Visitor Services Member- Biscayne National Park

EPIC • Homestead, FL

8d • Onsite

About The Position

American Conservation Experience, a nonprofit Conservation Corps, in partnership with the National Park Service is seeking TWO Visitor services Members to contribute to visitor services projects alongside NPS staff. For more information about ACE, please visit our website. Start Date: June 7, 2026 End Date: August 8, 2026 (or 9 weeks after start) a 9-week commitment is required Location Details/Description: Homestead, FL ( Dante Fascell Visitor Center, 9700 SW 328th Street, Homestead, FL) Within sight of Miami, yet worlds away, Biscayne protects a rare combination of aquamarine waters, emerald islands, and fish-bejeweled coral reefs. Evidence of 10,000 years of human history is here too; from prehistoric tribes to shipwrecks, and pineapple farmers to presidents. For many, the park is a boating, fishing, and diving destination, while others enjoy a warm breeze and peaceful scenery. To learn more about Biscayne National Park, please visit the NPS website. Position Overview: The members will help the park expand its capacity to conduct youth programming and activities, educate visitors on the natural and cultural resources, and conduct stewardship focused activities. The members will help the park engage local, underrepresented communities by helping to lead free local youth summer camp programs, teach fishing clinics, guide paddling tours for beginners, conduct science labs, and represent the NPS at offsite community events. The members will help conduct summer youth camp programs and general interpretive and educational visitor services through activities such as fishing clinics, paddling classes, and science labs. Interns will help staff the visitor center and share information about Biscayne's natural and cultural resources with park visitors This position will assist with answering visitor, telephone, and written inquiries The members will work with NPS staff to rove park sites. This individual placement is meant to facilitate professional development and promotes exposure to land management agencies and networking with professionals. This could include gaining experience in different conservation fields and shadowing different work groups. Schedule: 5 days per week, likely including weekends.

Requirements

• Members must be authorized to work in the United States. ACE does not provide sponsorship for employment visas.
• Willing and able to represent ACE and the partner organization in a professional, positive, and enthusiastic manner.
• Ability to be both self-directed/work alone, and be a positive, contributing member of a group.
• A current and valid form of ID (will be required to provide copies of ID's upon hiring)
• Willing to undergo and must pass the required criminal history checks
• Ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.
• ACE Members will need to complete bi-weekly timesheets, beginning of term feedback forms, end of term evaluations and for longer terms, a mid-term evaluation.
• Member may not participate in any prohibited activities as listed in the Member Service Agreement.

Nice To Haves

• Competitive applicants for this position can hold or be pursuing an undergraduate degree and/or have relevant experience in subject areas such as education, life sciences, social sciences, leisure studies, outdoor recreation, graphics design, business management, marketing, and public policy and planning.
• Knowledge of marine sciences, outdoor recreation, teaching techniques and lesson plan development.
• Experience working with you an/or customer service experience
• Ability and willingness to work outdoors in South Florida weather with school groups and the general public while conducting environmental education programming with minimal supervision.
• Deep interest in education, outdoor recreation, marine sciences, and national parks.

Responsibilities

• Conduct youth programming and activities
• Educate visitors on the natural and cultural resources
• Conduct stewardship focused activities
• Lead free local youth summer camp programs
• Teach fishing clinics
• Guide paddling tours for beginners
• Conduct science labs
• Represent the NPS at offsite community events
• Staff the visitor center and share information about Biscayne's natural and cultural resources with park visitors
• Assist with answering visitor, telephone, and written inquiries
• Rove park sites

Benefits

• Living Allowance: The ACE Member is expected to contribute ~40 hours/week and will receive a living allowance of $720/week to offset the costs of food and incidental expenses, dispersed bi-weekly .
• This position is part of the Public Land Corps Hiring Authority: Members serving under this agreement must meet the PLC Eligibility Requirements to be considered for this position. Members may be eligible for a federal hiring authority upon completion of their term of service and 640 hours of service. If the duration of a PLC-eligible term is not long enough for Members to accrue 640 hours of service (~16 weeks), the total hours served at the completion of the term may be eligible to be combined with hours accrued from another PLC-eligible term to meet the 640 hours requirement. PLC projects also include specific eligibility requirements such as age (You must be between the ages of 16 and 30. Some agencies also interpret these guidelines to include veterans up to age 35) and citizenship.
• Travel Allowance: ACE members will have access to up to (NTE) $500 in taxed reimbursement funds to be used for eligible travel expenses.
• Provided Training/Orientation: ACE members will receive position specific training and an orientation outlining ACE policies and procedures, clear guidance on prohibited activities, and networks for support.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed