Education Assistant AmeriCorps

• Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, VT

Position (s): 4320

Position Title:

Education Assistant - Ameri Corps

Conservation Legacy Program:
Scientists in Parks, Stewards Individual Placements

Site

Location:

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park, Woodstock, Vermont

Number of positions available: 1

Duration: 26 Weeks (not flexible)

Flexible

Start Date:

No

Start Date:

05/11/2026

End Date: 11/09/2026

Ameri Corps Slot Classification: 900 hours - this is the minimum number of hours the selected candidate must serve throughout the duration of their position.

• Segal Ameri Corps Education Award
  : $ 3,697.50 upon successful completion of position
• Weekly Living Allowance
  : $ 700.00 per week, fixed rate
• Relocation Allowance
  : $ 450.00 (distributed as a one-time lump sum with first paycheck)
• Student Loan Forbearance if applicable (administered by My Ameri Corps , directly)
• Student Loan Interest Payments if applicable (administered through My Ameri Corps , directly)

Preference given to applicants who submit applications before Sunday, February 15, 2026. Applications will be reviewed after the Final date to receive applications passes. Positions will close after receiving 60 complete applications
, or at 11:59 p.m. EST on February 15, 2026, whichever occurs first.

Community Science, Forest Health, Science Communication

This Education Assistant is an Ameri Corps position. This position has the opportunity to support of the community science programs (salamander, phenology, and dragonfly mercury monitoring) at the park. This will provide the park with critical data to inform management decisions in the face of environment change. This project also supports the necessary elements of community science: communication, engagement, and involvement of the public.

There is also the opportunity to collect and analyze off-site data from these projects if schools wish to use the monitoring protocols on their school properties or in nearby green spaces. This position will also give the park the resources to engage communities that have never had the opportunity to take advantage of the educational and natural resources the park has to offer.

This position will also contribute to forest health monitoring at our park. This data is critical in informing resource management at the park on the overall trends in forest regeneration in the face of multiple stressors such as deer over-browse and shifting environmental conditions with the goal of forest resilience. The SIP will be providing support on a project that could have huge benefits to our forest’s health.

This position will be a part of a two-park Natural Resource Management, Science Communication and Education team with technical support from the Northeast Temperate Network. The selected candidate will be responsible for valuable data collection, entry, analysis, and science communication at the parks. The primary project will involve coordinating community science efforts at the parks. This includes eastern redbacked salamanders, phenology, and dragonfly mercury monitoring.

These efforts include assisting with programs for school groups, volunteers, and park staff to coordinate monitoring events. It also includes developing educational resources, facilitating lessons, and leading field trips about the parks’ community science projects. A secondary project will include forest health monitoring. This includes developing strong tree/plant identification skills, creating staff training resources, and collecting data with the natural resource team.

Additional tasks will be assisting with various natural resource projects at the parks, assisting with youth and family summer programs, leading field trip groups, and assisting with science communication at the parks.

Deliverables include:
Coordination of Community Science Monitoring Programs including but not limited to: leading monitoring events and educational programs, data collection and stewardship (maintaining calendar and websites/spreadsheets that contain the parks’ data),…