Resource Education and Visitor Services Individual Placement with Monocacy National Battlefield

Title: Resource Education and Visitor Services Individual Placement 

Location: Monocacy National Battlefield 

Position Dates: May 18th- August 16th (13 weeks) 5 days a week, weekends included. 

Pay Rate: $800/week ($600/living stipend + $200/additional benefit) + AmeriCorps Education Award upon successful completion of term 

Status: 40 hours/week, Full-Time/Temporary AmeriCorps National Service Member 

Contact: accrecruiting@conservationlegacy.org 

 

About Us: 

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 Summary: 

Develop your communication skills with this fun summer opportunity at a National Park Service site! 

 

The purpose of Monocacy National Battlefield is to commemorate the Battle of Monocacy; to preserve the breastworks, earthworks, walls, and other defenses and shelters used by the Confederate and Union armies on July 9, 1864, as well as the buildings, roads, and outlines of the battlefield; and to provide opportunities for visitors to understand and appreciate the significance of the battle within the full context of the Civil War and US History. 

 

We are seeking one Resource Education and Visitor Services Individual Placement (IP) to serve this summer at Monocacy National Battlefield. This member will serve mainly with Resource Education Visitor Services division under the supervision of National Park Service staff. The purpose of this division is to create opportunities for visitors to experience both tangible and intangible connections to the park and understand its significance and the need to preserve and protect it for future generations. 

 

This summer’s IP will gain hands-on experience in public history through direct engagement with visitors and participation in interpretive programming.

The IP will develop confidence in public speaking and visitor engagement by staffing the visitor services desk, providing site orientations, and assisting with park programs and special events.

The member will also support front-line interpretation efforts and contribute to the development of interpretive programming. Additional responsibilities will include conducting historical research and writing content for use in the NPS app and other interpretive materials. 

 

The IP is expected to be on time, dressed neatly, and...