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RamCorps Fire Mitigation Member

Colorado State University


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Place Info

Classification Title Non permanent Hourly
Employment Class Non permanent
Is that this an Hourly place? Sure
Work Hours/Week 20-40
Time beyond regulation Eligible? No
Place Location Black Hawk, CO
Does this place qualify for hybrid or distant work? No
Description of Work Unit Established in 2015, the partnership between CSU Extension and AmeriCorps goals to offer individuals energy to the communities of Colorado. The CSUE AmeriCorps Program is an AmeriCorps State program funded by AmeriCorps via Serve Colorado – The Governor’s Fee on Group Service. Our program facilitates members serving throughout the state of Colorado. To be taught extra about CSU Extension, go to our web site . To be taught extra about AmeriCorps, click on right here .
To be taught extra concerning the CSU Extension AmeriCorps Program, go to https://engagement.colostate.edu/ramcorps/ .
We’re dedicated to rising the range of our employees and offering culturally responsive packages and companies. Due to this fact, we encourage responses from individuals of all backgrounds and skills. We invite you to evaluate Colorado State College’s Rules of Group that information our mission and imaginative and prescient of entry, instructing, service and engagement.
Search Contact Electronic mail [email protected] or [email protected]
Place Abstract The RamCorps Hearth Mitigation Member will work with CSU Extension and Timberline Hearth Safety District to offer direct service and constructive change to wildfire hazard dangers in Gilpin County by collaborating in fireplace mitigation initiatives resembling group chipping occasions, tree thinning on egress routes, and residential ignition zone initiatives round residential houses. Gilpin County is rural mountain group positioned 60 miles west of the Denver metropolitan space. A profitable candidate will take pleasure in working open air within the mountains. Duties embrace loading a chipper, hauling slash and logs, working chainsaw (if licensed), and collaborating in group wildfire safety engagement occasions.
Time period of Service / Time Dedication:
It is a part-time to full-time nationwide and group service place requiring, at a minimal, a complete of 450 hours (for quarter-time slots) or 900 hours (for half-time slots) through the six-month service time period (roughly 20-40 hours/week, Monday via Friday). Some night and weekend hours are doable. The place begins April 20, 2024 and ends October 18, 2024 (or till stuffed).
Coaching and Assist Offered: Members obtain important coaching and expertise in group
engagement, challenge implementation, management, numerous populations, and extra. As much as 20% (or 90 hours for quarter-time, 180 hours for half-time) of complete hours served could also be spent in relevant authorized trainings. Members shall be supervised and supported by Jennifer Prepare dinner, Gilpin County Extension Director, [email protected] , in addition to by Melinda Macpherson, RamCorps Program Supervisor, [email protected] . The cohort of members serving all through the area will act as further assets and help for one another.
Location and Service Circumstances:

  • This place is predicated on the Gilpin County CSU Extension workplace – 230 Norton Drive, Black Hawk, CO 80422 and at Timberline Hearth Safety District station 3 – 19126 Freeway 119, Black Hawk, CO 80422, and will contain service in neighboring communities.
  • Place would require work open air throughout excessive temperatures (under 20 levels Fahrenheit and above 90 levels Fahrenheit), and at excessive elevations (8,300-9,500 ft).
  • Place would require standing, kneeling, stooping/bending, lifting, squatting, pushing, pulling, reaching overhead, reaching away from the physique, repetitive movement, feeding a chipper and doable chainsaw operations.
  • Place calls for frequent use of sensory actions resembling speaking, seeing, listening to, smelling, feeling (Figuring out objects by contact) depth notion and shade imaginative and prescient.
  • Place requires the power to raise gadgets a couple of hundred fifty kilos sometimes and as much as sixty kilos incessantly.

