Traditional Trades Advancement Program - Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Park - AmeriCorps

Position Title: NPS - Traditional Trades Advancement Program - Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Park - AmeriCorps

Conservation Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placements East

Site Location: 450 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30312

Terms of Service:

• Start Date: 01/18/2027
• End Date: 07/16/2027
• AmeriCorps Slot Classification: 900 hours (26 weeks)

Purpose:

Stewards Individual Placements is an AmeriCorps affiliated program that provides individuals with service and career opportunities to strengthen communities and protect our natural resources. Participants work with federal agencies, tribal governments, and nonprofits building institutional capacity, developing community relationships, and supporting the health of natural areas.

Stewards, in partnership with the National Park Service and Historic Preservation Training Center are seeking three individuals to participate in the Traditional Trades Advancement Program serving at Yosemite National Park. Members will receive introductory training in a variety of traditional trades and will develop an understanding of historic resource stewardship while helping to preserve our nation’s historic resources. This program provides participants with marketable skills and excellent exposure to the historic preservation career field within the NPS as well as the private sector. 

Martin Luther King, Jr. is an iconic civil rights leader from that 1960s that was born on site in the Birth Home, lived and played within the historic neighborhood and co-pastored with his father at Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church. The park mission is to protect, preserve, and interpret the natural, cultural, and historical resources in its care for the benefit and inspiration of present and future generations. This mission reflects the National Park Service’s role in safeguarding the places where Dr. King was born, lived, worked, worshipped, and is buried, ensuring that his legacy continues to inspire visitors from around the world.

Description of Duties:

• Remove dirt and mildew from historic buildings using hot water pressure washer
• Scrap existing siding and trim to remove lose and peeling paint
• Replace deteriorating siding with beveled cypress siding to match existing siding
• Repair window frames, sills, and reglaze windows
• Fix or replace glass panes, sash cords, weights and pulley systems as necessary
• Apply latex primer, caulk, and paint to preserve and project exterior of buildings from weather elements
• Removal of windows, stripping of paint to bare wood, and removal of glass to establish preservation plan
• Facilitate three personal projects with the goal of advancing members woodworking and carpentry skills
• Accomplishes work in collaboration with other multidisciplinary preservation team members and assists in constructing support structures necessary to implement long-term and temporary preservation treatment and matching historic fabric
• Assists the journey worker who performs fabrication and installation of duplicate replacement parts of deteriorated
  wood members such as moldings, beams, timbers and stairways
• Cleans and prepares buildings, walls, trim, and floor surfaces for painting by sanding, scraping, wire
  brushing or by the application of approved commercial paint removers
• Assists with treating wooden vigas, latillas, historic/prehistoric lintels and doorsills with linseed oil
  or other comparable preservative

Qualifications:

• United States citizen, United States national, or a lawful permanent resident
• 18-30 years of age, up to 35 years of age with Veteran status
• 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
• Attention to detail
• Situational awareness regarding safety precautions during assigned tasks
• Ability to work well with a team
• Flexibility within the day to accomplish tasks as they arise

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 Vanessa Morrison at vmorrison@conservationlegacy.org

Time Requirements:

• Typically, this position is expected to serve 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 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
• Fully on-site

Orientation and Training:

• Member will receive an orientation that includes training on AmeriCorps prohibited and unallowable activities
• Hands on personal projects to sharpen woodworking and carpentry skills, with guidance from on-site preservationists and staff
• OSHA 10 training
• First Aid/AED training
• Safety with power tools training

Benefits:

• Segal AmeriCorps Education Award of $3,697.50
• Living Allowance of $720 per week (equivalent to $18.00 an hour)
• $1,000 professional development stipend
• PLC Hiring Authority upon completion of service term
• Healthcare Coverage if Eligible
• Childcare Coverage if Eligible
• Loan forbearance if Eligible
•  Interest Payments if Eligible
• Housing NOT Provided

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.

Supervisor Name and Contact Information:

Ariana Nye

Stewards Individual Placement

anye@conservationlegacy.org

On-site Supervisor:

Eli Anderson

Facilities Manager

eli_anderson@nps.gov 

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. 

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