Join Our Team
Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful works with partners and volunteers. We have openings at times for various positions. Please see below for opportunities to join our team.
Paid Positions
Event Coordinator
One of key team positions is the Event Coordinator. The Event Coordinator prepares events from start to finish, providing all support leading up to, during, and following the event. This role requires consistency and attention to detail. Additionally, they will work closely with other staff members and volunteers.
If you are interested in joining us, review the full job description before applying.
Education Coordinator
Our education program is taking off, and we're looking for a dedicated team member to support and expand our efforts. The role requires that the Education Coordinator prepare, provide education services, and program follow up for elementary through post-secondary schools and participate in additional public events.
If you are interested in joining us, review the full job description before applying.
Event Assistant
With all the events we host, we are looking for an event assistant who can work at our events on Saturdays and/or Sundays. The Event Assistant may prepare, provide onsite event services, and event follow up working with the rest of the onsite team. As needed, the Event Assistant will provide backup support to the Event Coordinator.
If you are interested in joining us, review the full job description before applying.
Creek Cleanup Crew Member
Our creek and trail cleanups are growing, and we need more dedicated staff to help us. We are looking for staff to be Creek Cleanup Crew Members, who can demonstrate leadership qualities to lead a team of 15 people of varying ages using our safety protocols to conduct a cleanup. Our events usually have 3-5 team leaders who work in a section of the trail or creek.
If you are interested in joining us, review the full job description before applying.
Volunteer Roles
Creek Cleanup Team Leaders
One of our most frequent activities is creek and trail cleanups. We are looking for volunteers to be Action Team Leaders, who can demonstrate leadership qualities to lead a team of 15 people of varying ages using our safety protocols to conduct a cleanup. Our events usually have 3-5 team leaders who work in a section of the trail or creek. As a team leader, you ensure that your group safely removes trash while avoiding poison oak and keeping good footing.
If you are interested in joining us as a team leader, please contact Deb Kramer.
Naturalist Internship
This part-time position is an opportunity to combine a love of nature and Coyote Creek in our hands-on BioBlitz program. The position will be in-person on one or two weekend days per month at a park in the San Jose area. To learn more about the local ecology and methodology of a BioBlitz, the intern will be paired with an experienced naturalist. After the BioBlitz event, the intern will review observations from the event on iNaturalist on a computer and make family, genus or species identifications.
If you are interested in joining us as a naturalist for our BioBlitz events, please review the Internship description here or contact Deb Kramer.
BioBlitz Docent
Combine a love of nature and Coyote Creek in our hands-on BioBlitz program. Come out to for a couple of hours as a Docent at park in the San Jose area and share your knowledge of the local ecology to families and others who want to learn about nature in our parks. Typically you'll be paired with another docent so you can share different aspects of nature while learning from each other.
If you are interested in joining us as a naturalist for our BioBlitz events, please contact Deb Kramer.
Board or Committee Member
Bring your skills and experience, and have fun connecting with people and nature while giving back to your community by joining us on the board of Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful! Our board works together as a team to keep KCCB a lively, local, and genuinely grassroots organization, while also helping to manage a growing budget and dynamic cadre of enthusiastic employees.
Please learn more about the position here.