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Organization
Job Posted
January 9, 2023
Job Category
Job Type
Job Duration
Remote
No
Contact Name
Victoria Yee
Contact Email
vyee@usaconservation.org
Contact Phone
Location
United States
Summary
American Conservation Experience, a nonprofit Conservation Corps, in partnership with the National Park Service, is seeking ONE Cultural Resource Management Member to assist with digitizing archival materials and a variety of other cultural resource management projects alongside Cumberland Gap National Historical Park staff.
For more information on ACE, please visit: www.usaconservation.org.
Start Date: February 20, 2023 (flexible for right candidate)
Estimated End Date: Feb 19, 2024 (or 52 weeks after start date)
*a 52-week minimum commitment is required*
Location Details/Description: Cumberland Gap National Historical Park - the corners of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia
Position Overview: The overarching goal of this project is to catalog and preserve Cumberland Gap NHP's archival materials and improve access to resource management records and important park documents in addition to providing support for Cumberland Gap NHP's Cultural Resource Program Manager by assisting with cultural resource and museum management responsibilities.
Responsibilities will include:
Identifying, evaluating, and digitizing Cumberland Gap's archival materials to facilitate NPS staff and public access to important park archival materials. These duties could look like:
- Identifying and cataloging park archival materials into NPS databases, as needed
- Digitizing archival materials following established protocols
- Rehousing archival materials following established NPS procedures
- Creating finding aids as needed
- Making recommendations for future prioritization of preservation efforts
- Digitizing and rehousing up to 20 linear feet of archival materials
Assisting the Cultural Resource Program Manager to ensure Cumberland Gap and NPS resource obligations are met. These duties could look like:
- Conducting archeological site condition assessments
- Conducting historic structure condition assessments
- Entering data into NPS databases
- Assisting with archeological fieldwork as needed
- Assisting with museum management responsibilities (Annual Inventories of Museum Property, rehousing museum materials, cataloging Natural, Cultural, and/or archival materials)
- Photographing of museum objects
- Conducting up to 80 archeological and historic structure conditions assessments
- Photographing up to 2000 museum objects
For the full position description, qualifications, and to apply please visit: https://usaconservation.applicantpool.com/jobs/908941.html
Compensation Information
Position Benefits
Living Allowance: The ACE Member is expected to contribute ~40 hours/week and will receive a living allowance of $300/week to offset the costs of food and incidental expenses, dispersed bi-weekly.
Housing: IF there is room in the NPS dormitory, it will be available at no cost to the ACE Member and an allowance equivalent to its rent will be provided. The member may opt out of NPS housing in favor of their own rental location and a housing allowance of $700/month ($175/week) will be provided, making the total living allowance $435/week.
NOTE: It can be rather difficult to secure rental accommodations in the Middlesboro area.
Gear Allowance: The ACE Member will be provided with a one-time equipment allowance of $200 for the purchase of field boots or other eligible gear as approved by ACE staff prior to purchase.
AmeriCorps Education Award Program: This position may be eligible for an 1700-hour AmeriCorps Education Award while serving under the EAP 2022/23 grant year program, valued up to $6495.00 upon successful completion of a complete service term and 1700 hours.