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.  

Golden Gate National Recreation Area stretches across 80,000 acres north and south of the Golden Gate Bridge and is one of the world’s largest urban national parks encompassing such iconic sites such as Muir Woods and Alcatraz Island. The park manages over 5,000 acres of cultural landscapes, including Fort Miley in San Francisco. Fort Miley was established in 1892 as part of the Army’s coastal defense system to protect the entrance to San Francisco Bay.

The intern will assist the park’s Historical Landscape Architect to produce a cultural landscape report (CLR) for Fort Miley. The project involves field investigation to document existing conditions through GIS data collection and site photography. The work includes compiling a site history based on primary and secondary sources, determining a treatment strategy, and developing treatment recommendations for the Fort Miley cultural landscape. Additional duties may include producing site plans and other graphics. The position is duty stationed at park headquarters at Fort Mason in San Francisco.

This is an in-person, full-time, 40-hour-a-week internship, and includes park housing and a travel stipend.

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.