Are you ready to take your career to the next level while addressing environmental issues in your community? Join the San Jose Conservation Corps as a Youth Corpsmember Intern! Our 4-week paid summer internship program offers high school students aged 16-17 hands-on work experience, professional skill development, and insight into climate challenges. Interns will connect with and learn from local organizations who are actively working to make a difference in our community. One of the four weeks will be used to take part in the California Naturalist Course to learn about California’s unique ecology and natural communities. No prior work experience is necessary to participate in this internship.
Work Schedule and Sessions
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Cohort 1: June 16th - July 11th
Cohort 2: July 14th - August 8th
Program Highlights:
Some of the projects you can expect to work on include:
Work Experience
🌳Natural Resource Management:
- Gain natural resource skills by working with land management agencies.
- Engage in outdoor work such as land restoration and invasive species removal projects.
♻️ Zero Waste:
- Gain exposure to zero waste jobs by learning how our recycling team collects and sorts items like tires, mattresses, beverage containers, and electronic waste.
🌽 Community Sustainability Projects:
- Collaborate with partners to conduct urban farming, compost food waste, and perform local outreach.
Professional Development:
Interns will also gain essential career-building skills and certifications, including:
- Crafting a professional resume to showcase your skills and experiences.
- Practicing interviewing techniques to confidently present yourself to potential employers.
- Learning effective job networking strategies to expand your career opportunities.
- PAID certifications such as American Red Cross Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED and American Red Cross Bloodborne Pathogens
**SJCC+CS IS A MANDATORY COVID-19 VACCINATION EMPLOYER**
All interns will be required to provide proof of vaccination absent an approved medical or religious exemption prior to their start date. If an intern is in the process of being vaccinated, their start date may be adjusted to an available future date after they have been vaccinated. Fully vaccinated means at it has been at least two weeks since the person has completed the entire recommended initial series of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Physical Requirements and Work Environment
Interns works outdoors in all weather conditions, including wet, hot, and cold. As such, interns may be exposed to smoke, dust and air contaminants, sun / UV radiation exposure, and insects.
Essential physical functions and requirements include:
- Continuous - Stand and walk variable distances on uneven surfaces including concrete, asphalt, dirt or mud trails, and terrain with potential tripping or slipping hazards such as potholes, tree roots, puddles of water, leaves, branches, or similar.
- Continuous - Possess dexterity of hands and fingers to grasp and manipulate tools and other equipment necessary to perform job functions.
- Continuous - Vision to see near, distant, color, depth, peripherally and adjust focus with or without correction to operate equipment, read and understand written materials, and detect written information being displayed.
- Continuous - Observe, see, hear, locate source of sounds, and respond to others
- Continuous - Travel to job site and SJCC+CS locations for timely attendance to meetings, training, educational sessions, or other assigned events.
- Continuous - Comply with written and verbal instruction; follow established organizational and safety protocol.
- Continuous - Arrive to work and all scheduled or assigned commitments (meetings, trainings, etc) consistently and on time
- Frequent - Neck rotation and flexibility
- Frequent - Kneel, bend at the waist, stoop, squat, crouch
- Frequent - Reaching outwards and overhead
- Occasional - Sitting
- Occasional - Lift, carry, push, or pull objects up to 20 lbs.
*Frequency definitions based on an average 5 hour workday. Frequency may vary day-to-day.
Never: 0%
Seldom: 1% – 10% (less than 45 minutes)
Occasionally: 11% - 33% (up to 3.0 hours)
Frequently: 34% - 66% (up to 6.0 hours)
Constantly: 67% - 100% (greater than 6 hours)
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Statement
The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by a Youth Corpsmember to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions. These physical standards are generic in nature and tasks may vary dependent on school site or specialized site assignment. The information contained in this physical standards description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of duties performed. The individuals currently holding this position perform additional duties as assigned. If reasonable accommodation is needed to perform essential job functions and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of participation, please contact accommodations@sjcccs.org.
To Apply:
To apply, please complete an application via the San Jose Conservation Corps’ website at www.sjcccs.org/jobs. The application deadline is 11:59 PM on May 16, 2025.
Please allow adequate time to complete the application and submit before the deadline or the system may not save your application. If your online application was successfully submitted, you will receive an automatic confirmation email to the email address you provided.
Please contact recruitment@sjcccs.org if you have any questions.
