Position Summary

The Community and Youth Outreach Intern will be helping to manage all facets of Glacier National Park’s volunteer program, which supports over 600 volunteers annually. This position is based out of West Glacier, MT.

Position Responsibilities:

• The CYO Intern will contribute to all aspects of the volunteer program, with an emphasis on helping facilitate both our adult and youth service groups. They will help coordinate projects with our MCC crews, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and other youth and adult service groups. This involves working collaboratively with all divisions, arranging for camping reservations, scheduling work projects, and communicating with the group leaders to ensure the group has a great visit. The CYO Intern will give a park orientation to each group they coordinate, as well as identifying other educational opportunities for these groups where possible.
• The CYO Intern will also help support individual adult and youth volunteers who are directly supervised by staff overseeing volunteer programs including Citizen Science, Camp Hosts, Wilderness Patrol, and Apgar Visitor Center. This will include assisting with volunteer paperwork, uniforms, tracking volunteer hours, other administrative duties, and preparing and facilitating volunteer events. They will be the lead for community outreach events such as the Northwest Montana Fair and two annual GNP Adopt-a-Highway clean-up events.

CYO Intern Minimum Requirements:

• We are looking for a reliable, resourceful, and flexible person with an outgoing personality, who likes working with youth.
• The candidate must be comfortable speaking in front of groups, have strong and effective organization skills for managing the complex details and work projects, have sound judgement, and adhere to safety policies.
• Many of the groups the CYO Intern will work with are youth, so some experience working with this population is needed. This might include a day care center, after school program, youth camps, volunteer work at a school, or similar experience.
• High level of familiarity with using MS office products to track data and create reports. Knowledge of Excel is also helpful to track volunteer hours and numbers.
• Will be required to obtain first aid/CPR certification
• Must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident
• Be 18-30 years old at time of service (veterans up to 35 years old)
• Possess High School Diploma/GED
• Pass fingerprint-based FBI, state criminal, and a national sex offender check
• Be able to provide proof of a driver’s license and complete an MVR check

Preferred Qualifications

• To thrive in this work environment, the CYO Intern will need to be able to work independently, maintain professionalism in a high paced environment, and stay highly organized while overseeing multiple projects.
• CYO Intern should be comfortable hiking and leading groups in a wilderness setting with grizzly bears, mountain lions, and other wild animals. As this is a developmental position, the CYO Intern will not be doing this on their own until they are comfortable doing so. They will also receive bear training, and other skills to work outside safely in the park. Much of the park has limited cell service.
• We are looking for someone with experience facilitating events or managing groups. Ideally this person might have been involved in service projects in their communities and they are handy with painting, construction, and other project-related skills.
• Involvement in a leadership position where they’ve demonstrated comfort speaking in front of groups is valuable experience for this position.
• In addition, it would be fabulous for this person to have experience with Facebook and other social media platforms, but this are not required, as we will provide training in this area.

Benefits:

• CYO Intern will receive a weekly stipend of $1,050.
• Shared Park housing may be provided at no cost to the intern. If park housing is not available, an additional stipend to off-set housing costs will be provided.
• Professional development funds.
• Networking opportunities within the National Park Service and partnering organizations.

Additional Information

• Glacier’s CYO Intern position is unique in that this person will be directly helping to manage all facets of Glacier National Park’s volunteer program.
• This CYO Intern will be on a maxi-flex schedule, to accommodate the need to occasionally work evenings and weekends. Primary work hours will be Monday through Friday.
• This position requires a current driver’s license and personal car, as there is limited to no public transportation in the area.
• Although Glacier is surrounded by rural communities, it is only 20 minutes to Columbia Falls, where two large grocery stores are located, and roughly an hour to Kalispell, which has a Costco and other large box stores.