The University of Montana Anthropological Collection Facility (UMACF) houses collections of prehistoric and historic artifacts from archaeological sites across Montana and ethnographic collections from Northern Plains and Southwestern cultures accessioned for curation and use in teaching and research at the University of Montana. A primary mission of the UMACF is to create and facilitate an environment for research and learning. In order to support this primary goal, the facility makes its collections accessible to faculty, researchers, graduate students, culturally affiliated groups, and other qualified individuals.

This internship position is tasked with creating an itemized inventory of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) collections held at the UMACF on the University of Montana campus.  The successful candidate will utilize collection documentation, project and site reports, and existing site-level inventories to create a catalog of individual items in accordance with the BCC’s cataloging and packaging standards. By the completion of this project, the candidate will have produced a catalog of BLM projects and collections held at the UMACF.

The internship is located on the University of Montana Missoula campus and is ideal for a UM student with a  is intended to be part-time, 10 hours per week for 40 weeks.

This position is part of the Internship Program administered by the National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE). The program is a partnership between the National Park Service and NCPE. The successful applicants must be 30 years of age or younger (or 35 years or younger if a Veteran) when they begin the internship. Other eligibility requirements apply; visit https://preservenet.org/ncpe-internships/ for details and instructions on how to apply.

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 hiring authority certificate may be used to apply for eligible Federal temporary, term, or permanent positions. Visit the website listed above for details about this benefit. Successful completion of the internship does not guarantee Federal employment.