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Joining New York Restoration Project’s AmeriCorps team is a way to put your idealism into action. Becoming an AmeriCorps member will enable you to do great things for your community. While gaining the personal satisfaction of taking on a challenge and seeing results, you will also grow as an individual and work with a diverse group of people in an array of related fields.

We are seeking to fill full-time AmeriCorps community service positions to start in October 1, 2009 for an 11-month term of service of 1,700 hours.

Mission
NYRP carries out founder Bette Midler’s dream of a cleaner, more beautiful New York City. NYRP restores, develops, and revitalizes underserved parks, community gardens, and open space in all five boroughs. We invest in the communities and engage its members where we serve by providing ongoing maintenance and enriching educational and public programming; because we believe that every individual has the right to a beautiful neighborhood and the responsibility for contributing to its care. NYRP is the lead non-profit partner for MillionTreesNYC, an exciting initiative to plant and care for one million new trees in NYC through 2017. Please visit www.nyrp.org for more information

Job Description
You will be working with a team of AmeriCorps members and gardeners and throughout your term, your work will vary daily, weekly, and seasonally. Typical tasks include, but are not limited to, cold and warm weather seasonal tasks: snow removal, basic horticultural tasks of watering, mowing, weeding and planting, daily litter patrol, building compost bins, tree planting and tree stewardship through MillionTreesNYC, community outreach through small gardening workshops or large community festivals, and any other tasks that best serve the neighborhoods we work in. We look for enthusiasm and a willingness to learn and work with others, training will be provided.

All AmeriCorps members must be available to work a full-time schedule—that is 5 days a week, 8 hours a day, some work assignments require weekend hours. This is outdoor, physical work and requires stamina, physical strength and a tolerance for working in all weather conditions.

AmeriCorps Benefits
• Earn a living stipend of $1,400 per month
• Put current student loans into forbearance during your term of service
• Individual health insurance
• Earn an education award of $4,725 to help pay for college, graduate school, vocational school or to repay student loans
• Seasonal uniforms will be provided (boots not included)

Qualifications
• Driver’s license is a plus
• Spanish language skills are a plus but not required
• Some experience in landscaping, gardening or construction is a plus

AmeriCorps Eligibility
Candidates must be a US citizen or lawful US resident; be at least 17 years of age. To earn the education award individuals must have a high-school diploma or equivalent. For more information on the AmeriCorps program go to: www.americorps.gov

Driving license is a plus.
Spanish language is a plus, but not required.
Some experience in landscaping, gardening or construction is a plus.
Applicants must be US Citizens or lawful U.S. Resident.
Applicants must have a high-school diploma.

Interested individuals are encouraged to submit a cover letter and resume by email to field@nyrp.org or by standard mail to the attention of the AmeriCorps Program Director at 254 W. 31st Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10001.

For more information on NYRP, go to: www.nyrp.org