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 🔗National Cultural Resources Data Analysis & Visualization Intern – 800 hours

  • Internship
  • NCPE Internship
  • Washington D.C., DC (Remote)
  • $18.50 USD / Hour
  • Applications have closed
  • Department: Washington Area Support Office (WASO); Cultural Resources, Partnerships, & Science (CRPS) Directorate; Park Programs & National Heritage Areas (PPNHA)
  • Job Reference #: 4130
  • Job Summary: Exercise your technical and creative skillsets by helping the National Park Service better analyze, visualize, and understand its national datasets on cultural landscapes, historic structures, museum collections, archeological sites, and ethnographic resources.
  • Job Qualifications:

    Fully qualified applicants will be able to demonstrate the following:

    • Strong technical, quantitative, and analytical abilities.
    • Robust understanding of general application programming principles and database concepts.
    • Educational background and/or experience with data analytics, computer programming, computer science, data science, statistics, and related fields and/or educational background and/or experience with cultural resources management and related disciplines such as anthropology, archeology, historic preservation, etc.
    • Experience with data visualization platforms like Power BI.
    • Some proficiency in programming or scripting languages, such as Python.
    • Familiarity with Microsoft SharePoint, Forms, Power Apps, Power Automate, etc.
    • Experience utilizing Esri ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro.
    • Effective time management and organizational skills.
    • Superb written and oral communication skills.
    • Capacity to work independently and with minimal supervision.
  • How to Apply:

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

  • Job benefits: Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Application Email: waso_cr-intern@nps.gov

National Park Service/NCPE Internship Program

The Park Programs and National Heritage Areas (PPNHA) subdirectorate comprises seven major cultural resource and historic preservation programs of the National Park Service (NPS). In accordance with federal laws and policies, PPNHA works with parks and regions to provide direction and guidance for the responsible identification, protection, preservation, interpretation, and stewardship of NPS cultural resources, which encompass over 85,000 documented archeological sites, 950 cultural landscapes, 26,400 historic structures, 600 ethnographic resources, 51 million museum objects, and 86,000 linear feet of archives.

The National Park Service’s (NPS) Park Programs and National Heritage Areas (PPNHA) subdirectorate is seeking a qualified student or recent graduate to serve as the National Cultural Resources Data Analysis and Visualization Intern. This is a new position that will support the PPNHA Program Analyst in developing robust and useful analytical reports, presentations, graphics, and other products derived from the wealth of cultural resources datasets maintained by NPS. Specific responsibilities include:

  • Creating dashboards, reports, and presentations to provide insights into cultural resources data quality, utility, and accessibility throughout NPS.
  • Accessing internal data systems, applications, and tools to fulfill requests for data, documentation, and analysis.
  • Processing, organizing, and disseminating information internally to address both long-standing and emergent service-wide cultural resources management and stewardship questions.
  • Assisting in the development and review of NPS’ cultural resources data management strategy.
  • Performing other related duties as assigned.

This is a fully remote position with some travel required. Work schedule and hours are flexible and will be determined in conjunction with the selected candidate after an offer has been made and accepted.

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.