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 🔗Archive and Records Intern – 800 hour & 1200 hour

  • Internship
  • NCPE Internship
  • Homestead, FL
  • $18.50 USD / Hour
  • Applications have closed
  • Department: Everglades National Park/South Florida Collections Management Center
  • Job Reference #: 4150a
  • Job Qualifications:

    Strong organizational skills, background/knowledge of archival theory, ability to communicate clearly in writing and verbally. Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite.

  • How to Apply:

    Click on the application button at this listing and follow the instructions to apply online

  • Job benefits: Paid Time Off (PTO), Housing Stipend
  • Physical Demands / Work Environment: Ability to lift up to 50 pounds. Work environment is largely sedentary desk work with routine lifting of heavy boxes and periods of standing on hard floors.
  • Application Email: manager@preservenet.org

Website National Park Service/NCPE Internship

The South Florida Collections Management Center (SFCMC) is a multi-park museum program for Big Cypress National Preserve, De Soto National Memorial, and Biscayne, Dry Tortugas, and Everglades National Parks. The center coordinates the acquisition and preservation of museum and archive collections, which support research and park interpretive needs. Although located inside Everglades National Park, the SFCMC provides long-term museum planning for all five National Park Service units in south Florida.

The National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE) Internship Program is a partnership with the National Park Service and other Federal agencies with cultural resource protection and public land management responsibilities. Its purpose is to accomplish needed and important work on federally protected lands while providing program participants with professional experience in their chosen fields. Interns work under the guidance of agency staff to complete projects or undertake programs in furtherance of the park’s mission.

To be eligible, applicants must be between 18 and 30 years old (or 35 if a veteran) when starting the internship, a college student or recent graduate (within the past 12 months at the time of application), enrolled in a degree-seeking program, and a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.  

The internship site is located in Everglades National Park near the Anhinga Trail and historic HM-69 Nike Missile site. The successful candidate will conduct professional archival rehousing and description of natural and cultural resource records created by Everglades National Park (EVER) to protect, preserve, and provide increased accessibility for future generations. The archived records will be made available for park managers and the public via description and digitization, as needed. The intern will receive training in collections management tasks, including preservation housekeeping and integrated pest management. They will work under the supervision of the Program Manager/Museum Curator.

Two internships are available, an 800-hour and a 1200-hour position, both working on the EVER project. Applicants should specify their preferred internship length in the required essay.

A background security investigation may be required prior to the start date. All NCPE interns accrue 4 hours of paid time off (PTO) for every 80 hours worked.

Qualified NCPE interns who complete their internships may count their position towards earning a Public Land Corps (PLC) Non-Competitive Hiring Authority certificate.  Once earned, the PLC certificate may be used to apply for eligible Federal permanent, temporary, or term positions. Visit https://preservenet.org/ncpe-internships/ for details about this benefit. Successful completion of the internship does not guarantee Federal employment.