AmeriCorps Assistant Director

About St. Nicks Alliance

St. Nicks Alliance is a nonprofit, nonsectarian community-based organization founded in 1975 with the mission to transform lives of low- and moderate-income people through employment, education, housing, and health care. We deliver impactful services with measurable outcomes to children, youth, adults, and the elderly. As a civic anchor, we carry out this mission within the context of building a sustainable community for all people through the arts, environmental advocacy, and urban planning.

About Youth and Education

Established in 1994, St Nicks Alliance’s Youth and Education serves more than 6,000 North Brooklyn youth each year. Through a wide-range of programs, children and youth are empowered to successfully advance through the stages of education and into young adulthood with the core competencies to thrive. In partnership with schools, families and community, St. Nicks Alliance’s holistic approach to transformation combines youth development, academic enrichment, health and wellness, arts learning and post-secondary readiness.

About AmeriCorps and this Opportunity:

St. Nick's Alliance is entering its fifth year as an AmeriCorps provider. In November 2024, St. Nicks Alliance will be launching its second AmeriCorps grant that will service children from ages 2-13.

AmeriCorps is an exciting program that involves more than 80,000 Americans each year who work to meet community needs. Voluntary service in AmeriCorps may be either full or part time. Services are provided to communities through all kinds of nonprofits, public agencies, and religious organizations.

The full-time AmeriCorps Assistant Director provides support to the AmeriCorps Director with the recruitment, onboarding and development of AmeriCorps members, in addition t, the management of all administrative and programmatic compliance of AmeriCorps Federal Government regulations and standards and St. Nicks Alliance AmeriCorps model. The ideal candidate will have experience with AmeriCorps; post-secondary readiness and workforce options, elementary and middle schools; other volunteer programs; and/or experience in managing strict compliance and performance-based programs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Administrative and Training:

● Maintain and evolve the existing management system that will sustain recruitment,

onboarding, enrollment, service compliance, professional development and retention of AmeriCorps Volunteers.

● Manage task supervision, member schedules, and other member related communications

● Maintain compliance of member folders with programmatic documents, work

products, evaluations, and professional development for both AmeriCorps contracts

● Attend all AmeriCorps meetings and trainings, as required by contract agreement.

● Monitor program sites to ensure that project requirements and objectives are met on a timely basis.

● Work directly with assigned schools’ alumnae to provide post-graduation supports and create an alumnae network

Program Implementation:

● Develop outreach and enrollment strategies that involve St. Nicks Alliance internal

departments, school partners and the community, to satisfy AmeriCorps contract fulfillment for 71 AmeriCorps Members.

● Develop alumni activities and opportunities to help members with next steps after service year(s) and to help promote the AmeriCorps program to prospect members.

● Develop individualized progress report of AmeriCorps members at host site locations

● Coordinate program planning meetings and training activities including full participation of the AmeriCorps members training.

● Conduct visits for Career GPS sites to provide technical support to program site coordinators,

interview members, and ensure 100% of in person volunteer services.

● Assume additional, related responsibilities, as assigned or agreed upon with your

supervisor.

Must Have Core Competencies, Education, Skills and Knowledge

● Associates degree or Bachelor’s degree Preferred in related field

● Two years of demonstrated successful professional experience in Youth Development

● Excellent verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills

● Strong analytical/problem solving skills

● Demonstrated ability to manage young adult program(s).

● Proficient in Microsoft Office, Google Suite, and Computer navigation

● Experienced developing workshops, training and partnerships.

● Self-Starter, team player, adaptable, flexible, and highly organized

● Culturally sensitive and competent.

Preferred Attributes

● Bilingual, Spanish & English

HOW TO APPLY

Please send your resume and thoughtful cover letter to [email protected] , with “AmeriCorps Assistant Director” in the subject line.

No Sponsorship

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $40,000.00 - $45,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person