SCCLV Youth Crew Leader

 

 

Position Title: Youth Crew Leader 
Location: Salida, CO and Alamosa, CO | Los Valles Office  
Terms of Service:


* Start Date: 05/05/2025


* End Date: 08/06/2025

 

Purpose:

Southwest Conservation Corps (SCC) is a program of the non-profit service organization, Conservation Legacy.

SCC provides youth and young adults opportunities to complete conservation projects primarily on public lands.

While serving with SCC, members receive training on job skills, conflict resolution, leadership, teamwork, and environmental stewardship.

Programs are developed using a step ladder approach to provide a progression of skill development based on a member’s needs.  

The SCC Los Valles (SCCLV) office is located on the ancestral lands of the Ute people, who continue to survive and thrive on these lands today.

The SCCLV office is in Salida, CO with satellite operations in Alamosa, CO.

SCCLV serves the Upper Arkansas River Valley and the San Luis Valley: the two valleys, or los valles.

The Los Valles Youth Program engages high school youth, ages 15-18, to complete impactful conservation projects in the communities they reside in.

We currently serve Park, Chaffee, Saguache, Alamosa, Conejos, and Costilla counties.

 

Position Summary:

This position is an opportunity to make a difference in young peoples’ lives.

Crew Leaders will be mentors, educators, and facilitators for high school students, working to increase youth resiliency, build confidence and to be positive role models.

Crew Leaders will spend 4 weeks in a crew leader training period, which will include a SCC orientation week, technical trails training, a youth crew leader training, and prep time.

In June, Crew Leaders will mentor a CLDP and co-lead two 4-week sessions, overseeing a crew of 7 high schoolers.

Crews are run county by county and complete a variety of local conservation and service projects.

The typical schedule is five days on followed by two days off.

Depending on proximity to the work site, crews either return to town each day, or camp at the project site (we refer to this as a “hitch”) for its duration.

The day starts with a stretch circle and safety meeting, includes two fifteen-minute breaks and a half hour break for lunch.

At the end of the hitch, Crew Leaders return to SCC’s base of operations in Salida or Alamosa, dependent on the county they are assigned to leading.

 

This position requires a high degree of flexibility and a passion for working with youth outdoors.

The Crew Leader position also involves an administration role, where weekly paperwork and reports are due in a timely manner to supervisors.

Successful candidates will demonstrate resourcefulness, effective communication skills, excellent judgement and decision-making, maturity, initiative, professionalism, and the desire to devote themselves to youth, the environment, and a crew experience.

Crew Leaders are ultimately responsible for successes and shortcomings of the crew, as well...