Position Title: AmeriCorps Individual Placement – Natural Resource Technician
Conservation Legacy Program: Southeast Conservation Corps
Site Location: Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
Address:
300 North Broad Street
Plains, GA 31780
Term of Service: 29 weeks
- Start Date: 11/09/2026
- End Date: 05/28/2027
- AmeriCorps Slot Classification: 900 hr
Status: This is a full-time, seasonal, 29-week, 900-hour AmeriCorps National Service Program.
Benefits:
- Segal AmeriCorps Education Award of $3,697.50 upon successful completion of the program
- Living allowance of $480.00 per week, paid bi-weekly
- Additional Benefit of $320.00 per week, paid bi-weekly
Other Benefits: Uniform shirts, personal protective equipment, Public Land Corps Hiring Authority Certificate (upon successful completion of hours), member assistance program, and other professional development opportunities available.
Positions Available: 1
Purpose
Southeast Conservation Corps (SECC):
Empowering youth and adults to cultivate compassion, responsibility and life skills through community service, hard work and land stewardship.
Southeast Conservation Corps, a program of Conservation Legacy, is a non-profit AmeriCorps program. We engage youth (age 15-17) and young adults (ages 18-30, up to 35 for veterans) in service projects on public lands throughout the Southeast. SECC collaborates with land management agencies (United States Forest Service, National Park Service, State Parks, local municipalities, and non-profits) to host day or overnight camping crews and individual placements.
Our AmeriCorps positions provide impactful educational and service opportunities that benefit both communities and landscapes. SECC’s participants reflect the population of the Southeast region, including youth, graduates, veterans, and individuals from various backgrounds.
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park:
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park is to benefit, inspire, and educate present and future generations by interpreting the stories of Jimmy Carter’s life and preserving the resources associated with those stories.
Position Overview:
SECC, in partnership with Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, will host a Natural Resource Technician. This Natural Resource Technician is an AmeriCorps position that will help support the administrative and scientific need for robust, well-organized natural resource data. By focusing on Carter Pond, the project will advance the park’s capacity to understand, protect, and manage this aquatic resource. The project will ensure the pond’s ecological condition is documented through regular monitoring, formal assessment activities, and collaboration with park resource staff.
Description of Duties:
Collect, organize, and analyze ecological and physical data related to Carter Pond
- Collect weekly water quality measurements
- Record daily observations of flora/fauna around the pond
- Communicate data to park staff
Perform routine biological inventory and monitoring activities to update species occurrence records
- Record species observed and occurrence
- Provide relevant species information for updating web-based species list
- Take photos to be used for species list
Collaborate with Park Staff to plan and execute a park-wide BioBlitz
- Assist with interdisciplinary park teams to design a BioBlitz focused on documenting plant and animal species found across Jimmy Carter NHP
- Support logistical planning, outreach, data management, volunteer coordination, and reporting of results
- Determine best methods for recording data
Potential environmental/human risk involved with this term of service: Projects will occur around a body of water - slippery/wet conditions; venomous snakes in area. Failure to comply with safety requirements may result in injury.
Qualifications:
- United States citizen, United States national, or a lawful permanent resident alien
- Must be between ages 18 and 30, or up to 35 if a military veteran
- Bachelor’s degree in biology, wildlife management, natural resource recreation, or similar experience in flora/fauna identification
- Agrees to provide information to establish eligibility and to complete a National Service Criminal History Check
- You must possess a valid driver's license and pass Conservation Legacy’s Driver Insurability requirements.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in biology, wildlife management, natural resource recreation
- Or two years of field experience with flora/fauna identification and data collection
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team setting
- Willingness to work outdoors in varied weather conditions
Transportation:
A personal vehicle is required to report to/from the service site/office, and for all personal business. A National Park Service vehicle will be provided for transportation to conduct operations within the park. This Individual Placement must be a driver and pass Conservation Legacy’s driver insurability requirements.
Housing:
Housing will not be provided. Park staff will assist with finding housing in the local area near the park.
Physical Requirements:
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 functions. Some positions may require periodic overnight travel, non-traditional 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. Ability to safely drive an organizational vehicle may also be required for some positions. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during application or recruiting process, please send a request to the hiring manager.
Time Requirements:
- Typically, this position is expected to serve Monday through Friday, 40 hours per week – but exact service schedules may vary and will include evening and weekend service depending on project needs.
- A half hour lunch break will not be counted towards AmeriCorps service.
- Members may be required to participate in national, state, or local service projects or events as part of their service term.
Orientation and Training:
- Members will receive an orientation that includes training on AmeriCorps prohibited and unallowable activities.
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
- Monthly Accomplishment Report
- Narrative Monthly Report.
- Bi-Monthly Check-Ins
- Midterm and Final Evals
- Exiting Tasks
Substance Free:
In accordance with a drug-free environment, alcohol and drugs are prohibited while participating in AmeriCorps and program activities and while on organization property.
If you have questions about the position, please contact:
Beth Wright
Chief of Interpretation & Resource Management
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
beth_wright@nps.gov
If you have questions about the application process, please contact:
Angela Gerstner
Individual Placement Member Support Coordinator
Southeast Conservation Corps
agerstner@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.
