Collections Assistant AmeriCorps

• Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, AZ

Position (s): 4307

Position Title: Collections Assistant - Ameri Corps

Conservation Legacy Program: Scientists in Parks, Stewards Individual Placements

Site

Location:

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Page, Arizona

Number of positions available: 1

Duration: 12 Weeks (not flexible)

Flexible

Start Date:

Yes

Start Date: 06/15/2026

End Date: 09/07/2026

Ameri Corps Slot Classification: 450 hours - this is the minimum number of hours the selected candidate must serve throughout the duration of their position.

• Segal Ameri Corps Education Award: $ 1,956.35 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.

Resource Management, Museum Collections, Database

This Collections Assistant is an Ameri Corps position. Glen Canyon NRA’s herbarium has experienced growth in the past years partially due to Inventory & Monitoring Programs, with only part-time staff available to accommodate for this growth. This has led to a backlog of herbarium specimens that need organized, digitized, and curated. The position will contribute toward the conservation, management, and organization of the park’s herbarium collection allowing more effective research and interpretation of the natural history, within Glen Canyon NRA.

The participant will assist the park museum staff with ongoing collection and museum needs relating to the natural history of Glen Canyon NRA. The primary project will be to support rehousing the park's herbarium collection.

Currently the park’s herbarium is overcrowded, and many species folders are acidic. In addition, many of the specimens have not been photographed and lack proper documentation of their locations in MCMS, the National Park Service’s electronic museum catalog program.

The SIP participant will be part of a team to improve these conditions and ensure the long-term care of specimens by determining the folders that are harmful, replacing them with acid free folders and relabeling the folder, reorganizing specimens currently located in two herbarium cabinets into three herbarium cabinets, photographing, and documenting specimen locations. During the course of this project the SIP will look for evidence of pest activity and notify museum staff if any is discovered.

Depending on participant’s skills and interests, they may also participate in any of the following: update collection database records, upload digital herbarium files to the Arizona-New Mexico Chapter of SEINet, participate in integrated pest management program, or perform general collections storage housekeeping and track environmental controls.

The service the SIP participant completes will improve storage conditions by eliminating overcrowding and removing harmful agents such as acidic folders and pests, if present, ensuring the continued preservation of these specimens. It will also allow herbarium specimens to be easily approachable and searchable to museum staff, researchers and educators.

Deliverables will include:

• Approximately 2,500 herbarium specimens will be housed in proper acid free folders, overcrowding of specimens will be eliminated, and photographs will be produced.
• Approximately 2,500 herbarium specimens will be updated with correct locations as well as specimen photographs added to the records in the DOI Museum Database, MCMS.
• As time allows, digital herbarium files will be uploaded to the Arizona-New Mexico Chapter of SEINet.

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