Our seasonal staff at Stevens Coolidge home and Gardens, and Moose hill Farm play an integral role in ensuring that our visitors enjoy our extraordinary places. With the change to warmer temperatures, we experience an influx of visitors of all ages and backgrounds who want to explore and be inspired by our properties. Sandy beaches, wooded trails, cultural gardens, historic homes, community supported agriculture—there are many ways for visitors to discover and explore The Trustees, and just as many opportunities for seasonal employees to make each visitor’s experience special.

Focusing primarily on sustainable recreational trail reconstruction and maintenance projects, the Trail Steward works as part of a statewide team, focused on Eastern MA, to protect, restore, and enhance our trail resources and systems, the environment, and visitor experience through high quality trail work.

The Trail Steward is knowledgeable on the use and maintenance of tools, and basic trail work skills.

Essential Functions:

• Performs both basic and advanced trail work to a high standard of quality

• Performs heavy reconstructive trail work including, but not limited to trail relocation's, tread hardening, culvert installation, rock construction (waterbars and staircases), timber structures (bog bridges and waterbars), and new trail construction.

• Performs routine monitoring and maintenance of trail systems, including updating wayfinding signage and blazing, removal of encroaching vegetation, clearing trails and entrances of hazard or downed trees, cleaning drainages, and checking trail conditions.

• Works within appropriate techniques and BMPs related to trail design, layout, building, maintenance, restoration, and preservation for sustainability and desired visitor experience

• Works collaboratively as part of the Trails Team, with other staff across the organization, and with volunteers.

• Uses and maintains vehicles, tools and equipment to the highest safety standards.

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• One year or season of professional experience associated with the responsibilities of the position.

• Proven ability to work independently or collaboratively as a team member.

• Proven ability to complete assigned projects and tasks, meet deadlines and manage multiple tasks.

• Basic knowledge of trail problems and work, and tool use to address them.

• UTV operation, and power tool use training, preferred.

• Wilderness First Aid certification, preferred.

• Commitment to natural resource protection.

• Strong commitment to the mission of The Trustees.

Other Requirements:

• Valid driver’s license required for driving Trustees’ vehicles, must pass a driving background check per Trustees’ Driving Policy.

• Other licenses may be required to perform certain functions of the position.

• CORI check required.

Work environment

• Ability and willingness to travel across the state to work in remote locations.

• Variable outdoor weather conditions.

• This position often requires working with and around noisy equipment and in physically demanding and dirty environments.

Physical demands

Must be able to carry up to 50 pounds of gear and tools.

Position type and expected hours of work:

• 8am-4pm, Monday-Friday

• 40 hrs/week through the summer season

About The Trustees

The Trustees places are open to all, and we thrive by involving as many people as possible in what we do. Founded in 1891 by a group of visionary volunteers, we preserve, for public use and enjoyment, properties of exceptional scenic, historic, and ecological value in Massachusetts. We aim to protect special places for future generations to enjoy in perpetuity. We have helped protect more than 50,000 acres, including 27,000+ acres on more than 120 reservations that are open to the public. We are a non-profit conservation organization funded and supported entirely by our visitors, supporters, volunteers, and our 100,000 Member households.

Our seasonal staff plays an integral role in ensuring that our visitors enjoy our extraordinary places. With the change to warmer temperatures, we experience an influx of visitors of all ages and backgrounds who want to explore and be inspired by our properties. Sandy beaches, wooded trails, cultural gardens, historic homes, community supported agriculture—there are many ways for visitors to discover and explore The Trustees, and just as many opportunities for seasonal employees to make each visitor’s experience special.

The Trustees offers competitive compensation, as well as the opportunity to be part of a dedicated team across the Commonwealth who love the outdoors and the distinctive charms of New England, and who believe in celebrating and protecting our special places, for everyone, forever.

The Trustees is a proud equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any protected status including, but not limited to, age, race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, nation of origin, religion, or disability status and strongly encourages applications from people of color, persons with disabilities, women, and LGBTQ applicants. We aspire to reflect and effectively serve the residents and communities of Massachusetts, who are at the core of our mission.

Our commitment to advancing the organization’s vision for this work may be found here: Diversity, Belonging, Inclusion and Equity