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 🔗Historic Structures Cultural Resources Inventory System Intern – 1200 hours

  • Internship
  • NCPE Internship
  • Washington D.C., DC
  • $24.60 USD / Hour
  • Applications have closed
  • Department: NPS National Capital Region Office (NCRO) - Preservation Services
  • Job Reference #: 4128a/4128c
  • Job Summary: Two interns are sought to work as a team with the NCR Preservation Services team to survey the condition of historic structures in Antietam National Battlefield and Monocacy National Battlefield.
  • Job Qualifications:

    This is a full-time position that requires a commitment of 40 hours per week. Knowledge of historic preservation, historic architecture, and architectural conservation with an associated degree in one or more of these fields preferred. Experience with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Historic Properties and National Register of Historic Places required. Strong computer, research, and writing skills essential, while interest or experience working with complex and multi-faceted histories is preferred. Working knowledge with photographic equipment, geospatial equipment and systems (GNSS units and ArcGIS), and graphics programs (Adobe Photoshop and Bridge) beneficial.

    Other requirements include a valid driver’s license and the ability to drive independently to remote work locations in the National Capital Region. Must be able to work outside; some light hiking on and off trail to resources may be necessary; must be able to lift 40 lbs.

  • How to Apply:

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

  • Job benefits: Paid Time Off (PTO), Travel Stipend
  • Physical Demands / Work Environment: Site investigations in parks may require some physical exertion including walking over uneven terrain, long periods of standing, and exposure to elements such as sun, rain, and humidity. Interns must be able to operate a motor vehicle for site visits to Parks in the greater DC area.
  • Application Email: manager@preservenet.org

Website National Park Service/NCPE Internship Program

The National Capital Region's Resource Stewardship and Science (RESS) directorate helps develop resource management programs through collaboration and coordination of professional staff in scientific and scholarly research. It also provides technical assistance, analysis, and evaluation of a wide range of resource management issues in biology, ecology, archeology, cultural anthropology, history, and historic preservation.

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.  

Two 1200-hour interns are sought to work as a team to assist the National Capital Region (NCR) CRIS Coordinator with maintaining and updating the Cultural Resources Inventory System (CRIS) for Historic Structures within NCR (District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia) of the National Park Service (NPS).

CRIS is NPS’s inventory of cultural resources on its lands, maintained in part to comply with Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act, NPS Management Policies (2006), Director’s Order 28 (Cultural Resources), and Director’s Order 28a (Archeology). Its records include archeological sites, cultural landscapes, historic structures, and ethnographic resources.

Work will include a combination of in-person office work and field survey and documentation. This in-person internship opportunity will be based at either Antietam National Battlefield (Sharpsburg, MD) or Monocacy National Battlefield (Frederick, MD).

Duties include working with regional and park preservation professionals, conducting onsite conditions surveys of historic resources in the parks, documenting historic resources through photography and geospatial mapping, conducting condition and integrity assessments of those resources, and data entry of survey information into both the CRIS system and ArcGIS Pro. Interns may also be asked to participate in other survey efforts or projects with the Preservation Services teams as help is needed. This opportunity will allow interns to learn about and participate in a preservation program by working directly with Federal cultural resources professionals in the NCR Preservation Services team.

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.