Program Advantages:

  • A dwelling allowance of roughly $776 for half-time members and $388 for quarter-time members per pay interval on a bi-weekly cycle for an approximate complete of $9,315 (half-time) or $4,657 (quarter-time) for the time period of service. Taxes are deducted and the dwelling allowance is distributed by direct deposit to the member.
  • An training award is earned upon profitable completion of time period of service (half-time: $3,447.50; quarter-time: $1,824.07).
  • It’s doable to briefly postpone compensation of certified pupil loans via forbearance whereas serving as an AmeriCorps member.
  • Housing profit: low-cost housing choices in Gilpin County shall be offered. Member could discover their very own housing as nicely.
  • Mileage reimbursement for journey to required trainings and days of service.
  • Entry to ongoing skilled improvement trainings and assets via the college.
  • Expertise working with professionals within the area with on the bottom coaching.
  • Different certifications, expertise embrace gaining data of montane ecosystems; native plant, noxious weed, and tree identification; tree pest and illness identification; and fireplace mitigation prescriptions in blended conifer forests and round residential houses.
  • Non-tangible advantages together with in depth coaching in group fireplace mitigation measures, helpful networking alternatives, and serving the area people in an recognized space of want.
  • Alumni advantages embrace precedence hiring with organizations which are a part of Employers of Nationwide Service and the Public Service Mortgage Forgiveness Program to eradicate instructional debt.
Place Minimal {Qualifications}
  • Have to be a minimum of 18 years outdated at begin of service.
  • Have to be a highschool graduate or GED recipient.
  • Have to be a citizen, nationwide, or lawful everlasting resident of america.
  • In a position to move a Nationwide Service Prison Historical past Verify (state, FBI, and Nationwide Intercourse Offender Public Web site checks) per 45 CFR 2540.202.
  • Be capable of move a Nationwide Wildlife Coordinating Group (NWCG) Arduous Work Capability Take a look at.
  • Put on official AmeriCorps identification gadgets resembling identify tag, T-shirts, and lapel pins throughout all AmeriCorps service.
  • Cultural sensitivity and skill to work respectfully and inclusively with a various inhabitants.
  • Wonderful organizational and time administration expertise.
  • Pc expertise: familiarity with MS Workplace 365, particularly Outlook and SharePoint, and Zoom.
  • Capability to be taught and retain complicated data with accuracy and to observe procedures constantly and with consideration to element.
  • Capability to work independently with minimal supervision.
  • Get pleasure from working exterior, within the mountains.
  • This place requires standing, kneeling, stooping/bending, lifting, squatting, pushing, pulling, reaching overhead, reaching away from the physique, repetitive movement, feeding a chipper and doable chainsaw operations relying on the candidates’ {qualifications}.
  • This place calls for frequent use of sensory actions resembling speaking, seeing, listening to, smelling, feeling (Figuring out objects by contact) depth notion and shade imaginative and prescient.
  • Should possess the power to raise gadgets a couple of hundred fifty kilos sometimes and as much as sixty kilos incessantly.
  • The place requires the power to learn, write, converse and perceive the English language at a degree ample to carry out the job.
  • Will likely be required to work in all climate situations and in excessive temperatures under 20 levels Fahrenheit and greater than 90 levels Fahrenheit.
  • Will need to have a legitimate driver’s license or the power to acquire a driver’s license or entry to a licensed driver by the employment begin date.
Most well-liked {Qualifications}
  • Dedication to group service.
  • Capability to plan, arrange, prioritize, and full a number of duties with minimal supervision.
  • Sturdy verbal and written communication expertise.
  • Capability to finish bodily demanding duties in excessive climate situations.

Posting Particulars

Working Title RamCorps Hearth Mitigation Member
Posting Quantity 202400201T
Division Extension Group Engagement
Wage Vary $10.35/hr
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Shut Date 04/07/2024
Particular Directions to Candidates This posting will stay open till stuffed.
For full consideration, all supplies have to be acquired immediately at https://jobs.colostate.edu/ . Please submit the next to use:

  • Resume
  • Listing 3 skilled references: identify, title, group, relationship, contact cellphone, and make contact with e-mail.

