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Position Opening: HandsOn
Greater Phoenix AmeriCorps
Member
It’s your community and AmeriCorps is
your chance to make it better. HandsOn Greater Phoenix is looking for ten
dedicated individuals who want to better their lives and the lives of
others in the community. Is that you?
HandsOn Greater
Phoenix AmeriCorps members serve for twelve months
at a local shelter, school or community organization as volunteer
project coordinators
engaging others in volunteer service to meet needs within the community.
Members will serve on a team of ten and gain
valuable nonprofit, career and leadership experience.
Hours:
Members will begin service in early September, 2008 and will serve
through August, 2009. A minimum of 1700 hours must be served within the
term, and members will serve an average of 35-45 hours per week.
Service hours are set to meet the needs of each of the ten positions and
may vary per host site. Traditionally members are asked to serve
Monday–Friday during business hours, plus evening & weekends as needed.
Benefits:
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Professional development
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Leadership training
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Nonprofit experience
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A living allowance of
approximately $500 distributed every two weeks during the term
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Basic health insurance
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Loan forbearance for
federal student loans
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A $4,725 educational award
upon completion of your service term (a minimum of 1700 hours is
required))
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Childcare assistance
(for those who qualify)
Members will
gain valuable skills & experiences through this program including:
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Knowledge of community
needs and nonprofit inner-workings
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Leadership development
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Development and
facilitation of service programs
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Opportunity to meet and
work with community leaders
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Team building and
camaraderie
Members will focus on the following
during their year of service:
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Collaboration - partner with
HandsOn Greater Phoenix staff and other AmeriCorps members to generate
new project ideas, civic education opportunities or other
possibilities unique to each host site and member
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Volunteer Engagement – create new
opportunities for volunteer, and recruit, recognize and retain new
volunteers in service
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Capacity Building at Community Based
Nonprofits – help to strengthen nonprofit volunteer management
infrastructure by developing volunteer programs, processes and/or
new resources.
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AmeriCorps Leadership Development –
participate in training and ongoing professional and personal
development opportunities
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Team Participation and Community
Service – meet monthly with other AmeriCorps members, create team
service projects, serve on Disaster Response Team.
Positions:
This program places members in the
Phoenix Metropolitan area. Members will be placed either within
the HandsOn Greater Phoenix office or at a local shelter, school or community
organization. The sites and positions address issues relating to
homelessness, health care, youth, education, disaster response and much
more. All candidates should be comfortable working in an office
environment. A list of host sites will be available soon.
To learn more about
AmeriCorps, visit
www.americorps.gov.
If you would like to apply for one of
the HandsOn Greater Phoenix AmeriCorps positions, please complete the
next
steps to apply.
Upon receiving your
application,
HandsOn Greater Phoenix will review your information and if interested will call you
to set up an interview.
The interviewing process has begun and will continue until all positions
are filled.
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