TNC of South Carolina - Stewardship Assistant Individual Placement

Title: Stewardship Assistant – Individual Placement 

Reports to: Samantha McCann, Stewardship Manager, The Nature Conservancy – SC 

Locations: Based in Mt. Pleasant, SC 

Status: Seasonal, Full-time, Exempt (675-hour AmeriCorps National Service Term) 

AmeriCorps Education Award: $2,817.14 upon completion of term of service. 

Stipend: $700/week living stipend + $180 additional benefits stipend – paid bi-weekly   

Start/End date:   01/21/25 – 05/23/25 - 18 weeks Positions 

Available: 1 Position opened until filled.    

Southeast Conservation Corps: SECC empowers young adults to cultivate compassion, responsibility, and grit through community service, hard work, and environmental stewardship. The Southeast  Conservation Corps (SECC) is a non-profit, AmeriCorps-affiliated organization. The SECC selects young adults, ages 18-30, to complete conservation service projects on public lands throughout the Southeast. SECC programs encourage environmental stewardship, foster community partnerships, and emphasize experiential learning. SECC serves a diverse population that is representative of the Southeast, including youth, graduates, veterans, and a cross-section of ethnicities and income levels.     

Site Description: Founded in 1951, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a global conservation organization dedicated to conserving the lands and waters on which life depends. Guided by science, we create innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world's toughest challenges so that nature and people can thrive together. We are tackling climate change and conserving lands, water, and oceans at an unprecedented scale. We are providing food and water sustainably and helping make cities more sustainable. Serving in 72 countries, including all 50 United States, we use a collaborative approach that engages local communities. 

For more information about The Nature Conservancy, visit The Nature Conservancy: A World Where People & Nature Thrive (nature.org). 

The Nature Conservancy South Carolina Stewardship Team is responsible for monitoring and stewarding our conservation easement & preserve portfolio. Our 161+ property portfolio of conservation easements protects over 187,000 acres from development, throughout South Carolina. We work with landowners to ensure the conservation values on their property are protected. We have six public preserves protecting over 13,000 acres throughout the state. TNC South Carolina also holds leadership positions in the South Carolina Land Trust Network which works with and helps 20+ land trusts in the state and government entities to boost conservation efforts, and provide conservation data for all to use. 

Overview:  

To better steward the lands we own & protect we have implemented a seasonal stewardship program to help with easement monitoring and our preserve work. This will be the third year of us having an AmeriCorps Steward! The Stewardship Assistant will collect and improve data on existing infrastructure on our lands. Having this information in our geodatabase is crucial in tracking changes to each property over time, ensuring the conservation values are being protected. Our public preserves and other lands we own are stewarded by our full time Land Steward. The Stewardship Assistant will join the Land Steward in land improvements and other misc tasks when a second person is needed for safety or quality purposes. Examples include when using a boat to access properties, or when the Land Steward is operating a chainsaw. 

Position Responsibilities: 

The Stewardship Assistant will monitor assigned conservation easements, which includes using an iPad to collect infrastructure data and document the site visit in order to complete a monitoring report. They will assist with preserve work, including but not limited to joining on-site visits, trail improvements, and using an iPad to log work completed. When not in the field the Stewardship Assistant will enter data into our database. 1.CON