Conservation Corps North Carolina Communications VISTA Summer Associate - AmeriCorps

Position Title:

Conservation Corps North Carolina Communications -

VISTA Summer Associate Conservation Legacy Program:

Stewards Individual Placement Site Location:

Conservation Corps North Carolina 918 State Forest Rd, Bahama, NC 27503

Terms of Service:

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Start Date:

6/15/2026 •

End Date:

8/23/2026 •

AmeriCorps Slot Classification:

Minimum-time Purpose:

Conservation Corps North Carolina (CCNC) empowers youth and young adults through meaningful outdoor work that benefits North Carolina's land and water and fosters healthy communities. A program of Conservation Legacy, CCNC partners with public land managers and community organizers across the state to engage motivated individuals - typically ages 15-30 - in challenging and impactful conservation service projects. These projects may include trail construction and maintenance, habitat restoration, hazard fuel reduction, invasive species removal, and other technical conservation work. CCNC crews and individual placements gain hands-on experience, professional development, and the opportunity to positively impact North Carolina's natural resources and communities. CCNC has program offices in both Durham and Old Fort and supports project work statewide with partners including the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AmeriCorps, NC State Parks, NC Wildlife Resources Commission, local governments, community organizations, and nonprofits. This project is focused on improving the communication and outreach tools that CCNC uses to recruit and retain youth and young adult program volunteers and tell the story of their work to support the organization's mission. The Summer Associate VISTA member will support the development of a media asset library, create and implement SOPs for social media, collect stories and other content from summer programming, and develop ideas for expanding the reach of CCNC's newsletter and media presence. Building these tools and systems will help CCNC continue to share the important work of it's volunteers and alumni and support partner agencies across the state. This project will also support future grant writing efforts by developing an easy bank of stories, data, and evidence to demonstrate CCNC's positive impacts in future proposals.

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-te...