Title: Indigenous Communities Project Fellow
Stipend:$600.00 Weekly Living Stipend
Dates: ASAP
Term: 47 weeks, full time
Reports To: National Park Service - Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program
Location: El Paso, TX
Status: 1700-hour AmeriCorps Service Term
Benefits: Health benefit eligible, AmeriCorps Education Award of $6,345.00, eligible for Public Land Corps Hiring Authority after successful completion of term.
Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps’ Mission
It is the mission of the Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps to lead our nations back to cultural and ecological well-being. The Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps is specifically designed to engage Native American youth and young adults with offices in Acoma, Albuquerque, Gallup, Zuni, and Hopi. *Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps serves local tribal communities in the regions we operate and across the Unites States. Native American applicants are preferred. *
National Park Service Mission:
The National Park Service preserves unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the National Park System for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations. The NPS cooperates with partners to extend the benefits of natural and cultural resource conservation and outdoor recreation throughout this country and the world.
NPS - Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program Overview:
The NPS operates programs in communities throughout the nation to connect people across the country to their parks, trails, rivers, and other special places. This fellowship position is within the NPS- Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance (RTCA) program, which helps community groups, nonprofits, state and local governments, and tribes plan parks and trails, conserve and improve access to rivers and natural areas, and create recreation opportunities through locally led partnerships.
Community Planner Fellowship Overview:
In addition to protecting and managing America’s 431 national parks, the National Park Service also operates programs in communities throughout the nation to connect all Americans to their parks, trails, rivers, and other special places. The Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance (RTCA) program helps community groups, nonprofits, state and local governments, and tribes plan parks and trails, conserve and improve access to rivers and natural areas, and create recreation opportunities through locally led partnerships.
This fellowship aims to advance the National Park Service’s community assistance efforts in the Intermountain Region (IMR), primarily in the states of Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. The fellow will provide support to NPS-RTCA staff on existing and new projects
Essential functions and responsibilities:
With the support of an RTCA site supervisor and RTCA project teams the fellow will assist with the following project elements:
- Community Outreach and Civic Engagement
Perform inventory assessments and analysis, conduct demographic study & research strategic outreach and developing planning documents.
Provide cultural awareness by demonstrating culturally sensitive knowledge about working with different groups, identify key community groups, cultural leaders and social networks. Conduct research to learn more about partners and understand the history, cultural norms, and contexts of the community.
Use tools and techniques to collect data and community input. Use tools to represent and collected data.
- Facilitation
Support with facilitation of meetings and workshops for in-person and virtual settings.
Evaluate meetings and workshops.
Communicate appropriately with a variety of audiences.
Engage participants in conversation, meetings, workshops.
- Plan Projects
Participate and work on different stages of planning cycles and report on the project status and/or site visits.
Support multiple projects.
Support defining scope, vision, goals, outcomes and determine capacity.
Recognize ways to help the project team accomplish objectives.
