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.
Creek Cleanup Crew Leader
This paid part-time position is an opportunity to combine a love of nature as a leader at our creek and trail cleanups. You'll work with 3-5 other team leaders removing litter along a section of creek. Your primary responsibility is the safety of your group of volunteers. Training will be provided. The position is in-person at least two weekend days per month for approximately 4.5 hours. This job is an opportunity to practice leadership skills, group safety, and share your knowledge about nature with our enthusiastic volunteers.
If you are interested in joining us, please review the job description here or contact Deb Kramer.
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.