: ClickTime, Google Docs and sheets, Zoom, logging work, and recording of videos and photos for documentation
• Ideally an Alumni of Groundwork Southcoast’s Green Team and a former Crew Leader; or other team-leading experience
• Must have a valid driver’s license, safe driving record, and ability to drive youth preferred; acceptable CORI & SORI required