Overview
Title: Interpretation Individual Placements
Location: C&O Canal National Historical Park, Williamsport, MD
Dates: 26-week term starting in May, with a flexible start date
Positions Available: 4 Internships
Pay: $650/week ($400/stipend + $250/housing allowance) paid bi-weekly
Status: This is a full-time, temporary, 900-hour AmeriCorps national service position.
Contact: Questions? Email [email protected]
Please submit a resume and cover letter via our website, www.appalachiancc.org/individualplacements. Applications will be accepted until March 8th, 2024.
Appalachian Conservation Corps:
Our Individual Placement program works to connect young people to conservation service work across Appalachia and neighboring communities in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, DC, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. ACC is a program of Conservation Legacy, a nationwide network of conservation organizations.
Individual Placements gain hands-on experience at their placement site, and ACC supports them through their term, as well as provides a variety of benefits to help them succeed in achieving their career goals. ACC welcomes national applicants, but also emphasizes the engagement of local individuals who represent the communities in which they serve.
Position Details
In partnership with the National Park Service, we are seeking an intern who will work with the Division of Interpretation, Education, and Volunteers at the C&O Canal National Historical Park. These positions are based out of the park’s new Headquarters in Williamsport, MD, and the interns will have an opportunity to work across the 184.5 miles of the park with a primary focus in western Maryland.
The C&O Canal NHP welcomes an estimated 5 million visitors a year. The interns will support park staff and volunteers providing in-person interpretation and customer service efforts during the “peak season” at the park.
The intern will promote a closer relationship between the park and the large visitor community through a wide variety of interpretive and visitor use engagement methods. This includes staffing an outdoor contact station, informal roving in areas of the park with high potential for visitor contact, and through popular formal programming. The intern’s job responsibilities will increase visitor understanding of the organization’s mission which in turn ensures environmental protection of the park’s unique cultural and natural resources. Responsibilities include but aren’t limited to:
Work within the Interpretation, Education, and Volunteers division to interpretation and customer service.
Assist interpretive staff and volunteers at the parks visitor center and outdoor pop-up programs
Conduct informational/educational-related visitor contacts and site inspections through a variety of methods.
Research, develop and present formal interpretive talks that benefit visitor understanding and appreciation of the park.
Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Basic computer skills
Communication skills
Required Skills:
General Qualifications:
To qualify, you must be between the ages of 21 and 30, and a US citizen that has received a high school diploma or GED. All offers of employment are conditional upon completion of an acceptable check of the National Sex Offender Public Registry and federal criminal background check. Must be eligible to receive an AmeriCorps Education Award.
Valid driver’s license and insurable driving record
About Appalachian Conservation Corps
Appalachian Conservation Corps (ACC) works to connect young people to critical conservation service work across Appalachia and neighboring communities in Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, DC, and Pennsylvania. As a corps program, ACC partners with public land managers to identify, plan, and complete projects that improve public access, habitat quality, and economic development. ACC is a program of Conservation Legacy, a nationwide network of conservation service organizations. Our programs focus on service, place-based learning, life skills development, appreciation of diversity, civic responsibility, and career development. ACC also provides an opportunity for members to learn about the local environment and issues affecting it and introduces individuals to recreation and resource management careers. ACC welcomes national applicants, but also emphasizes the engagement of local individuals who represent the communities in which they serve.
