Start/End Dates: May 26, 2025 – August 9, 2025 (11 weeks)
Compensation: $688 per week
Medical Insurance: Not provided
Application Due: February 7, 2025

The Latino Heritage Internship Program seeks to engage ethnically and racially diverse young professionals in natural resource careers.

Eligibility Requirement:

• Must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident.
• A personal vehicle is not required for this position but is recommended.

Position Description: 

Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial (LIBO) is seeking two interns to assist with youth and family program development as well as bilingual education and interpretation initiatives. These programs and products will be designed for use at the park site and within the surrounding community.

In 2017 and 2018, Latino Heritage Interns at LIBO collaborated with the Association of Latino Americans in Southern Indiana (ALASI) to establish "Fiesta in the Park," an event hosted on LIBO park grounds. This event aimed to strengthen connections between the park and an underserved community in the area. While these relationships were disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic, LIBO is eager to reconnect with this audience.

In 2023 and 2024, LHIP interns expanded on the earlier successes by creating public programs for local festivals, libraries, and summer camps. These efforts also included forming partnerships with community organizations such as ALASI and Carnival Latino. With 29% of the population of Huntingburg, Indiana (approximately 11 miles north of the park) identifying as Hispanic or Latino, LIBO’s 2025 interns will focus on developing audience-centered experiences primarily geared toward Spanish speakers and updating the park's educational and interpretive materials.

Potential Programs:

• Exploring Southern Indiana nature.
• Learning about pioneer life and Abraham Lincoln’s time in Southern Indiana.
• Providing on-site living history farm tours and Visitor Center exploration activities.

Community Engagement:
Throughout the summer, interns will work to:

• Conduct outreach with the Latinx community, particularly in the Huntingburg area.
• Expand existing programs.
• Re-establish connections with local Latinx audiences.

Hosting LHIP interns in 2025 is a critical step in LIBO’s effort to create continuity in its outreach initiatives with the local Latinx community.

Qualifications:

Education Background:

• Fields of study: History, Education, Earth Sciences, Communications.

Skills and Attributes:

• Fluent in English and Spanish (speaking, reading, and writing).
• Dependable and acts with integrity.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work well with people from diverse backgrounds.
• Holds oneself accountable and meets deadlines.

Interns in this program will accrue 480 hours toward Public Land Corps (PLC) Hiring Authority. See below for more information about PLC.

Public Land Corps Non-Competitive Hiring Authority (PLC)
The Public Land Corps Non-Competitive Hiring Authority is a special hiring authority available to qualifying interns. The intern must be between the ages of 18 and 30 years old, inclusive, or a veteran up to age 35 and complete 640 hours of work on an appropriate conservation project to be eligible for this hiring authority. Upon successful completion of the PLC project(s), the intern is eligible for two years to be hired non-competitively into a federal seasonal, term, or permanent position. The applicant must apply to a PLC-eligible position advertised on USAJobs.gov and selected off a non-competitive certificate of eligibility. For more information, see DOI Personnel Bulletins 11-02 , 12-13, and 17-03.

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