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 🔗Archives Intern – 1200 hours

  • Internship
  • NCPE Internship
  • Charles Town, WV
  • $17.00 USD / Hour
  • Applications have closed
  • Department: Harpers Ferry Center - NPS History Collection
  • Job Reference #: 4113a
  • Job Qualifications:

    Must be a current student or recent graduate of a graduate-level program in archives or closely related degree. Attention to detail required. Able to present information in a clear and concise manner. Experience using computer software (i.e., word processing/spreadsheet programs and databases) required.

    Successful candidates must pass the National Park Service’s background security investigation process. This process must be started at least one month before an anticipated start date; the internship cannot start without this clearance. Interns must comply with required federal government COVID-19 protocols.

  • How to Apply:

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

  • Job benefits: Includes 60 hours Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid federal holidays. Does not include health benefits.
  • Physical Demands / Work Environment: Work involves prolonged sedentary periods during processing which can be relieved to some degree with available standing desks. Moving collections and monthly IPM and museum housekeeping tasks involve periods of greater activity which may be broken down into shorter activities if needed to accomplish the tasks within an approved timeframe. Use carts to move boxes weighing between 5 and 40 lbs. within the facility.
  • Application Email: waso_cr-intern@nps.gov

Website National Park Service/NCPE Internship Program

The National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE)’s Internship Program is a partnership with the National Park Service and other Federal agencies with cultural resource protection and public land management responsibilities. The purpose of the program 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 who are subject area experts to carry out the mission of the park.

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 successful candidate will work with National Park Service (NPS) History Collection archivists to process, arrange, and describe archival collections. They will assist with research requests, including scanning materials and embedding metadata per standard operating procedures, as well as conducting environmental monitoring, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), and museum housekeeping in archives storage areas. The intern will be part of a team that assists each other as needed to help everyone succeed.

The work schedule is as follows: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. A full-time (40 hours per week) schedule is preferred but part-time may be possible.

This is an in-person internship; limited situational telework is available to accommodate doctor’s appointments, inclement weather, etc. if needed. Telework requires supervisory approval and assignments may vary from the primary duties of the internship as needed.

The internship may be used for course credit, subject to university approval. Housing is not provided but may be found in the local area. Public transportation in the area is limited (see https://www.eptawv.com/ for services and routes).

A background security investigation may be required prior to the start date. All NCPE internships accrue 4 hours of 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.