Available Positions

AmeriCorps VISTA offers two terms of service: Summer Associates and Year-Long Assignments. All positions are 40-hours a week and all come with an end-of-service choice between an education award and a cash stipend, though the amounts differ.

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SUMMER ASSOCIATES

Summer Associates serve 10-week terms. They do direct service as in "hands on work", whereas year-long members perform indirect service as in capacity building. Summer Associates receive a monthly living allowance of $1,358 and an end-of-service choice between an education award of $1,289.95 OR cash stipend of $345.80.

Recruitment for 2019 Summer Associates has ended. Check back in March 2020 for new postings!

YEAR-LONG POSITIONS

Year-long AmeriCorps VISTA members serve for a full year and perform indirect service such as resource development and program coordination. Members receive a monthly living allowance of $1,333 and an end-of-service choice between an education award of $6,095 or cash stipend of $1,800. They also receive childcare assistance (if eligible), relocation allowance of $0.40 a mile & settling-in allowance of $750 (if moving 50+ miles) and health care coverage/allowance.

Fairbanks year-long VISTAs also receive a cold weather gear allowance of $275. Purchases must be made in the first 30 days of service and can include cold weather clothing and engine block heaters.

Service begins on Monday, December 9, 2019 and ends on Monday, December 7, 2020.

Accepting applications until Monday, November 11th. APPLY NOW!

 Boys & Girls Club Teen & Volunteer Outreach Coordinator 

The VISTA will serve in the closing phase of the VISTA project.

CANDIDATES MUST BE 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.

Activities will include:
• Review project information from first two years of VISTA support to determine if any additional anti-poverty programs could be added this year or if any previously established programs need to be strengthened
• Compare current anti-poverty programs with programs at other BGC locations across the country to ensure teen programming aligns with national priorities
• Assist with grant writing for anti-poverty programs

Learn more about BGC HERE.

Restore Inc. Development & Communications Coordinator

The VISTA will help Restore Inc expand its anti-poverty programs to better assist those in need overcome their barriers to housing, employment, and behavioral health services. The VISTA will help develop Restore Inc’s sustainability plan and perform community outreach to build capacity in conjunction with the sustainability plan.

Activities will include:
• Research evidence-based best practices for anti-poverty programming
• Engage other key local stakeholders to bring additional services to the project
• Develop a fundraising schedule of events designed to create financial stability for Restore Inc.’s programs

Learn more about Restore Inc. HERE.

Northern Hope Center Development Coordinator

The primary goal for the Development Coordinator VISTA position is to increase the Northern Hope Center’s (NHC) organizational capacity and the sustainability of the only drop in center in the community for people suffering from mental illness. The Development Coordinator VISTA will identify, recommend, and seek out new sources of revenue for the NHC to strengthen the sustainability.

Activities will include:
• Identify and create a list of recommended training needed to implement the peer-support programming improvements approved by the Site Supervisor
• Coordinate peer-support training and train the trainer courses to ensure the required training is sustainable beyond the VISTA term
• Research effective fundraising practices

​Learn more about NHC HERE.

All applications must go through my.americorps.gov.
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