Ambassadors
A New Partnership with Stewards Program and Northwest Youth Corps
Community Volunteer
Ambassadors
Offering year-long internships in National Parks focusing on community engagement Community Volunteer Ambassadors (CVA) serve with the National Park Service in field offices across the country working to engage diverse groups in volunteerism, service-learning, and community activities. As a CVA, you will help grow volunteer programs in National Parks, build new community partnerships, and promote the NPS.
Benefits of the Internship: • 50 week length, full time • $440 per week living allowance • One week expense-paid training at the beginning of the internship • Obtain on-the-ground education and work experience • Gain a sense of stewardship of public lands, and complete meaningful projects in our National Parks • Health Insurance • AmeriCorps Education Award • Training and Member Support • Potential to be hired noncompetitively by the NPS after internship
More Information: For more information visit:
www.nwyouthcorps.org/cva or contact Jay Runte at:
[email protected]
Example CVA projects include: • Plan service events to celebrate national days associated with volunteerism • Expand a weekly volunteer program • Help run parks’ Instagram, Facebook and Twitter accounts • Research and contact schools, clubs, companies and military for groups volunteer events
Ideal qualities for candidates: • Ages 21 – 30 with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience • Has had leadership experience in a job or extracurricular activity • Comfortable leading groups outside • Strong interpersonal skills and self motivated
Internship – One Year Appointment Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, Minneapolis-St. Paul There are many host sites at national parks across the nation offering many opportunities to engage citizens. Working at the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN would allow you help implement the following programs and related activities: • Habitat Restoration Events (HRE): The CVA will become an integral part of a team comprised of Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (Mississippi NRRA) rangers, biologists, and technicians and Mississippi Park Connection (MPC) staff that engage thousands of volunteers in resource management and landscape restoration. The CVA will assist in leading volunteer groups at habitat restoration events, develop informational materials that the describe the desired outcomes of habitat restoration events, coordinate related social media platforms to raise awareness and promote volunteerism, work with MPC staff to further manage and refine the gravel-bed nursery program that generates trees for reforestation activities, and assist with large scale public events such as National Public Lands day. • Prairie Seed Nursery program: The Mississippi NRRA and the MPC have been coordinating with four local elementary schools to grow prairie plants from seed. The CVA would coordinate with the schools to continue the program, help provide educational materials, identify sites for the schools to collect seeds, assist in seed planting and finally assist in locating suitable sites for planting and lead groups in proper planting techniques. • Seed Pod program: Seed pods (i.e. small balls of soil containing prairie seed) are created from wet soil with prairie seed added. The CVA would assist in coordinating activities at each school site, helping develop classroom materials, explain the importance and benefits of prairie restorations and assist in finding locations for the school groups to disperse the seed pods in the early spring. This program is closely tied to the Every Kid in a Park program and works generally with 3rd and 4th graders. • Social Media and Website: Reaching out to visitors and the general public regarding the outcomes of planned activities and management actions is necessary to sustain interest in and support of NPS management actions. The CVA would assist in preparing materials for social media outlets (e.g. FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) as well as the Mississippi NRRA website. The emphasis would be on the natural resource management actions the Mississippi NRRA has taken or will be. • Citizen Science program: Collecting and organizing natural resource data is important for determining populations, trends and determining the success of landscape restorations. The CVA would assist the Mississippi NRRA biologists, field staff and volunteer coordinator to further expand the use of volunteers to collect data on plant and animal populations in the park.
Community Volunteer
Ambassadors
Offering year-long internships in National Parks focusing on community engagement Community Volunteer Ambassadors (CVA) serve with the National Park Service in field offices across the country working to engage diverse groups in volunteerism, service-learning, and community activities. As a CVA, you will help grow volunteer programs in National Parks, build new community partnerships, and promote the NPS.
Benefits of the Internship: • 50 week length, full time • $440 per week living allowance • One week expense-paid training at the beginning of the internship • Obtain on-the-ground education and work experience • Gain a sense of stewardship of public lands, and complete meaningful projects in our National Parks • Health Insurance • AmeriCorps Education Award • Training and Member Support • Potential to be hired noncompetitively by the NPS after internship
More Information: For more information visit:
www.nwyouthcorps.org/cva or contact Jay Runte at:
[email protected]
Example CVA projects include: • Plan service events to celebrate national days associated with volunteerism • Expand a weekly volunteer program • Help run parks’ Instagram, Facebook and Twitter accounts • Research and contact schools, clubs, companies and military for groups volunteer events
Ideal qualities for candidates: • Ages 21 – 30 with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience • Has had leadership experience in a job or extracurricular activity • Comfortable leading groups outside • Strong interpersonal skills and self motivated
Internship – One Year Appointment Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, Minneapolis-St. Paul There are many host sites at national parks across the nation offering many opportunities to engage citizens. Working at the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN would allow you help implement the following programs and related activities: • Habitat Restoration Events (HRE): The CVA will become an integral part of a team comprised of Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (Mississippi NRRA) rangers, biologists, and technicians and Mississippi Park Connection (MPC) staff that engage thousands of volunteers in resource management and landscape restoration. The CVA will assist in leading volunteer groups at habitat restoration events, develop informational materials that the describe the desired outcomes of habitat restoration events, coordinate related social media platforms to raise awareness and promote volunteerism, work with MPC staff to further manage and refine the gravel-bed nursery program that generates trees for reforestation activities, and assist with large scale public events such as National Public Lands day. • Prairie Seed Nursery program: The Mississippi NRRA and the MPC have been coordinating with four local elementary schools to grow prairie plants from seed. The CVA would coordinate with the schools to continue the program, help provide educational materials, identify sites for the schools to collect seeds, assist in seed planting and finally assist in locating suitable sites for planting and lead groups in proper planting techniques. • Seed Pod program: Seed pods (i.e. small balls of soil containing prairie seed) are created from wet soil with prairie seed added. The CVA would assist in coordinating activities at each school site, helping develop classroom materials, explain the importance and benefits of prairie restorations and assist in finding locations for the school groups to disperse the seed pods in the early spring. This program is closely tied to the Every Kid in a Park program and works generally with 3rd and 4th graders. • Social Media and Website: Reaching out to visitors and the general public regarding the outcomes of planned activities and management actions is necessary to sustain interest in and support of NPS management actions. The CVA would assist in preparing materials for social media outlets (e.g. FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) as well as the Mississippi NRRA website. The emphasis would be on the natural resource management actions the Mississippi NRRA has taken or will be. • Citizen Science program: Collecting and organizing natural resource data is important for determining populations, trends and determining the success of landscape restorations. The CVA would assist the Mississippi NRRA biologists, field staff and volunteer coordinator to further expand the use of volunteers to collect data on plant and animal populations in the park.
