NPS HPTC - Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve Maintenance Action Intern

Position Title: NPS Historic Preservation Training Center- Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve - Maintenance Action Intern

Conservation Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placements

Site Location: Jacksonville, FL

Terms of Service:

• Start Date: 3/3/2025
• Duration: 26 Weeks

Purpose:

Stewards Individual Placements (STE) provides individuals with service and career opportunities to strengthen communities and preserve our natural resources. Participants work with federal agencies, tribal governments, and nonprofits building institutional capacity, developing community relationships, and supporting ecosystem health.

This opportunity is brought in partnership with the NPS Historic Preservation Training Center (HPTC) which is dedicated to the safe preservation and maintenance of national parks or partner facilities by demonstrating outstanding leadership, delivering quality preservation services, and developing educational courses that fulfill the competency requirements of service employees in the career fields of Historic Preservation Skills, Risk Management, Maintenance, and Planning, Design, and Construction.

HPTC utilizes historic preservation projects as the main vehicle for teaching preservation philosophy and building crafts, technology, and project management skills. Our experiential learning approach emphasizes flexibility in addressing the unknown conditions encountered during the project and ensures that the goals of preservation are met.

Participant will benefit by gaining training in preservation craft skills, learning basic safety standards in a variety of work environments, and being introduced to general preservation principals and the Secretary of the Interior's Standards.  The outcome of each intern’s efforts will be the improvement of a variety of historic structures and making them more enjoyable and accessible to the public.

Description of Duties:

• Intern will serve on a traveling crew based out of Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve.
• Preservation, rehabilitation, construction, repairs, and installation to items such as framework, floor joist, rafters, roof sheathing, sub-flooring, decking, framing, doors, windows using a variety of historic and non-historic materials such as, wood timbers, beams, plywood, particle board sheet rock, paneling tile, etc.
• Measure, cut, construct, install, repair, and modify wood, composite, and wood substitute items.
• Apply standard measurements, specifications, and instructions when constructing, installing, or repairing items such as frame structures, decking, partitions, shelving, doors, forms, siding, and scaffolds

Qualifications:

• United States citizen, United States national, or a lawful permanent resident alien
• Must be 18-30 years of age, maximum 35 for Veterans with DD-214
• Has received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate; or has not dropped out of elementary or secondary school 
• Agrees to provide information to establish eligibility and to complete a National Service Criminal History Check.
• Prior experience in trades or construction is preferred, but not required. 
• Open to current students and recent grads of historic preservation programs, previous TTAP members, and other applicants with background education or experience in historic trades
• Ability to commit to a 26-week experience of combined training and hands-on work
• Flexibility to work outside of traditional hours may be required
• Climb ladders, work from scaffolding or platforms, work on uneven or angled surfaces such as a roof, and/or be able to work in confined spaces.
• Ability to stoop, bend, kneel, climb and walk in all manners of environmental conditions such as rain, mud, and extreme heat or cold.
• Interest in traditional trades or historic preservation 
• Driver’s License & personal transportation will be required to report to job site
• Willingness to learn preservation skills and safety protocols. 
• Operate as a good team member within work crew and follow daily direction. 
• Follow HPTC's project agreement and safety plan. 
• Be respectful of all members or crew and supervisor staff

Physical Requirements:

Conservation Legacy is committed to the full inclusion 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 full time 40-50 hours per week, but exact service schedules may vary depending on travel and project details. Possibility of 10 hours of weekly overtime dependent on assignment.
• This position involves frequent regional travel to project sites.

Orientation and Training:

• Member will receive an orientation that includes training on a variety of preservation techniques.
• OSHA 10
• Opportunity to travel to different National Park Service sites.
• Opportunity to learn trade secrets from master craftsmen

Benefits:

• Pay Rate of $18/hr
• Overtime Eligible 
• Public Land Corps Hiring Authority Eligibility - must meet 640 hours of service 
• Healthcare Coverage if Eligible

Evaluation and Reporting:

As a Stewards intern, performance will be evaluated on whether 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.

Supervisor Name and Contact Information:

Kevin Record

Stewards Program Coordinator

681.666.3621

krecord@conservationlegacy.org

www.stewardslegacy.org

Conservation Legacy is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to hiring a breadth of diverse professionals and encourage members of diverse groups to apply. This program is available to all, without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, marital or parental status, genetic information, and military service. Where a significant portion of the population eligible to be served needs services or information in a language other than English, the recipient shall take reasonable steps to provide written material of the type ordinarily available to the public in appropriate languages.

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with AmeriCorps requirements. 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.

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