Be A Community Volunteer Ambassador

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What is a Community Volunteer Ambassador (CVA)?

Community Volunteer Ambassadors (CVAs) are recent high school and college graduates brought together through an innovative public-private partnership between the National Park Service and Stewards Individual Placement Program.

Through this partnership, Community Volunteer Ambassadors will spend 50 weeks in national park sites across the country; lending their talents, energy, and enthusiasm to strengthen the bonds between communities and parks. Their efforts will focus on expanding service-learning and volunteer opportunities; coordinating group volunteer service days—with a special emphasis on Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, National Volunteer Week, National Public Lands Day, and National Trails Day; sharing information about volunteer opportunities in communities; and engaging current volunteers in new opportunities.

This partnership supports Department of the Interior initiatives to expand educational, volunteer, and career opportunities for millions of youth and veterans on our nation's public lands. Learn more about this program and find out how you can get involved!

Be A Community Volunteer Ambassador at Manassas, 2022-2023:

Note: Applications are not currently being accepted for this position.

This year, Manassas National Battlefield Park is looking for a CVA to work with the park's Education Coordinator This Community Volunteer Ambassador position will assist the park's Education Program Coordinator to develop a robust crew of volunteers from the local community made up of current park volunteers and teachers, as well as retired teachers, who will advise the park on the creation of new curriculum materials, assist with field trips to the park or in-person school visits, and sit on an advisory council which will help direct the education program.

The CVA's work will include the following tasks:

• Make contacts in the local community from among current and retired teachers.
• Identify and recruit current park volunteers to assist with the education program.
• Assist in the planning of training sessions for current/new park volunteers to learn more about the education program and how to engage children.
• Assist in the planning of orientation sessions, both virtual and in-person for current teachers to learn about the park's resources and educational offerings/opportunities, including volunteer opportunities.
• Assist in the planning of Junior Ranger Day/Family Day activities to engage local families in the community. This will include reaching out to local schools/community organizations to advertise.
• Assist in the planning of at least one teacher workshop.
• Create and organize a list of contacts at local schools and educational organizations that can be contacted about volunteer programming in future.
• Form an advisory council of teachers the park can call upon to assist in directing the education program in future.



If you have questions, please contact us by email, or by phone at 703-361-1339 ext. 1205.