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Volunteer and Community Outreach Associate (AmeriCorps VISTA)

SCOPE
South Bronx United (SBU) is seeking enthusiastic and caring individuals with a passion for youth and community development to serve as NYC Service Civic Corps members. Civic Corps members will serve as one of two South Bronx United Volunteer Coordinators, supporting the recruitment and management of SBU’s volunteers, a community of over 200 individuals passionate about youth development and community enrichment through sports. The Volunteer Coordinator will specifically work to recruit and manage tutors, mentors, volunteer teachers, and soccer coaches. The member will collaborate with staff and volunteer leaders to strengthen volunteer processes and training materials with the goal of recruiting more volunteers, improving the volunteer experience, improving program quality through volunteer training and preparation, and retaining more volunteers for longer periods of service.

Each Volunteer Coordinator helps with recruitment and management of volunteers in SBU's core program areas: academics, soccer, and immigrant services. After ten months, the member will have helped recruit more volunteers, encouraged volunteers to stay for the next semester or year, improved our volunteer management process, and have had a direct impact on the lives of over 1000 students by improving their experience in South Bronx United and providing a mentors that they can count on.

RESPONSIBILITIES DETAILED
• Recruit, interview, and place volunteer candidates
• Track and interpret statistics on recruitment and retention
• Develop consistent practices and communications around targeted recruitment, retention, recognition and volunteer leadership development
• Research effective volunteer training methods, working with staff to strengthen volunteer training, including trainings manuals
• Collaborate with staff to implement effective volunteer orientation and training sessions
• Maintain a database of volunteers, which includes volunteer attendance
• Provide ongoing professional support, encouragement, and recognition for volunteers through their term of service
• Build the SBU Volunteer Ambassador program on local college campuses
• Manage and support volunteers at their sites of service
• Maintain strong relationships with supervisors, staff, volunteers, youth, and other organization members
• Attend monthly professional development workshops hosted by NYC Service as well as the Americorps National Day of Service

QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Has served as a volunteer in some prior capacity
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse individuals
• Effective in multi-cultural and cross-cultural settings and understanding of individuals of all backgrounds
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment and with a developing nonprofit organization
• Flexible and adaptable to work in a variety of settings
• Strong administrative, computer, and writing skills.
• Proficiency with email, Google documents, and Microsoft Office
• Punctual and team-oriented
• (Preferred) Spanish and/or French fluency
• (Preferred) Experience in youth development
• (Preferred) Experience working with low-income, at-risk, or immigrant communities

SCHEDULE
The term of service runs August/September – mid July. The following hours are approximate:
• Monday, Wednesday 12pm - 8pm; Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10am - 6pm
• or Tuesday - Friday 10am - 6pm; Saturday 8:30am - 4:30pm

COMPENSATION
• A living stipend of approximately $22,000 for twelve months (exact amounts according to Corporate for National and Community Services AmeriCorps VISTA rates and Up2Us contract)
• An educational award of $5,775 that can be used on student loans or future educational expenses is provided upon successful completion of the 10 month service term
• Health coverage
• Unlimited monthly metro card when in-person programming is operating
All HR related matters are handled by Up2Us. Learn more about the program at https://www.up2us.org/about-vista

HOW TO APPLY
To apply email hiring@southbronxunited.org with a cover letter and resume. Please be aware all applications must complete a formal application through the AmeriCorps eGrants program.