What are the responsibilities and job description for the EAST Engage and Connect Capacity Building Summer Associate – VISTA Summer Associate-AmeriCorps position at Conservation Legacy?
Position Title: Capacity Building Summer Associate – VISTA Summer Associate
Conservation Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placement
Site Location:
EAST Engage and Connect
107 Elm Street, Elkins, WV 26241
Terms Of Service
The Summer Associate will focus on capacity-building activities that produce internal planning resources, documentation tools, and community engagement materials. Duties may include compiling labor market research summaries, developing workforce resource inventories, creating community asset maps, organizing environmental data sets, drafting partnership coordination frameworks, designing planning templates and resource guides, and assisting with public-facing informational workshops, outreach campaigns, or site observations. Activities are designed to strengthen host organizations’ capacity, guide long-term workforce and environmental program development, provide tangible connections between planning tools and community needs, and support measurable outcomes in workforce access, environmental stewardship, and community engagement.
Member Recruitment: work with the Board of Directors to create and execute a strategy to attract, engage and retain more members
Volunteer Management: learn and support the BOD, members and volunteers in how to best use a new online volunteer management platform to fill organizational needs and meet volunteer expectations
Event Planning and Execution: work with the BOD and community on ideas for and execution of events that serve all stakeholder needs and provide positive experiences
Community Engagement: help to stand up sustainable paths for community engagement and input beyond membership
Education: keep the public and stakeholders informed of industry best practices, their responsibilities and the benefits of outdoor recreation
Qualifications
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
Orientation And Training
Benefits
Evaluation And Reporting
As an AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associate, performance will be evaluated on whether the Summer Associate has completed the required number of hours, whether the Summer Associate has satisfactorily completed assignments, and if the Summer Associate 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
Erin Adams
eadams@conservationlegacy.org
330 Harper Park Drive
Beckley, WV 25801
(304) 860-0578
Host Organization Contact
Jessica Sutton
elkinsareasharedtrails@gmail.com
(267) 495-7193
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.
Conservation Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placement
Site Location:
EAST Engage and Connect
107 Elm Street, Elkins, WV 26241
Terms Of Service
- Start Date: 6/1/2026
- End Date: 8/9/2026
- AmeriCorps Slot Classification: 300 hours (Minimum-Time)
- Education and employment opportunities are low along with health indicators and the ability to attract visitors and new residents. Leveraging the natural resources that are abundantly available in our area for education, economic diversity and growth and improved quality of life is one of our greatest opportunities and most accessible tools to lifting individuals out of poverty.
- We are an all volunteer board of directors with a small membership base. The work that a VISTA member could accomplish with focused time and direction will help us launch significant capacity building efforts that we have been struggling with.
- Member Recruitment: work with the Board of Directors to create and execute a strategy to attract, engage and retain more members; Volunteer Management: learn and support the BOD, members and volunteers in how to best use a new online volunteer management platform to fill organizational needs and meet volunteer expectations; Event Planning and Execution: work with the BOD and community on ideas for and execution of events that serve all stakeholder needs and provide positive experiences; Community Engagement: help to stand up sustainable paths for community engagement and input beyond membership; Education: keep the public and stakeholders informed of industry best practices, their responsibilities and the benefits of outdoor recreation
The Summer Associate will focus on capacity-building activities that produce internal planning resources, documentation tools, and community engagement materials. Duties may include compiling labor market research summaries, developing workforce resource inventories, creating community asset maps, organizing environmental data sets, drafting partnership coordination frameworks, designing planning templates and resource guides, and assisting with public-facing informational workshops, outreach campaigns, or site observations. Activities are designed to strengthen host organizations’ capacity, guide long-term workforce and environmental program development, provide tangible connections between planning tools and community needs, and support measurable outcomes in workforce access, environmental stewardship, and community engagement.
Member Recruitment: work with the Board of Directors to create and execute a strategy to attract, engage and retain more members
Volunteer Management: learn and support the BOD, members and volunteers in how to best use a new online volunteer management platform to fill organizational needs and meet volunteer expectations
Event Planning and Execution: work with the BOD and community on ideas for and execution of events that serve all stakeholder needs and provide positive experiences
Community Engagement: help to stand up sustainable paths for community engagement and input beyond membership
Education: keep the public and stakeholders informed of industry best practices, their responsibilities and the benefits of outdoor recreation
Qualifications
- Desired education level: Some College
- Language requirement: English
- 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.
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, 35-40 hours per week, but exact service schedules may vary. A half hour lunch break will not be counted towards AmeriCorps service
- Permits working at another job during off hours;Permits attendance at school during off hours;Car recommended;
Orientation And Training
- Member will receive an orientation that includes training on AmeriCorps prohibited and unallowable activities.
- Member will receive a Virtual Member Orientation (VMO) from VISTA on their first day of service.
Benefits
- Segal AmeriCorps Education Award of $1,565.08
- Living Allowance of $957.46 (taxable) every other week.
- Healthcare Coverage if Eligible
- Childcare Coverage if Eligible
- Loan forbearance if Eligible
- Interest Payments if Eligible
- Recreational Opportunities
- Professional Development Opportunities
Evaluation And Reporting
As an AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associate, performance will be evaluated on whether the Summer Associate has completed the required number of hours, whether the Summer Associate has satisfactorily completed assignments, and if the Summer Associate 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
Erin Adams
eadams@conservationlegacy.org
330 Harper Park Drive
Beckley, WV 25801
(304) 860-0578
Host Organization Contact
Jessica Sutton
elkinsareasharedtrails@gmail.com
(267) 495-7193
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.