SCA Alaska

The SCA is seeking a full-time program assistant for our Alaska Corps Program. The Student Conservation Association is the largest provider of hands-on environmental conservation programs for youth and young adults. The Alaska Program Assistant helps with the logistical tasks of executing corps programming in Alaska, with a focus on managing the tool and equipment cache. This position will work with a team of Alaska Corps Program staff, ensuring that teams are properly equipped with the gear, food and tools needed to achieve their project goals safely and responsibly.

Salary Range: $40,000-$45,000  Location: Anchorage, Alaska

The SCA is seeking an intern to work with the Bureau of Land Management in Anchorage, Alaska. This internship will be focused on cultural resource preservation in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act with primary focus on the Iditarod National Historic Trail, the Campbell Tract WWII Historic District and the Carter Spit Area of Critical Environmental Concern.

The intern will help survey and document sites in these areas and prepare determinations of eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places. The intern will also work on file management for the Bureau’s digitization effort.

This internship will be based in Anchorage but will also involve fieldwork in remote areas of Alaska, dependent on funding. Small plane and helicopter travel are expected. The intern will prepare survey and monitoring reports during these trips. Candidates must possess basic archaeological and Geographic Information System skills. Advanced research and writing skills are also required.

Expected Dates: Feb. 3 – Nov. 8 Pay: $700/wk.

The SCA is seeking an intern to work at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center on the Kenai Peninsula in Soldotna, Alaska.

This intern will serve as an assistant coordinator for the environmental education program, assisting with a variety of visitor service programs. As part of the visitor service team, duties will include organizing and facilitating K-6 school field trips; supporting summer camps, special events, and educational/interpretive programs; and providing information to Refuge visitors.

Expected Dates:  Feb. 9 – Nov. 15 Pay: $300/wk. (AmeriCorps Eligible)

The SCA is seeking an intern to work at the Arctic Interagency Visitor Center in Coldfoot, Alaska, located 60 miles north of the Arctic Circle in the Brooks Range Mountains. The visitor center is operated in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service.

The intern will greet visitors, create and present weekly formal interpretive programs, as well as daily pop-up programs or guided walks, write content for the website and social media, assist with volunteer coordination and maintain the visitor center.

Work will occur entirely inside the visitor center or on nearby trails. Applicants should be comfortable with remote, rural living and 24-hour sunlight.

Expected Dates: May 12 – Sept. 14 Pay: $600/wk. (AmeriCorps Eligible)

The SCA is seeking two interns to assist the Technical Information Specialist within the Pipeline Monitoring and Environmental Compliance Section at the Bureau of Land Management Alaska State Office in Anchorage, Alaska.

The interns will participate in a comprehensive inventory of Trans-Alaska Pipeline records in accordance with defined metadata requirements for transfer to the National Archives and Records Administration for storage.

Candidates must have high-level organizational skills, attention to detail, effective communication and problem-solving skills.

Expected Dates: Nov. 18 – May 18 Pay: $600/wk. (AmeriCorps Eligible)

The SCA is seeking crew members (age 18+) to join the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Alaska Corps Team based in Soldotna, Alaska. The group will consist of four members and one leader (age 21+) who will work with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on trail maintenance, construction, boardwalk repair and vegetation removal on the Swan and Swanson River Canoe Systems. The crew will camp and work together outdoors for the duration of the program. Members should be comfortable traveling by canoe with gear over open water.

Expected Dates: May 18 – Aug. 23 Pay: $300/wk.  AmeriCorps Eligibility Required

The SCA is seeking crew members (age 18+) to join the Alaska Roving Corps Team 1 based in Anchorage, Alaska. The group will consist of five members and one leader (age 21+) who will conduct an array of duties including vegetation removal, carpentry, facilities maintenance, chainsaw work and other support projects for agency partners. The crew will live and work together outdoors for the duration of the program.

Expected Dates: May 18 – Aug. 23 Pay: $300/wk.  AmeriCorps Eligibility Required

The SCA is seeking crew members (age 18+) to join the Alaska Roving Corps Team  2. The group will consist of five members and one leader (age 21+) who will conduct an array of duties including vegetation removal, carpentry, facilities maintenance, chainsaw work and other support projects for agency partners. The crew will live and work together outdoors for the duration of the program.

Expected Dates: May 18 – Aug. 23 Pay: $300/wk.  AmeriCorps Eligibility Required

The SCA is seeking crew members (age 18+) to join the Alaska Restoration Corps based in Hope, Alaska. The group will consist of three members and one leader (age 21+) who will work with the U.S. Forest Service to restore the natural structure and function of Resurrection Creek, an important salmon spawning habitat. The restoration project will include rebuilding the degraded stream channel and floodplains, constructing pools, side channels and ponds, installing logs and root-wads and re-vegetating stream banks and riparian areas. The crew will live and work together outdoors for the duration of the program.

Expected Dates: May 18 – Aug. 23 Pay: $300/wk.  AmeriCorps Eligibility Required

The SCA is seeking crew members (age 18+) to join the Alaska Corps Petersburg Ranger District Team based in Ketchikan, Alaska. The group will consist of five members and one leader (age 21+) who will conduct various projects, including building and repairing trails, removing downed trees, building new trail structures, cleaning drainages and performing trail assessments. The crew will live and work together outdoors for the duration of the program.

Expected Dates: May 18 – Aug. 23 Pay: $300/wk.  AmeriCorps Eligibility Required

The SCA Alaska Conservation Corps – an AmeriCorps program focused on leadership development, trail maintenance projects and women’s fire teams – provides youth and young adults opportunities to grow competitive skills to prepare them for future careers in environmental conservation.

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