Interpretation Individual Placement - C&O Canal National Historical Park (Williamsport)

Title: Interpretation Individual Placement 

Location: C&O Canal National Historical Park Headquarters; Williamsport, MD 

Dates: May 13th – November 6th for a 26-week term 

Schedule: Wednesday – Sunday, 40 hour work week average. 

Pay: $750/week ($600/living stipend + $150/additional benefit) 

Status: This is a full-time, temporary, AmeriCorps national service position. 

Contact: Questions? Email ACCRecruiting@conservationlegacy.org

 

Please submit a resume and cover letter via our website, www.appalachiancc.org/individualplacements.

Applications will be accepted until March 15th. 

 

Appalachian Conservation Corps:  

Our Individual Placement program works to connect young people to conservation service work across Appalachia and neighboring communities in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, DC, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. ACC is a program of Conservation Legacy, a nationwide network of conservation organizations.   

  

As an AmeriCorps program, participants commit to a term of service at their placement site in order to gain hands-on experience and a variety of benefits to help them succeed in achieving their career goals.

ACC welcomes national applicants, but also emphasizes the engagement of local individuals who represent the communities in which they serve.   

  

Position Details   

In partnership with the National Park Service, we are seeking an Individual Placement who will work with the Division of Interpretation, Education, and Volunteers at the C&O Canal National Historical Park.

These positions are based out of the park's new Headquarters in Williamsport, MD, and the Individual Placement will have an opportunity to work across the 184.5 miles of the park with a primary focus in western Maryland. 

The C&O Canal NHP welcomes an estimated 5 million visitors a year.

The member will support park staff and volunteers providing in-person interpretation and customer service efforts during the "peak season" at the park.  

The member will promote a closer relationship between the park and the large visitor community through a wide variety of interpretive and visitor use engagement methods.

This includes staffing an outdoor contact station, informal roving in areas of the park with high potential for visitor contact, and through popular formal programming.

The member’s job responsibilities will increase visitor understanding of the organization’s mission which in turn ensures environmental protection of the park’s unique cultural and natural resources. Responsibilities include but aren’t limited to: 


* Work within the Interpretation, Education, and Volunteers division to interpretation and customer service.  



* Assist interpretive staff and volunteers at the parks visitor center and outdoor pop-up programs 



* Conduct informational/educational-related visitor contacts and site inspections through a variety of m...