AmeriCorps is empowering communities to tackle domestic challenges. AmeriCorps VISTA is an anti-poverty program helping local organizations expand their capacity to alleviate poverty.

Members in the VISTA program serve full-time one-year terms with nonprofit organizations and public agencies to generate the commitment of private sector resources, encourage volunteer service locally, and empower individuals and communities.

This service opportunity is a chance to build skills and your resume while earning financial support during this AmeriCorps service commitment.

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) administers programs that create domestic and international marketing opportunities for U.S. producers of food, fiber, and specialty crops. AMS also provides the agriculture industry with valuable services to ensure the quality and availability of wholesome food for consumers across the country.

Nearly 4,000 AMS professionals work every day to support the country’s diverse agricultural operations, which range from individual farmers to international businesses and employ 1 in 12 people. AMS services and its millions of dollars in annual grant investments also create opportunities by supporting economic development in small towns and rural communities that stand as the backbone of American values.

Much of the agency’s support for agriculture is provided through commodity-specific efforts, such as its Dairy; Specialty Crops; Livestock and Poultry; and Cotton and Tobacco Programs. AMS also oversees the National Organic Program; Science and Technology Program; and the Transportation and Marketing Program. AMS also provides regulatory oversight for over 20 research and promotion programs, and enforces other Federal regulations such as the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and the Seed Act.

You too can make a difference in our world! The work of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is meaningful and varied. Our mission is to work with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. We manage the 150 million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System of more than 560 National Wildlife Refuges and thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. Under the Fisheries program we also operate 70 National Fish Hatcheries, 65 fishery resource offices and 86 ecological services field stations.

Our positions include Wildlife Biologists, Fish Biologists, Biological Science Technicians, Wildland Firefighters, Law Enforcement, and other administrative support positions. Watch your wildlife career take flight at U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

We protect our nation’s highest elected leaders, visiting foreign heads of state, and national special security events; and safeguard the U.S. financial infrastructure and payment systems.

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) protects the health of U.S. agriculture and natural resources against invasive pests and diseases, regulates genetically engineered crops, administers the Animal Welfare Act, and helps people and wildlife coexist. APHIS also certifies the health of U.S. agricultural exports and resolves phytosanitary and sanitary issues to open, expand, and maintain markets for U.S plant and animal products.

The U.S. Department of State is America’s leading foreign affairs agency that works to shape and sustain a peaceful, prosperous, just, and democratic world and fosters conditions for stability and progress for the benefit of the American people and people everywhere. Our employees are champions of American diplomacy, using their knowledge and experience in everything from architecture to engineering and technology to medicine to achieve success as they serve with integrity and professionalism.   Contribute your different perspectives, life experiences, and innovative thinking as you collaborate with colleagues throughout the world who work to support and advance U.S. interests worldwide.

Visit careers.state.gov to learn more.

U.S. citizenship is required. An equal opportunity employer.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was founded in 1901 and is now part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. NIST is one of the nation’s oldest physical science laboratories. Congress established the agency to remove a major challenge to U.S. industrial competitiveness at the time—a second-rate measurement infrastructure that lagged behind the capabilities of the United Kingdom, Germany, and other economic rivals.

From the smart electric power grid and electronic health records to atomic clocks, advanced nanomaterials, and computer chips, innumerable products and services rely in some way on technology, measurement, and standards provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Today, NIST measurements support the smallest of technologies to the largest and most complex of human-made creations—from nanoscale devices so tiny that tens of thousands can fit on the end of a single human hair up to earthquake-resistant skyscrapers and global communication networks.

We invite you to explore our web site to learn about our current projects, to find out how you can work with us, or to make use of our products and services.

Participating Employers

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

AmeriCorps

USDA/Agricultural Marketing Service

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency- Office of Water

National Institute of Standards and Technology