Recruiting 71 Participants for Mapo-gu 'Green New Deal Urban Forest Cultivation'

Plan to Create Urban Forests Through Job Creation...Priority Selection for Employment-Vulnerable Groups, COVID-19 Unemployed, and Business Suspension/Closure Cases

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Mapo-gu (Mayor Yoo Dong-gyun) is recruiting 71 participants for the hope job project "Green New Deal Urban Forest Maintenance" to overcome the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) until the 30th of this month.

The Green New Deal Urban Forest Maintenance project is a public job policy initiative by Mapo-gu, which is promoting the planting of 5 million trees as a key project, aimed at providing jobs to vulnerable employment groups and creating abundant forests within the city.

To this end, the district plans to prioritize the selection of vulnerable employment groups, those unemployed due to COVID-19, and self-employed individuals who have closed or suspended their businesses, providing them with job opportunities.

The main recruitment fields and numbers are 28 for forest maintenance (5 for parks, 23 for forests), 28 for roadside green area maintenance, and 15 for river ecological forest maintenance, totaling 71 people.

Main tasks include vine removal, young tree care, pruning, supplementary planting, roadside green area replenishment, trimming, fertilizing, removal of harmful plants, improvement of poor soil, removal of invasive species in river ecology, maintenance of dead trees, and weeding to create a pleasant forest environment.

The project period is four months, from August 3 to November 30.

Applicants must be Seoul citizens aged 18 or older with work ability as of the project start date, and meet one of the following: registered job seekers among the unemployed or daily workers without regular income; low-income groups, disabled persons, long-term unemployed for over six months; or those who have experienced unemployment or business closure due to COVID-19.

Working hours are 8 hours per day, 5 days a week, with a wage of 8,590 KRW per hour. In addition, weekly and monthly leave allowances are provided, and participants are enrolled in the four major social insurances.

Applications can be submitted by visiting the Mapo-gu Parks and Greenery Division by July 30. Further details can be found on the Mapo-gu website's recruitment announcement board.

Mayor Yoo Dong-gyun of Mapo-gu said, “The prolonged COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause economic recession and employment crises. In response, the Green New Deal Urban Forest Maintenance project will provide public jobs to vulnerable employment groups and support the economic activities and livelihoods of residents.”

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