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URI – GreenSkills Planting Crew Supervisor – YSE
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Job ID	35605
Employer	School of the Environment
Employer Type	On Campus
Category	Youth Services
Job Type	On-Campus Jobs
Job Description	The Urban Resources Initiative (URI) – a New Haven-based environmental non-profit and program of the Yale School of the Environment (YSE) – is hiring Yale student interns to participate in its GreenSkills program this fall and spring! The GreenSkills program is a city-supported green job training program for local high school students and adults who have experienced incarceration. Our crews plant trees along city streets, in parks, and at schools, at the request of New Haven residents, businesses, and community institutions. To learn more about URI’s GreenSkills program, visit uri.yale.edu/programs/greenskills The GreenSkills program is committed to promoting environmental and climate justice in New Haven by fostering an equitable distribution of tree canopy across the City’s neighborhoods; by providing paid green jobs to people with barriers to employment; and by including New Haven residents as partners in the planning and care of the city’s urban forest. *Planting Crew Supervisor (High School Program) -* Yale interns will work in pairs to supervise and mentor a team of six high school students in tree planting. The job includes digging, mulching, lifting, carrying, being outdoors, leading small groups, submitting written reports, communicating with tree adopters, and coaching students. A valid driver’s license is preferred. You can expect to: learn about urban ecology, tree planting, and stewardship; work outside in variable weather conditions; participate in weekly team meetings; form meaningful relationships with team members who may have very different life experiences from you; connect with New Haven residents about what matters to them in their neighborhoods; and drive large landscape trucks with trees and navigate throughout the City of New Haven to multiple planting sites. Never planted a tree before? That’s okay! Paid training is provided. Hourly wage is determined by YSE’s current rates A year-long commitment is preferred, but semester-long internships are possible Winter work is available, including tree pruning
Job Requirements	Interns work consecutive Saturdays during the planting seasons, fall and spring, from 8 am-4:30 pm. Weekly meetings and pre-season training are required as well. The fall semester internship will start the week of September 2^nd and go through the week of November 24^th. Interns will work every Saturday, September 13^th – November 22^nd. Field training will occur during the week of September 8^th. The spring semester dates are TBD.
Compensation	$17.50/hour
Job Level	CY25: Level III
Hours	10.0 hours per week
Primary Contact	Elizabeth Nowlin
Primary Contact's Email	uri@yale.edu
Work Location	301 Prospect St
Phone Number	203-432-6189
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