Position Title: Summer Watershed Marketing and Publicity Specialist – VISTA Summer Associate

Conservation Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placement

Site Location:

Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR)

EPCAMR, 101 S. Main Street, Ashley, PA 18706

Terms of Service:

• Start Date: 6/15/2026
• End Date: 8/23/2026
• AmeriCorps Slot Classification: 300 hours (Minimum-Time)

Purpose:

• Poverty is lack of access to resources, tools, experiences, recreational opportunities due to legacy AMD and abandoned mine lands that are continuing to pollute our rivers, streams, and lands in our communities leaving blight and a general lack of amenities that most other communities have where clean water, air, and land is much more suitable for a higher quality of life. Our efforts help to locate funds, resources, volunteer opportunities, educational opportunities, watershed experiences, and capacity building from within these very same communities to tackle the environmental issues together through active environmental stewardship projects and outreach programs.
• This project will provide EPCAMR with another volunteer that will have the opportunity to work 400 hours with us to help us move projects along, put a few additional hands in the field for monitoring and help us to reach a larger audience of our community partners across our region. The member will also help us in areas of grant research, community outreach, publicity, and environmental education programs and events with area youth in our underserved school districts (we have 114 of them in our region and aren't able to serve all of them). The member will be able to help us tell our story and get the word out about our successes.

Description of Duties:

The Summer Associate will focus on capacity-building activities that produce internal planning resources, documentation tools, and community engagement materials. Duties may include compiling labor market research summaries, developing workforce resource inventories, creating community asset maps, organizing environmental data sets, drafting partnership coordination frameworks, designing planning templates and resource guides, and assisting with public-facing informational workshops, outreach campaigns, or site observations. Activities are designed to strengthen host organizations’ capacity, guide long-term workforce and environmental program development, provide tangible connections between planning tools and community needs, and support measurable outcomes in workforce access, environmental stewardship, and community engagement.

The member will document and create stories and take photos when Staff perform AMD and flow monitoring, macro sampling, mining history research, watershed assessment development, illegal dump site cleanups and tire removal projects, grant writing, environmental education and outreach, website updates, graphic design projects, recruit volunteers, assist with our 30th Anniversary Celebration in September 2026, assist with 28th Annual PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference (www.treatminewater.com) in October 2026, mine pool mapping, scanning and cataloging of mine maps, aquatic passage assessments of culverts and bridges, and grant writing.

Qualifications:

• Car recommended;
• Desired education level: Some College
• Language requirement: English
• 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.

Physical Requirements:

Conservation 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.

Time Requirements:

• Typically, this position is expected to serve full-time, 35-40 hours per week, but exact service schedules may vary. A half hour lunch break will not be counted towards AmeriCorps service
• Permits attendance at school during off hours;
• Permits working at another job during off hours;

Orientation and Training:

• Member will receive an orientation that includes training on AmeriCorps prohibited and unallowable activities.
• Member will receive a Virtual Member Orientation (VMO) from VISTA on their first day of service.

Benefits:

• Segal AmeriCorps Education Award of $1, 565.08
• Living Allowance of $957.46 (taxable) every other week.
• Healthcare Coverage if Eligible
• Childcare Coverage if Eligible
• Loan forbearance if Eligible
• Interest Payments if Eligible
• Recreational Opportunities
• Professional Development Opportunities

Evaluation and Reporting:

As an AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associate, performance will be evaluated on whether the Summer Associate has completed the required number of hours, whether the Summer Associate has satisfactorily completed assignments, and if the Summer Associate 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:

Erin Adams

eadams@conservationlegacy.org

330 Harper Park Drive

Beckley, WV 25801

(304) 860-0578

Host Organization Contact:

Bobby Hughes
rhughes@epcamr.org
(775) 983-6171

Conservation 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.