Spring Intern (Visitor Services) AmeriCorps Member

Messiah University; Flagstaff (AZ); On-site; USD 24,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Living stipend (bi-weekly)

Education award after completion

Student loan forbearance/assistance

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Messiah University is hosting a Spring Intern - Visitor Services AmeriCorps Member at the Flagstaff area monuments. The role involves welcoming visitors, providing maps and directions, and offering informal interpretation at the visitor centers.

Responsibilities include youth program induction, environmental education, and collaboration with partners. Bi-weekly pre-tax living stipend and an education award are provided after completion.

Qualifications

• Experience working with the public in a park or visitor center is preferred.
• Ability to explain park themes and provide directions.
• Comfortable engaging youth and visitors in educational activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent customer service at park visitor centers, welcoming visitors and giving directions.
• Offer informal interpretation of interpretive themes while roving trails.
• Assist with the Junior Ranger program and environmental education.
• Collaborate with partners and support visitor services operations.

Skills

Customer service

Public interpretation

Volunteer coordination

Job description

Spring Intern (Visitor Services) AmeriCorps Member

The Environmental Literacy Corps (ELC) AmeriCorps program helps build resilience and address environmental issues in Arizona’s communities through education, outreach, and volunteer coordination projects. Members work with host sites such as public land management agencies, city and county governments, nonprofit organizations, and education institutions to help advance these goals across Arizona.

Host Site Information:

Wupatki, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Walnut Canyon National Monuments are managed collectively as the Flagstaff Area National Monuments. Together, they protect more than 40,000 acres and 3,000 archeological sites, in a landscape of expansive high deserts, canyons, mountains, mesas, and volcanic features.

Position Title: Spring Intern - Visitor Services AmeriCorps Member

Slot Type:

28 hours per week for 16 total weeks

2/8/2027 to 6/3/2027

Location: Flagstaff, AZ (Wupatki, Sunset Crater Volcano, and Walnut Canyon National Monuments)

Major Responsibilities and Duties:

• This position would provide worksimilar toa GS04 Park Guide.
• Provide excellent customer service at park visitor centers to include welcoming visitors, offering directions and maps
• Providing informal interpretation of primary interpretive themes while roving trails andassistingin the visitor center to include environmental education
• Induct youth participants into the Junior Ranger program by discussing the geology,wildlife, and cultural aspects of the park and awarding participants with a badge once they take the pledge to leaveno trace
• Collaborate with valued partners including Western National Parks
• Bi-weekly pre-tax living stipend while in service: $1,068.75
• Segal AmeriCorps Education award after successfully completing service: $1,956.35
• Student loan forbearance and interest repayment for qualifying federal student loans
• Professional development opportunities and training

Qualified individuals with disabilities and those from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. We provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals upon request.