Historical Landscape Architect

position Title: Historical Landscape Architect – AmeriCorps

jobshiringnearme.org Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placements

Site Location: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

47050 Generals Highway Three Rivers, CA 93271

Hiring Timeline: Preference will be given to candidates who apply by March 27, 2026.

Terms of Service:

• Start Date: 05/18/2026
• End Date: 05/14/2027
• AmeriCorps Slot Classification: 1700 Hour Slot

Purpose:

Stewards Individual Placements (Stewards), a program of jobshiringnearme.org Legacy, provides individuals with AmeriCorps service and career opportunities to strengthen communities and preserve our natural resources. Participants serve with federal agencies, tribal governments, and nonprofits to provide institutional capacity, develop community relationships, and support ecosystem health. Stewards in partnership with Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks will host an Historical Landscape Architect.

This AmeriCorps position supports the goals of the National Park Service’s mission to preserve and protect natural and cultural resources through the focus of identification, documentation, evaluation, and preservation of cultural landscapes and historic structures under the agency’s statutory requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act. The focus of the position is to assist Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in research, survey, and design work necessary to protect cultural resources within the park. This position will learn about cultural resource management and conservation work while contributing to the greater public understanding and appreciation of the history and significance of cultural resources within the park.

The duties and responsibilities of this position include conducting research, document reviews, field work to survey existing conditions and impacts to resources, identifying risks and hazards to resources, and developing treatment strategies to protect resources from existing impacts and hazards to complete identification and assessments of park cultural landscapes and historic structures in areas that are at high risk of wildland fire incidents.

description of Duties:

Member position will work in collaboration with NPS staff to complete the following duties:

• Research the history of historic properties and identify historical significance.
• Research and document review of risks and hazards to historic properties.
• Conduct site visits and field work to document existing conditions and impacts to historic properties.
• Analyze historic structure and cultural landscape features using NPS Professional Procedure Standards.
• Develop site plans that incorporate CLI GIS data for National Register nominations and CLIs.
• Write narrative descriptions for CLI properties for addition to National Register nominations and CLIs.
• Prepare treatment recommendations using the Cultural Landscape Report Guidelines.
• Collect and edit GPS and GIS data that meets the NPS Cultural Resources Spatial Data Transfer Standards and incorporate the data into geodatabase.
• Consolidate data from objectives A-G into the Cultural Landscape Inventory and Historic Structures Inventory, following the NPS Professional Procedure Standards, NPS Bulletins and Technical Specifications.

 Qualifications:

• United States citizen, United States national, or a lawful permanent resident alien
• At least 17 years of age
• Has received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate; or has not dropped out of elementary or secondary school to enroll as an AmeriCorps participant, and agrees to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent prior to using the education award
• Agrees to provide information to establish eligibility and to complete a National Service Criminal History Check.
• Enrolled or recent graduate of an accredited graduate degree program in either landscape architecture, architecture, architectural history, historic preservation, or an allied field.
• Valid driver’s license. Must be 21 years and older OR have held a valid driver’s license for three consecutive years for driver eligibility.
• Needs to pass federal background check when selected for position.

Our Commitment:

jobshiringnearme.org 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 Monday to Friday, 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.
• Field work may require deviating from typical Monday-Friday schedule.

Orientation and Training:

• Member will receive an orientation that includes training on AmeriCorps prohibited and unallowable activities.
• Park new staff orientation training.
• Park safety orientation training.

Benefits:

• Segal AmeriCorps Education Award of $7,395.00
• Living Allowance of $675.00 per week.
• Additional Benefit of $264.00 per week.
• Healthcare Coverage if Eligible
• Childcare Coverage if Eligible
• Loan forbearance if Eligible
• Interest Payments if Eligible
• Park housing available – participant will pay monthly rent

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.

Supervisor Name and Contact Information:

jobshiringnearme.org Legacy Contact:

Emma Nehan-Springstead, enehan@conservationlegacy.org

Service Site Contact information:

 Juanita Bonnifield, juanita_bonnifield@nps.gov or 559-565-3139

jobshiringnearme.org Legacy is 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.