07/09/2026
📣📣We’re ! 📣📣
🚨Please share! Applications are due July 10th! Placements are first-come, first-served. All offers are contingent upon the Program receiving funding for the 2026-2027 grant cycle.
All interested applicants should create an account on the “My AmeriCorps” website before they will be able to apply: https://my.americorps.gov/mp/recruit/registration.do
Positions we are hiring for:
💦20 full-time Watershed Ambassador positions (35-40 hours a week, September-July, 1700 total hours)
💦3 full-time Source Water Protection Ambassador positions (35-40 hours a week, September-July, 1700 total hours)
Application for the Watershed Ambassador Position
🔗https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do...
Application for the Source Water Protection Ambassador Position
🔗https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do...
🏠To view our recorded Virtual Open House, please visit: https://youtu.be/kOkqNVTR7rE
We like to see an applicant include why they want to apply to our program specifically in their Motivational Statement, as well as which WMA or SWP Region they are interested in. Please consider your Motivational Statement your Cover Letter.
Benefits of being a Full Time Ambassador?
~ $25,000 living stipend evenly distributed bi-weekly over the 10 months of service
~ Segal Education Award upon completion of 1700 hours (up to $7,395)
~ Health coverage provided
~ Childcare assistance if eligible
Why be an Ambassador?
✅Gain experience in the environmental field
✅Develop public speaking and presentation skills
✅Learn field work and citizen science methods
✅Enhance your ability to manage programs and events
✅Build your professional network
✅Increase your knowledge of local and state government
✅Make lasting friendships
✅and more!
This program is open to all ages and experience levels. We do not require any specific field of study, but a bachelor’s degree or higher is required.
A car is also required to travel to service assignments.
Applicants must be US citizens or permanent resident aliens.
📧Email ([email protected] and [email protected]) with any questions or concerns.
📍WMA 1: Upper Delaware Watersheds
Musconetcong Watershed Association
📍WMA 2: Wallkill Watersheds
Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority
📍WMA 3: Pompton, Wanaque, Ramapo & Pequannock Watersheds
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Passaic County
📍WMA 4: Lower Passaic & Saddle Watersheds
Official: Liberty State Park
(POSITION FILLED)
📍WMA 5: Hackensack & Pascack Watersheds
Hackensack Riverkeeper, Inc.
📍WMA 6: Upper Passaic, Whippany & Rockaway Watersheds
Location Pending
📍WMA 7: Arthur Kill Watersheds
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Union County
(POSITION FILLED)
📍WMA 8: North & South Raritan Watersheds
Raritan Headwaters Association
📍WMA 9: Lower Raritan, South & Lawrence Rivers Watersheds
Duke Farms
(POSITION FILLED)
📍WMA 10: Millstone Watersheds
The Watershed Institute
📍WMA 11: Central Delaware Watersheds
Bulls Island Recreation Area
(POSITION FILLED)
📍WMA 12: Monmouth Watersheds
Monmouth County Division of Planning
(POSITION FILLED)
📍WMA 13: Barnegat Bay Watersheds
Barnegat Bay Partnership
📍WMA 14: Mullica Watersheds
Jacques Cousteau NERR
📍WMA 15: Great Egg Harbor Watersheds
ACUA - Atlantic County Utilities Authority
📍WMA 16: Cape May Watersheds
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cape May County
📍WMA 17: Maurice, Salem & Cohansey Watersheds
The Authority of Cumberland County, NJ
📍WMA 18: Lower Delaware Watersheds
Palmyra Cove Nature Center
📍WMA 19: Rancocas Watersheds
Pinelands Alliance
📍WMA 20: Crosswicks, Doctors and Assiscunk Watersheds
Mercer County Park Commission at Tulpehaking Nature Center
📍SWP Northern Region
NJ DEP Northern Water Enforcement Office
(POSITION FILLED)
📍SWP Central Region
New Jersey Water Supply Authority- Watershed Protection
(POSITION FILLED)
📍SWP Southern Region
NJ DEP Southern Water Enforcement Office
AmeriCorps AmeriCorps New Jersey New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection NJDEP’s Water Resource Management
