Interpretation Individual Placement C&O Canal National Park

Jobs At Corps / Interpretation Individual Placement with C&O Canal National Historical Park

Address:
9386 S. Congress St.
New Market, Virginia
22844

Actively Recruiting
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Yes
Position title
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Interpretation Individual Placement with C&O Canal National Historical Park
Type of Position
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Intern / Individual Placement
Town, City, Park, etc
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Cumberland
State / Territory
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Maryland
Benefits
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Dental Insurance, Education Award, Health Insurance, Public Land Corps Hiring Authority, Student Loan Forbearance, Vision Insurance
Project/Program Focus
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Education/Interpretation

The Appalachian Conservation Corps (ACC) is a corps program based in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The ACC moves forward from the tradition of the Civilian Conservation Corps to engage young people in conservation service projects. The ACC is a Conservation Legacy program.

The ACC strives to cultivate a new generation of local land stewards. We partner with land managers to accomplish impactful and lasting conservation service projects. We work to build and support sustainable public access, historical interpretation and ecological health. The ACC runs as a fee-for-service crew and we are willing to collaborate with land managers to find project funding.

Title: Interpretation Individual Placement with C&O Canal National Historical Park

Location:Cumberland, MD(C&O Canal National Historical Park)

Dates: April 8th, 2026 – April 2nd,2027 for a 52-week term

Schedule:Wednesday – Sunday work week

Pay:$750/week ($600/stipend + $150/additional benefit)

Status:This is a full-time 40 hour/week, temporary, Ameri Corps national service position.

Contact: Questions:
Email (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).

Please submit a resume and cover letter via our website,

www.appalachiancc.org/individual placements

Applications will be accepted until Feb. 13th. Submit your cover letter with the “additional documents” button.

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.

As an Ameri Corps program, participants commit to a term of service at their placement site in order to gain hands-on experience and 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.

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. Interns will work out of the C&O Canal Visitor Center in Cumberland, Maryland. Utilizing the park’s primary interpretive themes, the interns will develop new multigenerational 21st century interpretive programs that incorporate historic resources, scenic landmarks, and recreational treasures.

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 park's 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 have a beneficial effect on visitor understanding and appreciation of the park.
• Conduct tours on the…