Stewards VISTA: Appalshop – Archive Systems and Access -AmeriCorps

• Location Conservation Legacy,Jenkins, KY, 41537,United States
• Job Category Conservation , Ameri Corps
• Employee Type VISTA
• Required Degree High school
• Manage Others No

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Position Title: Stewards VISTA:
Appalshop – Archive Systems and Access - Ameri Corps

Site

Location:

Appalshop

City, State or Full Address: 9404 HWY 805, STE B (Upstairs), Jenkins, KY 41537

Terms of Service:

Start Date: September 8, 2026

End Date: September 7, 2027

Must serve a 365-day (1 year) service term

Living Allowance: $68.39/day ($24,962.35/year)

Purpose: As an Ameri Corps Program, Appalshop works to document, preserve, and amplify Appalachian voices, histories, and cultural expressions through media, education, and community engagement, with its Archive serving as a vital repository of regional memory and creative work. The program serves Appalachian communities—including artists, researchers, residents, and cultural practitioners—by ensuring long-term availability to historical and cultural materials, guided by values of preservation, authenticity, and respect for community knowledge and heritage.

As an Ameri Corps Position, the member will strengthen the sustainability of the Appalshop Archive by developing policies, cataloging workflows, and documentation systems that support long-term preservation and availability. The member will research archival best practices, identify gaps, and create tools and resources for staff and community use, while also supporting outreach and fund development efforts. This role builds organizational capacity and ensures greater public awareness, accessibility, and stewardship of Appalachian cultural history.

The Ameri Corps VISTA member will build capacity and develop sustainable solutions to alleviate poverty in underserved communities.

• Research prior archive policies and procedures, and compare to field-wide best practices
• Develop cataloging workflows and standards, create a template to form and run an acquisitions committee
• Create public access guidelines for licensing for staff to use
• Help identify gaps in existing cataloging and documentation
• Research past and potential archive funders, and develop a tracking system for reusable language, and prepare grant application materials
• Research new community and national partnerships that strengthen the program with new opportunities

• United States citizen, United States national, or a lawful permanent resident alien
• Must be 18 years of age
• High School Diploma/GED
• Agrees to provide information to establish eligibility and to complete a National Service Criminal History Check

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.

• Typically, this position is expected to serve full-time (35-40 hours), but exact schedules may vary.
• Member may be required to participate in national, state, or local service projects or events as part of their service term.

• Member will receive an orientation that includes training on Ameri Corps prohibited and unallowable activities.
• Member will receive a Virtual Member Orientation (VMO) from VISTA on their first day of service.
• Segal Ameri Corps Education Award of $7,395.00, or choice of cash stipend of ~$1,800.00.
• Living Allowance of $68.39 per day, disbursed every 2 weeks.
• Relocation Allowance ($750) if Eligible.
• Healthcare Coverage if Eligible.
• Childcare Coverage if Eligible.
• Loan forbearance if Eligible.
• Interest Payments if Eligible.
• Training and Professional Development…