Natural Resource Technician - AmeriCorps Individual Placement

• Location Conservation Legacy, Plains, GA, 31780, United States
• Job Category Conservation , Ameri Corps
• Industry Selected, Selected
• Employee Type Ameri Corps

Position Title: Ameri Corps Individual Placement
-Natural Resource Technician

Conservation Legacy Program: Southeast Conservation Corps

Site

Location:

Jimmy Carter National Historical Park

Address:

300 North Broad Street

Plains, GA 31780

Term of Service: 29 weeks

• Start Date: 11/09/2026
• End Date: 05/28/2027
• Ameri Corps Slot Classification: 900 hr

Status
:
This is a full-time, seasonal, 29-week, 900-hour Ameri Corps National Service Program.

Benefits:

• Segal Ameri Corps Education Award of $3,697.50 upon successful completion of the program
• Living allowance of $480.00 per week, paid bi-weekly
• Additional Benefit of $320.00 per week, paid bi-weekly

Other Benefits: Uniform shirts, personal protective equipment, Public Land Corps Hiring Authority Certificate (upon successful completion of hours), member assistance program, and other professional development opportunities available.

Positions Available: 1

Southeast Conservation Corps (SECC):
Empowering youth and adults to cultivate compassion, responsibility and life skills through community service, hard work and land stewardship.

Southeast Conservation Corps, a program of Conservation Legacy, is a non-profit Ameri Corps program. We engage youth (age 15-17) and young adults (ages 18-30, up to 35 for veterans) in service projects on public lands throughout the Southeast. SECC collaborates with land management agencies (United States Forest Service, National Park Service, State Parks, local municipalities, and non-profits) to host day or overnight camping crews and individual placements.

Our Ameri Corps positions provide impactful educational and service opportunities that benefit both communities and landscapes. SECC’s participants reflect the population of the Southeast region, including youth, graduates, veterans, and individuals from various backgrounds.

Jimmy Carter National Historical Park is to benefit, inspire, and educate present and future generations by interpreting the stories of Jimmy Carter’s life and preserving the resources associated with those stories.

SECC, in partnership with Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, will host a Natural Resource Technician. This Natural Resource Technician is an Ameri Corps position that will help support the administrative and scientific need for robust, well-organized natural resource data. By focusing on Carter Pond, the project will advance the park’s capacity to understand, protect, and manage this aquatic resource. The project will ensure the pond’s ecological condition is documented through regular monitoring, formal assessment activities, and collaboration with park resource staff.

Collect, organize, and analyze ecological and physical data related to Carter Pond

• Collect weekly water quality measurements
• Record daily observations of flora/fauna around the pond
• Communicate data to park staff

• Record species observed and occurrence
• Provide relevant species information for updating web-based species list
• Take photos to be used for species list

• Assist with interdisciplinary park teams to design a Bio Blitz focused on documenting plant and animal species found across Jimmy Carter NHP
• Support logistical planning, outreach, data management, volunteer coordination, and reporting of results
• Determine best methods for recording data

Potential environmental/human risk involved with this term of service:
Projects will occur around a body of water - slippery/wet conditions; venomous snakes in area. Failure to comply with safety requirements may result in injury.

• United States citizen, United States national, or a lawful permanent resident alien
• Must be between ages 18 and 30, or up to 35 if a military veteran
• Bachelor’s degree in biology, wildlife management, natural resource recreation, or similar experience in…