Individual Placement - Interpretation Participant

Student Conservation Association•Nicholasville, KY

18h•Onsite

About The Position

Camp Nelson National Monument is a new park that preserves and interprets the historic and archeological resources of a U.S. Army supply depot that became one of the largest Civil War-era recruitment and training centers for United States Colored Troops and an African American refugee camp. The park has partnered with the Student Conservation Association (SCA) to host multiple members beginning in May 2021. The partnership is mutually beneficial. Individuals have assisted NPS staff enhancing interpretation and educations programs and projects, visitor service operations, and interpretive exhibits, publications, and promotional material, and digital and visual. Individuals have also led daily guided tours of the grounds, gaining valuable front-line experience; conducted critical research that has greatly expanded the understanding of the site and has produced information used in interpretive exhibits, articles, and posts; created social media post and website projects; designed exhibits now featured in the Visitor Center and Museum and Reconstructed Barracks, conducted living history demonstrations; and created education-based programs for school groups.

Requirements

Vehicle needed to travel to work
Must be between the ages of 16 and 30, inclusive, or veterans age 35 or younger
Must be a citizen or national of the United States or lawful permanent resident alien of the United States

Responsibilities

Designing interpretive exhibits
Writing site bulletins/articles and social media posts
Capturing and editing photographs and films
Conducting research
Creating lesson plans
Participating in community outreach and supporting other NPS units and other organizations
Assisting with the 160th Camp Nelson (2023-26) events, programs, and publications
Assisting with park operations in the visitor center and reconstructed barracks
Roving park grounds to engage visitors through informal interpretation, learn park resources, and report any safety issues and resource damage
Participating in park-wide safety meetings, especially GARs for special events and programs
Supporting Volunteer Events, notably Park Day and National Public Lands Day
Assisting with upkeeping park library, including the free library book box
Assisting with maintaining pollinator garden