Community Volunteer Ambassador, Antietam National Battlefield – AmeriCorps

Community Volunteer Ambassador, Antietam National Battlefield – Ameri Corps

Recruitment began on December 15, 2025

and the job listing Expires on January 15, 2026

Position Title:
Community Volunteer Ambassador, Antietam National Battlefield – Ameri Corps

Conservation Legacy Program:
Stewards Individual Placements Program

Site

Location:

Antietam National Battlefield

5831 Dunker Church Rd., Sharpsburg, MD 21782

Terms of Service:

Start Date: 2/23/2026

End Date: 2/5/2027

Ameri Corps Slot Classification: 1700 Hour Slot

Stewards Individual Placements, a program of Conservation Legacy, provides individuals with service and career opportunities to strengthen communities and preserve our natural resources. The Community Volunteer Ambassador (CVA) Program combines the strength of a national leader in conservation service with the National Park Service to train emerging leaders to assist park units in building lasting connections to communities.

Antietam National Battlefield preserves the site of America’s bloodiest single-day Battle. After twelve hours of fighting, nearly 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia’s first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.

Antietam National Battlefield has a thriving volunteer program that draws on many of the small, local communities as well as the larger, urban areas surrounding Sharpsburg, MD. We engage a large number of event volunteers through our Annual Memorial Illumination, in which hundreds of volunteers build and place 22,720 luminaries to represent each casualty of Antietam. This fiscal year, we hosted two public workdays, as well as workdays for several corporate and non‑profit groups focused on landscape restoration, headstone cleaning, and invasive plant management.

Most of our long‑term volunteers, who number around 125, provide interpretive services, but we also have smaller, active programs in natural and cultural resource management.

The CVA will be tasked primarily with expanding volunteer opportunities in the Natural and Cultural Resources division, including starting up a headstone cleaning crew and building our Weed Warrior program, which we started last year. The CVA will assist with making improvements to the safety and efficiency of the largest park volunteer event, the Annual Memorial Illumination, which occurs the first Saturday in December every year.

In addition, the CVA will assist with the day‑to‑day administration of the volunteer program.

• Logging volunteer hours and compiling statistics for annual reporting
• Working directly with volunteers and volunteer groups for public workdays and group workdays
• Continuing to build the Weed Warrior program
• Assisting with the start up for a crew of headstone cleaning volunteers
• Assisting with making improvements to the Annual Memorial Illumination
• Assisting in planning and carrying out volunteer recognition
• Occasionally staffing an information desk
• Occasionally providing short interpretive or service‑learning programs.

• Ability to work effectively in teams of individuals from differing backgrounds
• Interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to manage several tasks simultaneously
• Ability to work independently and take initiative
• United States citizen, United States national, or a lawful permanent resident alien
• At least 17 years of age
• Has received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate; or has not dropped out of elementary or secondary school to enroll as an Ameri Corps participant, and agrees to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent prior to using the education award
• Agrees to provide information to establish eligibility and to complete a National Service Criminal History Check.

• Knowledge of native and invasive plants and manual invasive plant management methods
• Knowledge of and interest in history
• Experience with volunteer management and/or event coordination

Conservation Legacy is committed to the full consideration of all qualified individuals and will…