Overview
Position Title: Historical Landscape Architect – AmeriCorps
Conservation Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placements
Site Location: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
47050 Generals Highway Three Rivers, CA 93271
Hiring Timeline: Preference will be given to candidates who apply by March 27, 2026.
Terms of Service:
Start Date: 05/18/2026
End Date: 05/14/2027
AmeriCorps Slot Classification: 1700 Hour Slot
Purpose:
Stewards Individual Placements (Stewards), a program of Conservation Legacy, provides individuals with AmeriCorps service and career opportunities to strengthen communities and preserve our natural resources. Participants serve with federal agencies, tribal governments, and nonprofits to provide institutional capacity, develop community relationships, and support ecosystem health. Stewards in partnership with Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks will host an Historical Landscape Architect.
This AmeriCorps position supports the goals of the National Park Service’s mission to preserve and protect natural and cultural resources through the focus of identification, documentation, evaluation, and preservation of cultural landscapes and historic structures under the agency’s statutory requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act. The focus of the position is to assist Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in research, survey, and design work necessary to protect cultural resources within the park. This position will learn about cultural resource management and conservation work while contributing to the greater public understanding and appreciation of the history and significance of cultural resources within the park.
The duties and responsibilities of this position include conducting research, document reviews, field work to survey existing conditions and impacts to resources, identifying risks and hazards to resources, and developing treatment strategies to protect resources from existing impacts and hazards to complete identification and assessments of park cultural landscapes and historic structures in areas that are at high risk of wildland fire incidents.
Description of Duties:
Member position will work in collaboration with NPS staff to complete the following duties:
Research the history of historic properties and identify historical significance.
Research and document review of risks and hazards to historic properties.
Conduct site visits and field work to document existing conditions and impacts to historic properties.
Analyze historic structure and cultural landscape features using NPS Professional Procedure Standards.
Develop site plans that incorporate CLI GIS data for National Register nominations and CLIs.
Write narrative descriptions for CLI properties for addition to National Register nominations and CLIs.
Prepare treatment recommendations using the Cultural Landscape Report Guidelines.
Collect and edit GPS and GIS data that meets the NPS Cultural Resources Spatial Data
Qualifications:
United States citizen, United States national, or a lawful permanent resident alien
At least 17 years of age
Has received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate; or has not dropped out of elementary or secondary school to enroll as an AmeriCorps participant, and agrees to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent prior to using the education award
Agrees to provide information to establish eligibility and to complete a National Service Criminal History Check.
Required Skills:
Enrolled or recent graduate of an accredited graduate degree program in either landscape architecture, architecture, architectural history, historic preservation, or an allied field.
Valid driver’s license. Must be 21 years and older OR have held a valid driver’s license for three consecutive years for driver eligibility.
Needs to pass federal background check when selected for position.
About Stewards Individual Placements
Stewards Individual Placements (Stewards) provides individuals with service and career opportunities to strengthen communities and preserve our natural resources. Participants work with federal agencies, tribal governments, and nonprofits building institutional capacity, developing community relationships, and supporting ecosystem health.
