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open preserve wv americorps service opportunities |
UPDATED 01/22/2021 - The open service opportunities are listed in alphabetical order.
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Berkeley County Roundhouse Authority (1 accelerated part-time opportunity available)
Site Supervisor: Spring Giovanelli Location: Martinsburg, Berkeley County Follow on Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/MartingsburgRoundhouse |
The Martinsburg Roundhouse is one of 16 National Historic Landmarks in West Virginia. It includes 13 acres with three B&O Railroad shop buildings. The main attraction is the completely enclosed, 1866, cast iron frame roundhouse. This complex was active early in the Civil War and was where the multi-state Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began. The B&O Railroad shops operated until 1988.
The Berkeley County Roundhouse Authority, part of the Berkeley County Council, now operates the Martinsburg Roundhouse as a seasonal historical site and event / rental venue. The mission of the Berkeley County Roundhouse Authority is the preservation and rehabilitation of the Martinsburg Roundhouse for adaptive reuse as an historic attraction of national significance and community center for public events. Tasks will include:
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Clio Foundation (1 accelerated part-time opportunity available)
Site Supervisor: David Trowbridge Location: Remote |
Clio Foundation is a nonprofit humanities organization based in Huntington that helps historical societies, museums, and other organizations create walking tours, virtual tours of museums and historical sites, and other content to connect people to the history and culture that surround us. Clio offers a free educational website www.theclio.com and a mobile application that offers a growing database of over 35,000 entries and a thousand walking tours and virtual tours of museums and sites.
Responding to the requests of museums, libraries, historical societies, and universities, the AmeriCorps member will use their skills in photography, graphic design, and video production to work with a team and create promotional materials for walking tours, virtual tours, and other content. The member will support preservation and heritage organizations that use Clio by designing graphics, digital signage, and other promotional materials that other organizations can customize. They will also work with a team to create user guides and short videos designed for social media. The member may also work with tourism organizations, preservation groups, and members of the media to spread awareness of this free platform for sharing history and culture. The site supervisor will make the career success of the AmeriCorps member a leading priority. Prior members have led various projects, published articles, created pedagogical resources, attended conferences, led workshops, and networked with dozens of potential employers. AmeriCorps members have the opportunity to conduct outreach and network with potential employers and future clients. Each digital image, poster, rack card, video, and guide will become part of a published portfolio of published work. By the end of the service term, they will have designed materials for dozens of leading organizations, from Smithsonian affiliates to National Park Service sites to Main Street Organizations and city governments. The Clio AmeriCorps member for this position needs to have experience with graphic and video editing programs. The member will work with other AmeriCorps members and the supervisor to design guides and video resources for instructors and organizations that use Clio. They will also work with the team to assist professional historians, librarians, archivists, historic landmarks commissions, mayors and civic leaders, universities, convention and visitors’ bureaus, state government officials, and Main Street organizations that utilize Clio throughout West Virginia. |
*COVID-19 ACCOMMODATIONS - Preserve WV AmeriCorps program and sites are making accommodations to keep members and communities safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on public health guidance, sites may be closed for a time, events canceled, and some members telework from home. Service activities may be modified to respect social distancing, limiting group size for events, and provide virtual programming instead of in-person. Some members are also providing relief service activities, in addition to their usual assignments. Preserve WV AmeriCorps intends to continue providing service. We will do all we can to continue serving our communities, while staying safe.
NOTICE
Participation in the Preserve WV AmeriCorps (or any other CNCS) program is based on merit and equal opportunity for all, without regard to factors such as race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, political affiliation, marital or parental status, military service, or religious, community, or social affiliations. You have a right to reasonable accommodation for disabilities. Programs must furnish reasonable accommodations for the known physical and mental limitations of qualified AmeriCorps members.
If you believe your rights have been violated, you may report such violations to the directors of your program of whom must establish and maintain a procedure for filing and adjudicating certain grievances. You may also file discrimination-related grievances with the Equal Opportunity Counselor of the Corporation for National and Community Service at (202) 606-5000, ext. 312 (voice), or 1 (800) 942-2677.
Participation in the Preserve WV AmeriCorps (or any other CNCS) program is based on merit and equal opportunity for all, without regard to factors such as race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, political affiliation, marital or parental status, military service, or religious, community, or social affiliations. You have a right to reasonable accommodation for disabilities. Programs must furnish reasonable accommodations for the known physical and mental limitations of qualified AmeriCorps members.
If you believe your rights have been violated, you may report such violations to the directors of your program of whom must establish and maintain a procedure for filing and adjudicating certain grievances. You may also file discrimination-related grievances with the Equal Opportunity Counselor of the Corporation for National and Community Service at (202) 606-5000, ext. 312 (voice), or 1 (800) 942-2677.
