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PLEASE NOTE: Applicants will need to apply here: https://form.jotform.com/StewardsIPP/cva-member-application-2025-fall-co Application form requires a resume, cover letter, professional references.
Position Title: Community Volunteer Ambassador, Joshua Tree National Park – AmeriCorps
jobshiringnearme.org Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placements
Site Location: 74485 National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms, CA 92252
Application Timeline: Preference given to applicants that submit application by June 13, 2025
Terms of Service:
Purpose:
Stewards Individual Placements, a program of jobshiringnearme.org Legacy, provides individuals with service and career opportunities to strengthen communities and preserve our natural resources. The Community Volunteer Ambassador (CVA) Program combines the strength of a national leader in conservation service with the National Park Service to train emerging leaders to assist park units in building lasting connections to communities.
Joshua Tree National Park was established to protect its diversity of plants and animals, as a National Monument in 1936 and then as a National Park in 1994. The park’s 800,000+ acres protect natural resources brought together by the junction of three environments: the Colorado Desert, Mojave Desert, and Little San Bernardino Mountains. The Colorado Desert is characterized by stands of spike-like ocotillo plants, cholla cactus, expansive sandy washes, and diverse bird species. The southern boundary of the Mojave Desert, reaching across the northern part of the park, is the habitat of the park’s namesake Joshua tree and features striking monzogranite rock formations, rugged canyons, and prime desert tortoise habitat. The Little San Bernardino Mountains are in the westernmost part of the park, above4,000 feet elevation, and provide habitat for a community of California juniper, pinyon pine, and desert tortoise. Humans have occupied this area for at least 5,000 years. The area’s traditionally associated communities include the Cahuilla, the Chemehuevi, the Mojave, and the Serrano.
The park’s volunteers help protect these resources and support our visitors. Our program includes volunteers who support operations in the interpretation, maintenance, resources, and protection divisions. The program reports about 24,000 hours annually. We have approximately 150 position-based volunteers, 15 recurring volunteer positions, and about 200 event volunteers.
The CVA will be an integral part of the robust volunteer program at Joshua Tree National Park! The goal of this position is to increase the park’s capacity for volunteers through meaningful service. The CVA’s work will support parkwide volunteer program management, volunteer engagement, community outreach, and especially volunteer group service projects.
This position is highly collaborative and diverse. The CVA will work at the office with their supervisor and project managers, in the field with volunteers, and in the community. The CVA will work closely with many park programs including vegetation management, trail maintenance, and campground operations. They will have cross-training opportunities with other park roles, especially in the summer.
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Physical Requirements:
jobshiringnearme.org Legacy is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to perform essential functions. Some positions may require periodic overnight travel, non-traditional 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. Ability to safely drive an organizational vehicle may also be required for some positions. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during application or recruiting process, please send a request to the hiring manager.
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How to Apply
Please visit Community Volunteer Ambassador (cvainternships.org) to review “Member Positions” by region and find instructions on how to apply.
The CVA position will start on Monday, September 8, 2025 and run for 48 weeks until Friday, August 7, 2026.
PLEASE NOTE: Applicants will need to apply here: https://form.jotform.com/StewardsIPP/cva-member-application-2025-fall-co. Application form requires a resume, cover letter, professional references.
Please ensure your cover letter addresses how your experience aligns with the CVA program, your experience working with different populations, and position details for this park/position. You may submit one application for multiple positions by selecting all sites you are interested in.
Application Timeline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. First review will occur in early June. Final deadline is Friday, July 4, 2025.
For Application Questions:
Please contact James Gasaway, Program Director at jgasaway@conservationlegacy.org
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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.
PLEASE NOTE: Applicants will need to apply here: https://form.jotform.com/StewardsIPP/cva-member-application-2025-fall-co Application form requires a resume, cover letter, professional references.
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PLEASE NOTE: Applicants will need to apply here: https://form.jotform.com/StewardsIPP/cva-member-application-2025-fall-co Application form requires a resume, cover letter, professional references.
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