Preservation Maintenance Member - Jimmy Carter National Park

Summary

American Conservation Experience, a nonprofit Conservation Corps, in partnership with the National Park Service, is seeking ONE Preservation Maintenance Member to assist with the preservation and maintenance of historic structures and landscape alongside the Jimmy Carter NHP Staff.

For more information about ACE, please visit our website.

As soon as possible

Estimated
End Date: 52 weeks after start

* a 52-week minimum commitment is required *

Jimmy Carter National Historic Park, Plains, GA

The Jimmy Carter National Historical Park preserves sites associated with James Earl Carter, Jr. (born 1924), 39th president of the United States. These include his residence, boyhood farm, school, and the town railroad depot, which served as his campaign headquarters during the 1976 election. The building which used to be Plains High School (opened in 1921 and closed in 1979) serves as the park & museum and visitor center.

Plains is a rural community in Southwest Georgia with full services available in Americus, GA (10 miles);
Albany, GA (40 miles); and Columbus, GA (50 miles).

For more information about the site, please visit the NPS website.

Maintain and preserve all park historic buildings and landscapes in accordance with NPS historical guidelines and Historic structures Reports. Assist NPS Staff in the preservation and maintenance of park structures and assets as well as cultural landscape and historical landscape.

Duties may include:
Cleaning and inspecting structures and landscapes. Perform painting duties, basic carpentry duties and general maintenance practices under NPS Supervision. Work alongside NPS Maintainers and Gardners to preserve all park historical structure assets.

• Work with the facilities team to provide support of park maintenance operations (ensuring visitor and administrative areas are clean and safe)
• Provide support for grounds, custodial, and historic structure repairs (daily cleaning of buildings and restrooms, assist with structure repairs, garden with hand tools, maintain clean landscape)

This position is located in Plains, Georgia where the climate has hot, humid summers and in the winter can have cold days. There are insects, bees and wasps, and snakes that inhabit the area as well. The position requires mainly outdoor work dealing with the aforementioned conditions. During inclement weather, you will be provided indoor tasks.

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: Schedule will be Monday – Friday 7am- 3:30 pm eastern time. Possibility of weekend work during events and special scheduling circumstances.

Living Allowance: The ACE Member is expected to contribute ~40 hours/week and will receive a living allowance of $650/week (pre-tax) 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…