Welcome to America Project - Career Bridging: HandsOn VISTA
Serve with the Welcome to America Project (WTAP) as a part of the HandsOn VISTA Team!
**ABOUT THE SITE AND THE ROLE: See ‘Members Duties’ below.
About HandsOn Greater Phoenix:
For nearly 30 years, HandsOn Greater Phoenix has worked with nonprofits, Title I schools, neighborhood associations and government entities to assess and meet the volunteer needs of the Greater Phoenix area. The HandsOn VISTA program supports members at multiple placement sites across the valley. Our VISTA members enable our community service partners to expand capacity and build infrastructure by creating the processes and tools needed to effectively access and utilize valuable resources. HandsOn VISTA members will improve capacity for leading communities during and beyond their terms of service by developing their knowledge, skills, and abilities related to volunteering, civic engagement, and other areas. In addition to the site-specific work of the individual role all of our VISTA members: participate in 2 AmeriCorps of Service, lead projects at 2 HandsOn community service days, attend monthly VISTA team trainings with the other HandsOn VISTA members, and monthly community volunteering project opportunities.
**PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS TO THIS POSITION ARE BEING CONSIDERED ON A ROLLING BASIS. PLEASE APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR BEST CONSIDERATION. VISIT https://www.handsonphoenix.org/beaVISTA FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Member Duties :
Join The Welcome to America Project (WTAP) and help in building additional capacity and scalability of our Career Bridging efforts to increase job readiness for refugees! In 2024, Arizona has resettled the most refugees it has ever received. These newcomers are receiving less support from the government and rely on the Welcome to America Project to fill in the gaps with resources to successfully establish them in their new home. The successful applicant will develop and strengthen The Welcome to America Project’s initiatives in building connections and providing resources to newly arrived refugees. This includes scaling our Career Bridge Pilot program, building connections with current and new community partners, improving sourcing for our Bike Program, leading and educating volunteers, and warehouse organization to help with efficiency and effectiveness. As a result, newly arrived refugees will be able to improve self-sufficiency and community members will be better informed about their new neighbors. You will do this by developing documentation processes for partnerships for delivery of training, mentoring, job readiness and career networking, building the framework for standardized case notes, developing methods to track metrics of the program and more! The future member should have some background with Google Suite, working in communities, bilingual in English and any of the following languages: Dari, Pashto, Arabic, Swahili, Rohingya, Spanish, Somali, Kinyarwanda and/or a knowledge of refugee communities but not required.
**Apply at https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=124941 to be considered faster!
Program Benefits:
Childcare assistance if eligible. Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend, Professional Development Training, Health Coverage*, Living Allowance, $100 per/Qt grocery card, Relocation Allowance.
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit: