AmeriCorps VISTA at I Have A Dream-SF
I Have A Dream-SF: To Dream; to Empower; to Achieve
San Francisco’s “I Have a Dream” Foundation provides long-term academic, socio-emotional and financial support to a class of 69 Dreamers currently in the 8th grade. IHAD-SF has worked with this same group of Dreamers from third grade and will stay with them until they graduate from high school and transition to college.
The program provides Dreamers with a variety of support systems including academic advising, an after-school program, individual tutors and mentors, enrichment activities, field trips and scholarships for private schools. Through these programs, IHAD San Francisco ensures that local youth acquire the life skills necessary to obtain a higher education, realize their full potential and help improve their communities.
Job Description
We are looking for a new AmeriCorps VISTA to fill the Youth Development Coordinator position. This position is full-time (M-F, 9-6, plus occasional evening and weekends for parent meetings and field trips) and lasts for one year. VISTAs (Volunteers In Service To America) are paid a monthly stipend by the Corporation for National Service (amounting to about $411 every two weeks). There is more information on AmeriCorps below.
VISTA objectives:
1. Establish new partnerships with community agencies offering services and programs for high school aged students.
2. Identify and secure funding sources for Dreamers’ private school tuitions.
Write grants, develop relationships with individual schools and give presentations to individual donors.
Maintain a database of potential and current donors.
3. Create a College Preparedness Program that will guide the Dreamers through the college application process.
Research and create a database on scholarship information and application requirements for Dreamers and their families.
Develop a timeline and reporting system to make sure Dreamers are on track with the college application process
4. Expand the Career Pathways Program to provide more Dreamers with professional internship experience at local Bay Area companies.
Establish a network of organizations and companies
to serve as host sites for Dreamer interns. Maintain ongoing support to host site during internship period.
Create an interview system, pre-job training program, and stipend system for Dreamer interns
Develop a post-internship program to record and share intern’s experiences with other
Dreamers.
Collect information on community service and study abroad opportunities for high schoolers
Investigate financial literacy programs and savings
accounts for Dreamer interns
Identify resources to build Dreamers leadership skills and fundraising capacity
5. Manage the parent leadership program. Provide workshops on supporting their child’s education in high school and college and facilitate parent leadership meetings at IHAD.
AmeriCorps VISTA program:
AmeriCorps*VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) provides full-time members to nonprofit, faith-based and other community organizations, and public agencies to create and expand programs that ultimately bring low-income individuals and communities out of poverty.
AmeriCorps*VISTA members spend at least one year in full-time service addressing the needs of low-income communities. All projects focus on building permanent infrastructure in nonprofit organizations to help them more effectively bring individuals and communities out of poverty.
AmeriCorps VISTAs are full-time volunteers to their host organization. They are paid a monthly stipend and have the option of receiving a financial award for education or a cash stipend at the end of their service. For more information, see http://www.americorps.org/about/programs/vista.asp).
Qualifications:
-Excellent interpersonal skills; enthusiasm, professionalism, and creative initiative
Understanding of and sensitivity to the issues and challenges facing low income, urban, immigrant communities
Ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds
Ability to speak Spanish preferred
Commitment to the overall goals of the organization and the specific goals of the VISTA project
Interest/experience in youth development, service-learning, and life skills programming for youth (especially high school aged youth)
Compassion, sense of humor, flexibility and ability to command trust
Excellent organizational and written communication skills
Ability to work collaboratively
Some college coursework, or equivalent experience
Experience with the college application process preferred
Experience with service learning and job training preferred
Computer skills- MAC and IBM
Please fax or email resumes to Emma Keefe at
415-355-7680 or ekeefe_ihad@yahoo.com
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