For questions concerning the AmeriCorps program, the place, {qualifications}, or job duties please contact Melinda Macpherson at [email protected] or Carli Ianke at [email protected] .
Background Verify Coverage Assertion Colorado State College strives to offer a protected examine, work, and dwelling atmosphere for its college, employees, volunteers and college students. To help this atmosphere and adjust to relevant legal guidelines and rules, CSU conducts background checks for the finalist earlier than a ultimate provide. The kind of background test performed varies by place and may embrace, however is just not restricted to, felony historical past, intercourse offender registry, motorized vehicle historical past, monetary historical past, and/or training verification. Background checks may even be performed when required by legislation or contract and when, within the discretion of the College, it’s cheap and prudent to take action.
EEO Assertion Colorado State College is dedicated to offering an atmosphere that’s free from discrimination and harassment primarily based on race, age, creed, shade, faith, nationwide origin or ancestry, intercourse, gender, incapacity, veteran standing, genetic data, sexual orientation, gender identification/expression, or being pregnant in its employment, packages, companies and actions, and admissions, and, in sure circumstances, marriage to a co-worker. The College is not going to discharge or in another method discriminate in opposition to staff or candidates as a result of they’ve inquired about, mentioned, or disclosed their very own pay or the pay of one other worker or applicant. Colorado State College is an equal alternative and equal entry establishment and affirmative motion employer totally dedicated to reaching a various workforce and complies with all Federal and Colorado State legal guidelines, rules, and govt orders concerning non-discrimination and affirmative motion. The Workplace of Equal Alternative is positioned in 101 Pupil Providers.
The Title IX Coordinator is the Director of the Workplace of Title IX Packages and Gender Fairness, 123 Pupil Providers Constructing, Fort Collins, CO 80523-0160, (970) 491-1715, [email protected] .
The Part 504 and ADA Coordinator is the Director of the Workplace of Equal Alternative, 101 Pupil Providers Constructing, Fort Collins, CO 80523-0160, (970) 491-5836, [email protected] .
The Coordinator for another types of misconduct prohibited by the College’s Coverage on Discrimination and Harassment is the Vice President for Fairness, Equal Alternative and Title IX, 101 Pupil Providers Constructing, Fort Collins, Co. 80523-0160, (970) 491-5836, [email protected] .
Any individual could report intercourse discrimination below Title IX to the Workplace of Civil Rights, Division of Training .
Range Assertion Private or skilled dedication to variety and inclusion as demonstrated by persistent effort, energetic planning, allocation of assets and/or accountability for variety and inclusion outcomes.

Important Job Duties

Job Obligation Class Direct Service
Obligation/Accountability
  • Work will end in publicity to excessive noise ranges requiring the carrying of listening to safety.
  • This place will contain durations of excessive bodily, psychological and emotional stress.
  • Capability and willingness to serve in a crew setting and to advertise collaboration.
  • Capability and willingness to develop revolutionary and artistic approaches to assigned tasks.
  • Preserve efficient communication with supervisors and challenge leaders.
  • Duties embrace loading a chipper, hauling slash and logs, and working a chainsaw (if licensed) on fireplace mitigation initiatives resembling group chipping occasions, tree thinning on egress routes, and residential ignition zone initiatives round residential houses.
  • Take part in group wildfire safety planning engagement occasions.
  • Present public outreach and training on dwelling ignition zone finest practices as wanted.
  • Present basic upkeep on chipper.
Proportion Of Time 80%
Job Obligation Class Member Coaching and Skilled Growth
Obligation/Accountability
  • Take part in efficiency evaluations with the positioning supervisor.
  • Meet commonly with web site supervisor to debate programming matters and points.
  • Take part in on-going trainings and occasions as required and requested by AmeriCorps, CSU Extension, and/or companion websites.
Proportion Of Time 10%
Job Obligation Class Service Dedication
Obligation/Accountability
  • Full contract service hours (half-time: 900; quarter-time: 450) and site-specific tasks by October 18, 2024.
  • Commit to finish your time period of service.
  • Have reliable transportation to and from host web site, program/companion web site, and programming actions.
  • Put on official AmeriCorps identification gadgets resembling identify tag, T-shirts, and lapel pins throughout all AmeriCorps service.
  • Characterize AmeriCorps, Colorado State College Extension, host web site, and program/companion web site in knowledgeable method.
  • Precisely full and submit enrollment paperwork and reviews.
Proportion Of Time 10%

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