Trails Handbook Translation Member

American Conservation Experience, a nonprofit Conservation Corps, in partnership with the California Department of Parks & Recreation, is seeking One Trails Handbook Translation Member to contribute to a trails project alongside California Department of Parks & Recreation Staff.

For more information about ACE, please visit our website.

Start Date: November 2026

Estimated End Date: January 2027

*a 8-week minimum commitment is required *

California Department of Parks and Recreation manages 280 park units, which contain the finest and most diverse collection of natural, cultural, and recreational resources to be found within California.

For more information about the California Department of Parks & Recreation, please visit the state parks website.

Position Overview: This position will be responsible for providing headers and alternative text to figures, charts, tables, and maps in the California Department of Parks and Recreation Trails Handbook, Spanish Translation version, necessary to meet section 508 accessibility requirements. Section 508 accessibility requirements are intended to ensure that people using screen readers, keyboard navigation, magnification, and other assistive technologies can access the same information contained in documents and web content. In the position the member will use Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat. Other administrative office tasks may be performed based upon schedule and need.

This individual placement is meant to facilitate professional development and promotes exposure to land management agencies and networking with professionals. This could include gaining experience in different conservation fields and shadowing different work groups.

Schedule: The schedule will generally be Tuesday to Thursday from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, but flexibility of schedule is possible. This position will initially require in office attendance but at home work can be negotiated depending on project needs.

Living Allowance: The ACE Member is expected to contribute ~24 hours/week and will receive a living allowance of $528/week to offset the costs of food and incidental expenses, dispersed bi-weekly. The living allowance is a fixed rate determined by the California Department of Parks & Recreation and ACE and is not flexible.

Provided Training/Orientation: ACE members will receive position specific training and an orientation outlining ACE policies and procedures, clear guidance on prohibited activities, and networks for support.

Qualifications

Required:

• Members must be authorized to work in the United States. ACE does not provide sponsorship for employment visas.
• Willing and able to represent ACE and the partner organization in a professional, positive, and enthusiastic manner.
• Ability to be both self-directed/work alone, and be a positive, contributing member of a group.
• A current and valid form of ID (will be required to provide copies of ID's upon hiring)
• Willing to undergo and must pass the required criminal history checks
• Ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.
• ACE Members will need to complete bi-weekly timesheets, beginning of term feedback forms, end of term evaluations and for longer terms, a mid-term evaluation.
• Member may not participate in any prohibited activities as listed in the Member Service Agreement.
• This position requires fluency in both English and Spanish, with strong reading and writing skills in both languages.
• To learn more about eligibility requirements, please visit our website.

Preferred:

• Competitive applicants for this position can hold or be pursuing a minimum of a Recreation Management or other Natural Resources degree
• All candidates are encouraged to apply, though local candidates will be strongly considered.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat.

Physical Demands, Work Environment and Working Conditions:

• Physical Demands : Requires frequent sitting, standing, walking, hiking, carrying, using hands to handle or feel, reaching with hands and arms, talking and hearing. Manual dexterity required for use of computer keyboard/mouse and other office equipment.
• Vision Requirements: Requires close, distance, peripheral and depth perception vision as well as the ability to focus.
• Environmental: Mainly indoor, office environment conditions; indoor air quality is good and temperature is controlled.
• Noise Environment : Moderate noise such as in a business office with equipment and light traffic.

ACE participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information when you are enrolled in a program to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

EEO: Employment or Service with ACE is based upon ability, qualifications, attitude, and job-related factors. Every qualified employee, member, or applicant has the same opportunity for recruitment, hire, training, transfer, promotion, compensation, demotion, termination, benefits, employee activities, and general treatment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, creed, national origin, pregnancy, ancestry, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital or parental status, political affiliation, ethnicity, hair texture or style, arrest record, caste, hereditary status, endogamy, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal law.