Natural Resource Management Assistant AmeriCorps

POSITION DETAILS

Position (s): 4356
Position Title: Natural Resource Management Assistant - Ameri Corps
Conservation Legacy Program: Scientists in Parks, Stewards Individual Placements
Site

Location:

Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division, Fort Collins, Colorado
Number of positions available: 1

Duration: 52 Weeks (not flexible)
Flexible

Start Date:

Yes
Start Date: 05/04/2026
End Date: 05/03/2027
Ameri Corps Slot Classification: 1700 hours - this is the minimum number of hours the selected candidate must serve throughout the duration of their position.

• Segal Ameri Corps Education Award
  : $ 7,395.00 upon successful completion of position
• Weekly Living Allowance: $ 700.00 per week, fixed rate
• Relocation Allowance: $ 450.00 (distributed as a one-time lump sum with first paycheck)
• Student Loan Forbearance if applicable (administered by My Ameri Corps , directly)
• Student Loan Interest Payments if applicable (administered through My Ameri Corps , directly)
• For 52-week positions only:
  • Free Healthcare Coverage (opt in)
  • Childcare Coverage (opt in)

APPLICATION TIMELINE
Preference given to applicants who submit applications before Sunday, February 15, 2026. Applications will be reviewed after the Final date to receive applications passes. Positions will close after receiving 60 complete applications
, or at 11:59 p.m. EST on February 15, 2026, whichever occurs first.

KEYWORDS: Data management, computer programming, processing pipelines, acoustics workflow, photogrammetric data

This Natural Resource Management Assistant is an Ameri Corps position. The position will contribute to natural resource management issues at service-wide and individual park levels and will be aligned through the topics of night skies and soundscapes. The position is integrated with a group of interdisciplinary scientists; physical, biological, and social scientists for landscape management, ecological conservation and visitor services. The SIP participant will advance the NPS through modernization of data management, improved use of automation, and integration of advanced computer programming and processing, including artificial intelligence or machine learning for the enhancement of the protection and preservation of natural and cultural resources of National Park units.

The position of Scientific Data Manager is assigned to the Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division (NSNSD), a branch of the Natural Resources Stewardship and Science directorate of the National Park Service located in Fort Collins, Colorado. Duty stationed in Fort Collins, CO, the incumbent serves WASO needs by providing service-wide technical and operational guidance, and assistance to park units for the protection of acoustic and night sky resources.

The service provides significant support for landscape-scale conservation planning, gaining ecological insights, and informing real management decisions in National Parks. The incumbent serves as a data manager in physical sciences related to the overall acoustic and nighttime environment of park units. The data scientist is responsible for programmatic data management, computer software development, electronic technologies, instrumentation, scientific research and development, and park stewardship of acoustic and photometric data collections and related divisional resource activities.

The incumbent will collaborate and interact closely with park resource managers, scientists, GIS specialists, and cooperating partners to evaluate and analyze natural resource data sets produced by past and future inventory and monitoring efforts and assure that relevant data are acquired and integrated into well-designed databases, and that metadata for these sets are complete and current. The data scientist will manage storage and access of acoustic and photometric data for government staff, partners, and the public, and support data collection, research, development, and design of field equipment.

A principal duty will be the transition of NSNSD data processing and storage of data into cloud platforms being established by the Department of Interior.