9910 Public Service Trainee - Greenagers 2027 (Tenderloin, Northeast, Southeast)

Role Description

The Greenager Program is a San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and Port of San Francisco Youth Stewardship and Leadership program.  The program was created and designed to offer teens a chance to play an important role in the community by improving the City’s green spaces, raising awareness, creating place-based projects and/or projects based on issues or themes that participants value and are interested in.  The program is for 9th to 11th graders who live in or attend a school in the Tenderloin, Northeast, or Southeast neighborhoods.  Greenagers are trained and provided with multiple leadership opportunities.  They lead public volunteer service projects, participate in community events, go on fun team excursions, and more.

These are general duties for Greenagers (High School Interns):

• Learn proper tool usage and safety;

• Learn how to steward the parks of San Francisco;

• Assist with outreach during community events, including but not limited to setting up, breaking down, and tabling;

• Participate in appropriate training, lesson plans, and team-building activities;

• Participate in recreational activities that involve team bonding such as camping overnight, kayaking, rock climbing, etc.;

• Motivate and support each other to encourage a strong working relationship within the team;

• Complete forms, surveys and assignments by their due dates;

• Provide feedback for staff and peer leaders;

• Be responsible for your time in & out; and

• Follow proper City and County of San Francisco Respect in the Workplace Policy guidelines and procedures.