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Youth Empowerment Steward with Harpers Ferry Center of Media Services

Stewards Individual Placement Program
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Position Title: Youth Empowerment Steward (YES) AmeriCorps Member with Harpers Ferry Center of Media Services

Conservation Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placements

Site Location: NPS Harpers Ferry Center of Media Services 
67 Mather Place, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425

 Terms of Service: 12 weeks

  • Start Date: 07/13/2026 
  • End Date: 10/02/2026
  • Application Deadline: 06/07/2026
  • Number of Positions Available: 1
  • AmeriCorps Slot Classification: 450 Hours


Stewards Individual Placements & Youth Empowerment Steward (YES) Initiative:
Stewards Individual Placements provides individuals with AmeriCorps service and career opportunities to strengthen communities and preserve our natural and cultural resources.  The Youth Empowerment Steward (YES) initiative aims to increase access to the outdoors for all Americans. 

Are you passionate about expanding access to public lands and creating welcoming outdoor experiences for all visitors? Do you believe everyone should have the opportunity to explore and enjoy our National Parks? Our health, our planet, and our collective future rely on variety – in thought, ability, experience, and ideas.  Join the Youth Empowerment Stewards (YES) program and contribute to strengthening park operations and enhancing the visitor experience by helping to remove barriers to outdoor access—ensuring that our national parks remain open, attainable, and welcoming to all Americans.

Harpers Ferry Center of Media Services: 
The Harpers Ferry Center of Media Service is a part of the National Park Service (NPS); the Center creates a variety of interpretive tools to assist NPS field interpreters.  Such tools include audio-visual programs, historic furnishings, museum exhibits, publications, and wayside exhibits. Harpers Ferry Center (HFC) also provides a variety of services including graphics research, interpretive planning, media contracting, artifact conservation, revision and reprinting of publications, and replacement of wayside exhibits. 

Within HFC there is an Accessibility Program Specialist whom supports creating Architectural Barriers Act (ABA)-attainable interpretive media within NPS visitor centers across the country.  The HFC’s media is available to all NPS site across the Nation.  This media informs and engages the public about the environmental stewardship the park preserves and interprets.  It is critical for this media content to be created in an ABA-friendly manner so that all public audiences, including those of various abilities, can learn from and enjoy these natural and historic public spaces. 

 

Role of YES Member at Harpers Ferry Center of Media Services:
The Youth Empowerment Steward (YES) AmeriCorps Member with the NPS Harpers Ferry Center of Media Services will create short informational campaigns about media access content. The campaigns can include short videos, flyers, or job aids to share examples and

explanations of some of the specifications within the new NPS Media Access Specifications which mainly draws from the Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standards (ABAAS) and the International Building Code (IBC).  Examples include informational campaigns on topics such as, ‘How should an assistive listening device work in the visitor center theater?’ and/or ‘Why does the front desk need an open space under the work station?’

 
Description of Duties:
To achieve the goals of this YES position, the member will:

  • Identify Specifications and Potential Resources
    • Read and understand the premise of the Media Access Standards (MAS)
    • Choose potentially challenging specifications to address in informational campaigns
    • Collaborate with disability communities and resources
  • Create various informational media campaigns
    • Collaborate closely with HFC’s Access Program Specialist on planning informational campaign
    • Incorporate 508 requirements for each campaign
  • Disseminate content of informational campaigns with HFC designers and stakeholders
    • Gather and incorporate feedback

 
Qualifications:

  • United States citizen, United States national, or a lawful permanent resident alien
  • Be between the ages of 18-30 (or up to age 35 with Veteran status)
  • Has received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate
  • Agrees to provide information to establish eligibility and to complete a National Service Criminal History Check.
  • Able to commit to 12 weeks of service
  • Interest in increasing physical access
  • Interest in Section 508 digital compliance
  • Interest in visual communication
  • Have a connection to the disability community

 

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

 

  • Self-starter with the ability to work independently and collaboratively

Our Commitment:
Conservation Legacy is committed to the full consideration of all qualified individuals and will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to perform essential job functions. Physical requirements may include periodic overnight travel, non-traditional work hours, ability to move across varied terrain, use program-specific tools and a range of technology on an infrequent or frequent basis. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. The ability to safely drive an organizational vehicle may also be required for some positions. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to the hiring manager.

 

 Time Requirements:

  • Typically, this position is expected to serve M-F, 8:00-4:30, but exact service schedules may vary. A half hour lunch break will not be counted towards AmeriCorps service 
  • Member may be required to participate in national, state, or local service projects or events as part of their service term
  • YES Members are part of a cohort and meet virtually online on a bi-weekly basis; the YES cohort space is established for YES Members to collaborate and support one another on various access projects, while also discussing various personal and professional development topics

Orientation and Training:

  • Member will receive an orientation that includes training on AmeriCorps prohibited and unallowable activities.
  • Training on NPS Media Access Standards (MAS)

     

Benefits:

  • Segal AmeriCorps Education Award 
  • Living Allowance of $660 per week
  • Additional Benefits of $140 per week
  • Access to all member and alumni benefits of Conservation Legacy 
  • Opportunity to make a HUGE impact on your community
  • Service opportunities can help propel your career forward with intentional experience and professional connections
  • YES Members have opportunities to connect and collaborate with other YES Members in the virtual bi-weekly YES Cohort space

 


Evaluation and Reporting:
As an AmeriCorps member, performance will be evaluated on whether the member has completed the required number of hours, the member has satisfactorily completed assignments, and if the member has met other performance criteria that were clearly communicated at the beginning of the term of service.

Reporting requirements include, but are not limited to, bi-weekly timesheets and accomplishment tracking.

Application, Resume and Cover Letter:
When uploading and attaching your resume to this application, please also upload and attach a cover letter.  In your cover letter, please note your interest and qualifications in this position.

How to Apply: 
To apply, please click on the green “apply” button in the top right corner of the page.  In addition to uploading your resume to this application, please also upload and attach a cover letter.  In your cover letter, please address your experience with the disability community.  

Recruiter & Program Coordinator Contact Information:
Susie Schroer
Stewards Individual Placements Program Coordinator
sschroer@conservationlegacy.org
970-317-9131 

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodations due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to the hiring manager.