About this role
Posting Description
Construction Crew Leader
For one year, get paid to build sustainable solutions in a community, gain valuable hands on experience and prepare for your future. This full-time AmeriCorps service position offers a great opportunity to make an impact in the lives of others while building your own knowledge and skillset.
AmeriCorps National members serve the community in direct service and capacity building activities.
What will you do?
The construction crew leader plays an integral part in building and repairing homes. Lead groups of skills and unskilled volunteers and homeowner families in construction activities while maintaining a safe, efficient work environment, thus, developing and enhancing your volunteer management and construction skills.
- Typically serve Tuesday – Saturday on the build site.
- Assist with all aspects of hands-on construction tasks including, but not limited to, demolition, site prep, framing, insulation, drywall, flooring, roofing, finish carpentry and landscaping.
- Projects may include new construction, rehabilitation, critical home repair and weatherization projects.
- Lead small groups of volunteers and facilitate safe and positive experiences for everyone working on site.
- Maintain site safety by adhering to Habitat construction safety policies, modeling best practices and guidelines, volunteer education and site monitoring.
This position will focus on home construction aspects of Habitat affiliate operations.
Where will you serve?
- Organization name: Wichita Habitat for Humanity
- Nearest metropolitan area: Wichita, Kansas
- Full-time staff: 20
- Expected number of AmeriCorps members: 1
- Number of homes to be built: 14
- Activities and attractions: Wichita, the largest city in Kansas, offers a mix of arts, culture, history, outdoor recreation, and family-friendly attractions. Known as the "Air Capital of the World," Wichita has a rich aviation history and is home to attractions such as the Kansas Aviation Museum and B-29 Doc Hangar. Popular destinations include the iconic Keeper of the Plains, Sedgwick County Zoo, Exploration Place, Botanica, Old Cowtown Museum, and the Wichita Art Museum. Visitors can also enjoy local restaurants, shops, breweries, murals, and entertainment in Old Town and the Historic Delano District. Nearby attractions include STRATACA, an underground salt museum, and the Cosmosphere space museum. Wichita combines Midwestern hospitality, Great Plains scenery, and a vibrant cultural scene with plenty to explore during a visit.
- Unique projects: Construction crew leaders will experience how Wichita Habitat for Humanity serves hardworking Sedgwick County families through our homeownership program. Our construction department is currently doing both gut-rehabs (taking houses down to the studs and completely remodeling the interiors) as well as new construction. We are currently in the middle of a 30-home gut rehab project where we are completely revitalizing an underserved area of formally government housing that has been boarded up for years.
When will you serve?
Start dates are flexible and based on this location’s availability. Talk to the hiring manager for this position about start dates during your interview process. The start date will be 4-6 weeks from receiving an offer and no earlier than September 2026.
Benefits of AmeriCorps service
- Living allowance of $20,400 for approximately 10 ½ months of service.
- Segal Education Award of $7,395, upon successful completion of service.
- Forbearance for most federally-guaranteed student loans.
- Health care benefits and enrollment in Employee Assistance Plan.
- Personal and medical leave — approximately 10 days total.
- Personal and professional development opportunities.
- Child care benefits, if you qualify.
- Worker's compensation insurance.
Supplemental Benefits
- Housing stipend paid directly to your landlord - $250 per month
Minimum Requirements
Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, national or lawful permanent resident at least 18 or older and have a high school diploma or GED.
What are we looking for?
Our ideal candidates
- Are passionate about serving the community through direct service.
- Demonstrate respect for diversity of opinion, experience, and background.
- Desire to gain hands-on experience in the affordable housing and nonprofit sector.
- Have experience working on a team.
- Possess stellar interpersonal communication skills.
- Are motivated and committed to serve full time and in person.
- A personal vehicle is required for service.