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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, Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park – AmeriCorps
jobshiringnearme.org Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placements
Site Location: 72 McBride Avenue Extension, Paterson, NJ 07501
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.
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park, in Paterson, NJ is home to the second largest waterfall, by volume, east of the Mississippi River. The water of the Passaic River was harnessed to power new industries that played a key role in shaping the American Industrial Revolution and building the U.S. economy. The National Park is located within Paterson’s Great Falls Historic District where resources abound to illustrate and interpret the diversity of the water-powered industries and the people who lived and worked here. Duty stations are located within the National Park boundary and locations in the historic district, including the Paterson Museum.
The park has a strong and active presence in the city of Paterson. The dedicated positional volunteers are deeply connected to the community, with many either living in Paterson, having taught in the city, or being raised here. They bring a profound appreciation for the city’s history and culture, sharing that passion with our visitors.
Most of the park’s volunteers are “event” volunteers participating in park cleanups in partnership with local organizations, including corporate groups, the Paterson Public Schools and our Friends Group.
The park’s signature volunteer/educational event is the annual Earth Day Cleanup and Science Expo. The event attracts over 400 students and educators who participate in a service-learning cleanup, followed by an expo of STEAM activities led by 10 local educational organizations.
In addition to these efforts, we have hosted volunteer public history and ecology students from local colleges. We also are building on the work of our last CVA and will be welcoming five teacher education interns from a local high school to work alongside park staff to learn how to develop and present educational programming in an outdoor setting.
The successful applicant will work with the park’s team to increase the number of educational student volunteers/interns, expand our positional volunteer group in a way that is sustainable, build on the success of the park’s art show pilot for America 250 called “America Untold” by involving artists from the city, and take a lead role to develop on a much desired program – a park star party. The CVA will recruit volunteer astronomers to assist us in this endeavor.
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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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