American Conservation Experience Internship

Traditional Trades Advancement Program
Landscape Stewardship Corps – Paid Internship
JOHN MUIR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE (MARTINEZ, CA)
June 3 – November 29, 2024

INTERNSHIP POSITION DETAILS: American Conservation Experience, a nonprofit dedicated to providing rewarding environmental service opportunities, seeks young adults interested in exploring landscape conservation through paid internships in America’s National Parks. Learn and advance your horticulture and landscape skills, caring for some of the country’s most beautiful places.

Two Traditional Trades Advancement Program-Landscape Stewardship Corps interns will work alongside NPS staff, professional horticulturists and arborists, at John Muir National Historic Site. No background or previous experience in horticulture or historic preservation is necessary. A 26-week commitment is required.

For more information about the National Park Service’s Traditional Trades Advancement Program (TTAP) - Landscape Stewardship Corps please visit: https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1098/learning-services.htm

For more information the American Conservation Experience please visit: www.usaconservation.org

LOCATION: About twenty miles east of San Francisco, in Martinez, California the beautiful John Muir National Historic Site celebrates the home and legacy of the “father of the National Park Service.” The interns may also work at nearby Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site, National Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial and Rosie the Riveter/WW2 Home Front National Monument. The town of Martinez where John Muir NHS is located is a quaint and historic small city known as the birthplace of Joe Dimaggio and the martini cocktail. For more information about John Muir National Historic Site please visit: https://www.nps.gov/jomu/index.htm

POSITION RESPONSIBILIITIES:

• 40 hours a week, Monday – Friday, 7:00 am – 3:30 pm
• Fruit tree pruning
• Turf management
• Fertilization and irrigation
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• Mulching, mowing, weeding, pruning
• Natural resource focused work – invasive plant management, bird and snake monitoring

BENEFITS:

• A weekly stipend of $720 (interns’ tax liability varies)
• $125 weekly housing stipend
• $1,000 in professional development funds for training, networking, and/or conferences
• Training historic cultural landscape management and maintenance including cultural landscape reports, plant care, pruning, and other topics
• Week-long in-person training for full Landscape Stewardship Corps at NPS site with travel/meal expenses covered
• Professional networking opportunities
• Public Land Corps Hiring Authority confers special status in hiring for NPS permanent Federal positions, with successful internship completion

REQUIREMENTS:

• Be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Be 18-30 years old at time of service (veterans up to 35 years old)
• Learn and work as part of a team in positive and productive ways
• Strictly adhere to NPS and ACE equipment training, certification, and safety protocols
• Have a strong interest in history, horticulture and/or the environment
• A valid driver's license and an insurable driving record (documentation to be provided upon request).
• Participate in NPS’s Landscape Stewardship Corps’ week-long in-person training (June 2024)
• Have a High School Diploma/GED
• Pass fingerprint-based FBI, state criminal, and a national sex offender check
• Local candidates are encouraged to apply, but being local is not required
• To learn more about eligibility requirements, please visit our website https://www.usaconservation.org/epic/#eligibility-requirements.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Caring for historic cultural landscapes in National Parks will require working outdoors for extended periods of time in possibly rough terrain, or in periods of heat or cold. Insects may bite and wildlife, such as rattlesnakes, is not always predictable. Certain landscape tools require manual dexterity, and interns should be able to move up to 50 pounds. National Parks are public spaces and positive visitor interaction is expected.

HOW TO APPLY: Please submit your resume and brief cover letter describing your interest and experience, and contact information for three professional or academic references to the online application page for this position here: https://usaconservation.applicantpool.com/jobs/ Applications are considered on a rolling basis, and the application period will close once this internship position is filled. Questions? Please reach out to ACE Coordinator, Kyle Ellison, at [e-mail].

American Conservation Experience provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, American Conservation Experience complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to the hiring manager.