GIS Cultural Resources Steward – AmeriCorps (Alaska Region)

                                                        

 

Position Title: GIS Cultural Resources Steward – AmeriCorps

Conservation Legacy Program: Stewards Individual Placements

Site Location: Alaska Regional Office, 240 W 5th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501

Application Due: Monday, April 13th 

Terms of Service:


* Start Date: 06/01/2026


* End Date: 11/13/2026


* AmeriCorps Slot Classification: 675 Hours

 Purpose:

Stewards Individual Placements (Stewards), a program of Conservation Legacy, provides individuals with AmeriCorps service and career internship 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 the NPS GIS office is hosting a cohort of GIS stewards.

Alaskan National Parks are known for brown bears, salmon, and archeological sites documenting over 10,000 years of human history.

The NPS Alaska Regional Office seeks a Steward to serve with GIS and Cultural Resource staff in the Regional Office and in Parks to collate existing cultural resource geospatial data to make it more available for resource management. 

By the end of this opportunity, the incumbent can expect to have increased proficiency levels for the following NPS GIS Competencies: GIS Database Management, GIS Support, GIS Applications, Metadata, Data Management, Coordination and Communication, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Technology Application, and Information Quality Assurance.

No NPS housing is available in Anchorage.

 

Description of Duties:

The GIS Cultural Resource Steward will produce a comprehensive geodatabase of cultural resource geospatial data.

Duties will include but are not limited to the following:


* Collate Park cultural resource geospatial data into a geodatabase meeting national and regional spatial data standards


* Create metadata for geospatial files by researching Park files to locate information about geospatial data


* Research archives to locate information related to cultural resource geospatial data


* Digitize cultural resource data collected prior to the existence of geospatial software


* Serve with Regional and Park Cultural Resource and GIS staff as needed


* Participate in GIS Team meetings, events and discussions


* Design a capstone presentation for the NPS GIS community at the conclusion of the experience

 
Requirements:


* United States citizen, United States national, or a lawful permanent resident alien


* At least 18 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...