Stewards VISTA: WVDEP Northern Basin-AmeriCorps

 

Position Title: Stewards VISTA: WVDEP Northern Basin- AmeriCorps

Conservation Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placements, East

Site Location: Wheeling, WV 26003

City, State or Full Address: 131 A Peninsula Street

 

Terms of Service:

Start Date: May 4, 2026

End Date: May 3, 2027

Must serve a 365-day (1 year) service term

Living Allowance: $68.39/day ($24,962.35/year)

 

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Purpose:

This AmeriCorps Program strengthens watershed protection and community revitalization efforts in northern West Virginia by supporting collaborative environmental restoration, outreach, and long-term planning across Appalachian communities. 

This AmeriCorps Position builds internal capacity for watershed organizations and partner agencies by developing resource databases, community development planning tools, and a multi-year engagement framework that supports improved water quality, habitat health, recreation, youth programming, and public well-being.

Through partnership with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and local stakeholders, the position advances sustainable systems that enable coordinated action, funding readiness, and lasting community impact beyond the VISTA term.

 

The AmeriCorps VISTA member will build capacity and develop sustainable solutions to alleviate poverty in underserved communities.

 

Description of Duties:

·        Identify and document community assets within targeted watersheds that can serve as the foundation for environmental restoration and community revitalization projects.

·        Develop a toolkit to promote watershed association success stories through websites, digital applications, and print publications to support outreach and partner engagement.

·        Create a structured planning guide for staff to prepare and submit grant applications that support enhancement of priority community assets.

·        Develop a project team facilitation toolkit that outlines roles, workflows, and best practices to increase organizational capacity and advance environmental stewardship initiatives in West Virginia.

·        Design a plan to celebrate project successes, including the development of a volunteer recognition framework to support long-term engagement and retention.

·        Create and maintain a database identifying new organizations and community groups that could benefit from future project partnerships.

·        Develop a recruitment plan and supporting materials to engage volunteers and identify potential new members for the organization’s Board of Directors.

·        Support community-based economic development by promoting local businesses and nonprofits as project partners and identifying opportunities to strategically invest project funding to meet shared community needs.

 

Qualifications:

·                  United States citizen,...