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Current Job Opportunities

 

Youth Empowerment Steward (YES)

A paid internship position is open for a Youth Empowerment Steward (YES) with Stewards Individual Placements (a program of Conservation Legacy) at Prince William Forest Park in the fall and winter of 2025/early 2026! YES interns focus on barriers to entry for individuals with disabilities in the outdoor work and recreation spaces. The YES service member at the park will focus on recreating an audio content tour of the park’s Visitor Center, creating updated and accessible information for various park wayside information stands, and contribute to the accessible redesign of the park’s Junior Ranger book. The position will last 20 weeks from around September 15, 2025 to around January 30, 2026 and housing in the park is provided. Apply online at Conservation Legacy by August 1, 2025 to be considered for the position.

 

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Youth Conservation Corps (YCC)

YCC participants will get paid to work, learn, and gain leadership skills. No prior experience is needed, just an eagerness to make a difference. YCC engages young people from 15 to 18 years old in meaningful work experiences at national parks, working in all park operations on a wide variety of priority projects which may include landscape and trail maintenance, historic building trades tasks, facilities repair and cleaning, painting and staining, ecological monitoring and invasive plant removal, boundary marking, administrative and visitor services support. Participants will also have the opportunity to learn about Prince William Forest Park and the National Park Service through in park programming and experiences as well as educational field trips to other nearby National Parks. Pay is $15.00 per hour for a 40-hour work week. Housing is not available. The YCC session dates for Prince William Forest Park are June 16th – August 8th. Apply by filling out this form before May 9th and emailing it to e-mail us.

 

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Volunteer Opportunities

National Park Service Volunteers-In-Parks
If a paid position is not available, please consider joining our dedicated corps of volunteers. As unpaid members of our staff, volunteers are essential to park operations and to the National Park Service mission. Whether they work as a campground host or cabin camp host, or as an electrician, gardener or other member of our maintenance staff, Volunteers-in-Parks are indeed Very Important People. Learn more!