Start date: October 19, 2020
Term length: 11 months
Schedule: 40 hours/week, Monday - Friday from 9 am - 5 pm with occasional weekends and evenings required
Location: Waterloo, largely virtual
Member Service Activities
Qualifications
Benefits
Other Requirements
Term length: 11 months
Schedule: 40 hours/week, Monday - Friday from 9 am - 5 pm with occasional weekends and evenings required
Location: Waterloo, largely virtual
Member Service Activities
- Coordinate largely virtual programming designed to support elementary, junior high, and high school students as well as their parents across the Waterloo School District with the "return to learn" plan and other programming throughout the year
- Communicate and serve with a diverse team of staff, AmeriCorps members, volunteers, partner families, and community members
- Attend 3 RISE AmeriCorps Trainings throughout the year
- The program may require the member to engage in additional allowable activities that support the AmeriCorps program design and which help the program meet its goals as outlined in the approved AmeriCorps application. In no circumstance, will members be asked or allowed to perform prohibited activities.
Qualifications
- Interest and respect for different cultures with a commitment to social justice
- Ability to communicate effectively in English. Ability to communicate in a language of one of Iowa’s refugee communities is a plus, but not required
- Ability and willingness to work flexible hours, including occasional evenings and weekends
- Ability to use a computer for e-mail communication, online reporting (monthly time reports, quarterly impact data), and preparing monthly success stories/reflections
- Experience training or teaching adults, preferably across racial, cultural, class, and gender differences is a plus
- Must be high school graduate, GED recipient, working on attaining a diploma or GED during term of service
- At least 17 years of age at the commencement of service
- Citizen, national, or lawful permanent resident alien of the United States
- Satisfy the National Service Criminal History Check
Benefits
- $14,880 Yearly Living Allowance
- $6,915 Education Award received upon successful completion of term of service
- Student loan forbearance and interest payments on federal student loans, if the member qualifies
- Health care, if applicable (minimum of 32 hours per week contracted)
- Childcare coverage operated through AmeriCorpsChildcare.com, qualification based on family income and operated outside of our program (minimum of 32 hours per week contracted)
Other Requirements
- Members will receive an evaluation from their site supervisor at the middle and end of their service
- Personal time must be approved in advance by your site supervisor
- If you are unable to serve due to illness, please contact your site supervisor as soon as you know you will be unable to meet your service. Sick or personal days are allowed, but members lose possible days to earn the required number of hours needed to successfully complete the term of service. There are additional benefits offered if the member has a compelling personal circumstance.
