Multiple Crew Leader/AmeriCorps Positions
Vermont Youth Conservation Corps
1949 East Main Street
Richmond, VT 05477
United States
Vermont Youth Conservation Corps crews make a lasting impact on the environment and communities across the Green Mountain State. Whether you’re looking for a seasonal or year-round job in conservation or organic agriculture, you can find your place at VYCC. You’ll work hard and make a difference.
Positions are available for youth, teens, and young adults ages 15 and up. Position descriptions linked below provide details on crew types, qualifications, responsibilities, schedules, and compensation.
Many positions are AmeriCorps service positions.
Crew Leader Positions
- Conservation Year-Round Crew Leader
- 2 year position with ample opportunity for training/professional development
- Dates: March 10, 2025 – Dec 31, 2026
- Schedule: Monday to Friday (full time)
- Weekly Compensation: $780-$795
- Age Requirement: 21+
- Food & Farm AmeriCorps Production Leader
- Support Farm program staff in nearly all aspects of farm production. Learn about soil health, bed preparation, irrigation, livestock management and tractor operation
- Dates: March 19 to October 24, 2025
- Schedule: Monday to Friday (full time)
- Weekly Compensation: Resident: $551; Non-Resident: $664
- Education Award upon completion of Service: $5,176.50
- Age Requirement: 20+
- Food & Farm AmeriCorps Community Health Leader
- Facilitate Health Care Share enrollment; lead Health Care Share packing and delivery. This is an AmeriCorps position.
- Dates: March 19 to October 24, 2025
- Schedule: Monday to Friday (full time)
- Weekly Compensation: Resident: $551; Non-Resident: $664
- Education Award upon completion of Service: $5,176.50
- Age Requirement: 20+
- Food & Farm AmeriCorps Farm Crew Leader
- Lead youth Crew Members in vegetable production and harvest, raising chickens, and cooking in the commercial kitchen
- Dates: March 19 to October 24, 2025
- Schedule: Monday to Friday (full time)
- Weekly Compensation: Resident: $551; Non-Resident: $664
- Education Award upon completion of Service: $5,176.50
- Age Requirement: 20+
- Food & Farm AmeriCorps Food & Nourishment Leader
- Work with Crew Members in the kitchen. Instruct cooking skills and guide crews through making the daily lunch that is shared with everyone working on the farm
- Dates: May 19 to October 24, 2025
- Schedule: Monday to Friday (full time)
- Weekly Compensation: Resident: $551; Non-Resident: $664
- Education Award upon completion of Service: $5,176.50
- Age Requirement: 20+
- Food & Farm AmeriCorps Post-Harvest Leader
- Nurture the farm’s propagation house (getting crops started from seed) and wash-pack house (washing harvested vegetables) as crews cycle through to learn and complete these tasks
- Dates: March 19 to October 24, 2025
- Schedule: Monday to Friday (full time)
- Weekly Compensation: Resident: $551; Non-Resident: $664
- Education Award upon completion of Service: $5,176.50
- Age Requirement: 20+
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Equal Opportunity at VYCC
Are you concerned that you don’t meet all the requirements of this position? Please apply anyway. VYCC is dedicated to building an inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible work environment that fosters a sense of belonging – so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with everything in this job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our
openings!