PLEASE NOTE: Applicants will need to apply here: https://form.jotform.com/StewardsIPP/cva-member-application-2026 Application form requires a resume, cover letter, professional references.

Position Title: Community Volunteer Ambassador, Lowell National Historical Park – AmeriCorps

Conservation Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placements Program

Site Location: Lowell National Historical Park

67 Kirk Street, Lowell, MA 01852

Terms of Service:

• Start Date: 2/23/2026
• End Date: 2/5/2027
• AmeriCorps Slot Classification: 1700 Hour Slot

Purpose:

Stewards Individual Placements, a program of Conservation Legacy, provides individuals with service and career opportunities to strengthen communities and preserve our natural resources. The Community Volunteer Ambassador (CVA) Program combines the strength of a national leader in conservation service with the National Park Service to train emerging leaders to assist park units in building lasting connections to communities.

Lowell National Historical Park preserves, interprets, and shares the history, legacy, and ongoing relevance of industrialization in the United States through the perspective of Lowell, Massachusetts’s textile industry. The park promotes appreciation and responsible stewardship of the city’s unique architectural, cultural, and historical resources through strong partnerships and community collaboration. LNHP embraces partnerships as a core strategy for achieving both park and community goals and serves as a model for effective public-private collaboration.

The park maintains a robust volunteer program that offers both long-term volunteer opportunities and short, one-day events that engage the public throughout the year. Monthly cleanup events, held from April through October, draw more than 25 volunteers per event. In 2025, our National Public Lands Day event brought together over 45 volunteers to clean the Western Canal and surrounding streets. Our Citizen Science program engaged an additional 45 volunteers across three Dragonfly Mercury sampling events. This past summer, the annual three-day Lowell Folk Festival enlisted more than 340 volunteers to staff booths, assist artists, provide visitor information, record performances, and support festival operations. Our youth program, coordinated by the Volunteer Division, provides employment opportunities for local youth and builds pathways to future careers. We collaborate with local high schools and colleges to bring individual placements into the park, where they work alongside permanent staff while supporting visitor engagement and community-focused initiatives.

The CVA will have the opportunity to engage with all divisions of LNHP and participate in job shadowing in areas of interest to support professional growth and continued learning. LOWE collaborates with numerous partners across the city, and the CVA will gain experience working with these organizations. Stewardship activities will involve hands-on engagement with volunteers from the city, neighboring communities, local organizations, veterans’ groups, church groups, and college organizations. Additionally, the CVA will collaborate with the Environmental Youth Task Force, a local volunteer youth program supported through a partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust, Massachusetts Audubon, and Mill City Grows.

The CVA will assist partners in evaluating and implementing innovative recruitment strategies for the annual Folk Festival, a three-day event that engages over 1,000 volunteers and attracts more than 100,000 visitors to Lowell. This role will involve developing creative recruitment initiatives, including contributions to the festival webpage, social media campaigns, and other strategies to effectively engage and attract new volunteers.

Description of Duties:

· Recruit volunteers for the park, (participating in outreach events, hosting volunteer information events, creating post on social media for recruitment and attend local Job fairs).

· Recruit over 300 volunteers for annual three-day Lowell Folk Festival and participate in monthly planning meetings with partners.

· Assist with monthly Volunteer Cleanup events (site evaluation and safety overview, prepping paperwork, positing event on social media before and after, taking photos at event, providing volunteers with safety guidelines at event)

· Assist with recruiting and training first mate volunteers for summer boat tour operations.

· Assist with volunteer youth program, The Environmental Task Force. This program is a partnership between the park, US Fish and Wildlife, Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust, and Mass Audubon. The youth program meets weekly.

· Assist with youth recruitment for volunteering and summer youth employment positions.

· Work on VIP highlights, interviewing and creating post for social media.

· Assist with VIP Appreciation event

Qualifications:

• This position requires the candidate to be:
• • Outgoing
  • Creative thinker
  • Possess public speaking skills
  • Attention to details
  • Has organization skills
  • Willingness to learn and work as part of a team
  • Has basic computer skills
• United States citizen, United States national, or a lawful permanent resident alien
• At least 17 years of age
• Has received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate; or has not dropped out of elementary or secondary school to enroll as an AmeriCorps participant, and agrees to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent prior to using the education award
• Agrees to provide information to establish eligibility and to complete a National Service Criminal History Check.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Higher education courses beyond High School preferred

· Friendly

· Local applicants (no park housing available)

· Willing to work some nights and weekends

· Ability to work with members from other divisions

· Ability to Observe rules and safety regulations of LNHP

· Remain professional in interactions with all stakeholders (partners)

· Effective communication skills

Our Commitment:

Conservation Legacy is committed to the full consideration of all qualified individuals and will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to perform essential job functions. Physical requirements may include periodic overnight travel, non-traditional work hours, ability to move across varied terrain, use program-specific tools and a range of technology on an infrequent or frequent basis. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. The ability to safely drive an organizational vehicle may also be required for some positions. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to the hiring manager.

Time Requirements:

• Typically, this position is expected to serve 40 hours per week, but exact service schedules may vary. A half hour lunch break will not be counted towards AmeriCorps service
• Member may be required to participate in national, state, or local service projects or events as part of their service term.

Orientation and Training:

• Member will receive an orientation that includes training on AmeriCorps prohibited and unallowable activities.
• Week-long, in-person training on NPS volunteer program management and leadership skills
• Year-long continuum of learning supporting professional development
• $750.00 in Professional Development Funds for travel and training

Additional Position and Community Information:

This position will involve working one to two weekend days each month for cleanups and youth activities.

NPS Host site does not provide housing to CVA.

Benefits:

• Segal AmeriCorps Education Award of $7,395.00
• Living Allowance of $600.00 per week.
• Additional Benefit of $150.00 per week if housing is NOT provided by NPS host site at no cost to the participant.
• Healthcare Coverage if Eligible
• Childcare Coverage if Eligible
• Loan forbearance if Eligible
• Interest Payments if Eligible
• 10 Federal Holidays, 13 days Personal Leave, 13 days Sick Leave

Evaluation and Reporting:

As an AmeriCorps member, performance will be evaluated on whether the member has completed the required number of hours, the member has satisfactorily completed assignments, and if the member has met other performance criteria that were clearly communicated at the beginning of the term of service.

Reporting requirements include, but are not limited to, bi-weekly timesheets and accomplishment tracking.

How to Apply
Please visit Community Volunteer Ambassador (cvainternships.org) to review “Member Positions” by region and find instructions on how to apply.

The CVA position will start on Monday, February 23, 2026 and run for 50 weeks until Friday, February 5, 2027.

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants will need to apply here: https://form.jotform.com/StewardsIPP/cva-member-application-2026

Application form requires a resume, cover letter, professional references.

Please ensure your cover letter addresses how your experience aligns with the CVA program, your experience working with different populations, and position details for this park/position. You may submit one application for multiple positions by selecting all sites you are interested in.

Application Timeline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Final deadline is Friday, January 9, 2026.

For Application Questions:

Please contact James Gasaway, Program Director at jgasaway@conservationlegacy.org

Conservation Legacy is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodations due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to the hiring manager.