City of Wilmington Green Jobs Program – Summer 2024

CITY OF WILMINGTON GREEN JOBS PROGRAM:
SUMMER YOUTH COUNSELOR INTERNSHIP

JOB DESCRIPTION
The Green Jobs Program Summer Counselor will supervise fourteen City of Wilmington Green Jobs Program youth (14-18 years old) as they participate in a six-week hands-on outdoor environmental work and career exploration internship. Each day, the counselor will meet the group at the City of Wilmington Parks and Recreation Department and will accompany and oversee the group to their scheduled program location. Daily programming will vary, ranging from indoor and outdoor activities as well as locations in Wilmington and throughout the State. The counselor will lead and provide support to the youth while facilitating the education and exploration of environmental issues and career pathways.

GREEN JOBS PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The Green Jobs program is a 6-week employment program for City-residents that provides participants with hands-on outdoor environmental work, career exploration and exposure to environmental issues. Participants (14-18 years old) work 25 hours per week and earn minimum wage. The program is focused on bringing urban youth outside and exposing them to environmental issues and careers. A variety of host organizations work hard to ensure the interns exit the six-week program with a greater understanding of the local environment, how to improve it, and their individual impacts on it (both positive and negative). The program is coordinated by the University of Delaware Water Resources Center and led by the City of Wilmington’s Department of Parks and Recreation.