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🔗Network to Freedom History Intern – 1000 Hours
Website National Park Service/NCPE Internship Program
The Network to Freedom is a program of the National Park Service (NPS) with a mission to honor, preserve and promote the history of resistance to enslavement through escape and flight. Underground Railroad history continues to inspire people worldwide. Through its mission, the Network to Freedom (NTF) advances the idea that all human beings embrace the right to self-determination and freedom from oppression. The program is a catalyst for innovation and partnerships that share the diverse legacy of the Underground Railroad across generations. The program works in collaboration with local, state and federal entities, as well as individuals and organizations to create a “network” of sites, facilities, and programs with a verifiable connection to the Underground Railroad.
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 National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (NTF), a program of the National Park Service (NPS), seeks an intern to document underground railroad-related sites and research its history in the Northeast Region of the U.S. The intern will produce three applications to list sites in the Network to Freedom. The program’s audience is an engaged public, as well as the wide range of National Parks that highlight freedom-seeking and African American history and heritage.
The primary work of the intern will be gathering existing research, uncovering new information, and writing Underground Railroad-focused applications in service of these constituencies. The intern will also be invited to engage with the Network to Freedom team through meetings where priorities, programs, and activities are discussed. This program has staff based across the country and utilizes the opportunities of the virtual office extensively to maintain connection and the intern will be asked to participate.
Work will be performed under the supervision of the NPS Northeast Region Program Manager for the NTF based at Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell, MA.
Most of the project will be completed online. There will likely be some travel involved, which is supported by the project. The goal of this travel will be to connect the intern with the places being documented and to meet partners supporting the effort.
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.