AmeriCorps CONNECT Job Developer

Job Type
Advocacy
Organization
The Neighborhood Developers, Inc. and Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Contact Name
Personnel at TNDINC
Contact Email
personnel@tndinc.org
Address

4 GERRISH AVE #2,
Chelsea, MA
United States

Job Description

AMERICORPS MEMBER ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

There are two core activities and responsibilities of the CONNECT Job Developer AmeriCorps member: 1) the member will conduct outreach to identify and refer economically disadvantaged residents of Chelsea, Revere, Everett, and Malden into adult education, job training and job placement, with a focus on the hospitality sector due to the massive growth of the hospitality industry in our area; and 2) the member will directly deliver as well as provide access to career advising services as clients weigh job training and job placement options. The metrics to track to measure performance will include: number reached by outreach; number that access career advising; the number referred to English language training, adult education or job training; the number placed into jobs.

PERFORMANCE, CAREER DEVELOPMENT, AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS

This is an AmeriCorps position.  LISC and The Neighborhood Developers, Inc. will not allow the member to engage in activities that are considered prohibited under the terms of the grant while serving as a LISC AmeriCorps member.

Members will be provided with goal(s) at the onset of the service assignment based on the activities and responsibilities noted above.  Members will track goal attainment monthly through an on-line system (training provided). Members will also discuss professional performance in the form of a mid-term and final appraisal. Members are required to track time and submit on-line (training provided) timesheets twice per month.

Members will perform day to day service at The Neighborhood Developers, Inc. and serve a minimum of 40-42 hours per week.  Normal service hours are eight hours a day delivered between Monday – Friday from 8:00 am – 5:30 pm with 30 minutes for lunch per day. There will be opportunities to serve evenings and weekends.  

Members will have an immediate supervisor and a local LISC supervisor throughout the term of service as identified by LISC and The Neighborhood Developers, Inc.

Members are expected to attend and participate in all LISC AmeriCorps sponsored activities including but not limited to:

  • Attending a local onboarding session coordinated by LISC and an onsite orientation to our organization;
  • Attending a national leadership conference tentatively scheduled for March 2019;
  • Attending all locally sponsored monthly meetings;
  • Participating in nationally sponsored webinars;
  • Actively participating in at least two team coordinated service projects (one for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service and one for National AmeriCorps Week); and,
  • Engaging in any other LISC events as determined by the local LISC office.

DESIRED SKILLS

  • A “people person”
  • Ability to understand and appreciate employer needs
  • Ability to understand and appreciate a prospective employee’s skills and aptitudes
  • Desire and ability to work with a diverse group of people, particularly those living in low-income distressed neighborhoods
  • Can communicate effectively in Spanish and/or Haitian Creole
  • Energetic and creative
  • Problem-solving attitude
  • Experience using a database
  • Good written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to present information in front of groups of people
  • Ability to work independently and in a team environment
  • Ability to work a flexible schedule (some night and weekends may be required)
Application Instruction

Email your resume to personnel@tndinc.org with a paragraph explaining (a) why you want to spend a year as an AmeriCorps volunteer; and (b) why this particular AmeriCorps position interests you.