Youth Tutoring Program Coordinator - AmeriCorps

Opportunity Communities and Local Initiatives Support Corporation are seeking a full-time AmeriCorps member to serve as a Youth Tutoring Program Coordinator. We are recruiting a full-time AmeriCorps member to be a part of our team for 10 months.  The position will remain open until filled.  The exact start and end date of the contract position is confirmed by the Member Agreement of Participation that will require signature prior to the start of service. This is an AmeriCorps position and the individual selected to serve is not considered to be an employee of Opportunity Communities or LISC. 
 

WHAT WE DO 
Founded in 2018, Opportunity Communities (OppCo) provides stable homes within great neighborhoods, which serve as a foundation for thriving families and individuals. Our homes and neighborhoods promote healthy families as well as work, economic, and educational success. Resident Services contributes directly to these goals by supporting stable tenancies and resident health, and by connecting residents to each other and the broader community. Services are provided through direct service provision as well as through formal and informal relationships with third party providers. OppCo’s mission is to strengthen the capacity, efficiency, and performance of independent local community developers that join OppCo as organizational members, and that are committed to building equitable communities of opportunity. 

With residents and partners, LISC forges resilient and inclusive communities of opportunity across America – great places to live, work, visit, do business and raise families.  Over the last 38 years, LISC and its affiliates have invested approximately $22 billion in businesses, affordable housing, health, educational mobility, community and recreational facilities, public safety, employment and other projects that help to revitalize and stabilize underinvested communities.  Headquartered in New York City, LISC’s reach spans the country from the East Coast to the West Coast in 36 urban markets from Buffalo to San Francisco and 2,200 Rural counties.

Visit us at www.lisc.org to learn more.  
 

YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS AN AMERICORPS MEMBER 
This is an AmeriCorps position and as such, the member may not engage in prohibited activities as part of his/her/their service.  The member will have an immediate supervisor at Opportunity Communities and a LISC point of contact throughout the term of service for coaching, mentoring, and training support in order to undertake activities to achieve a community goal.  

The member is expected to undertake the following activities toward goal achievement: 

• Through tenant surveys and conversations, research digital access barriers among our tenant families and what is needed to remediate them.
• Research and develop basic computer skills training for children and their parents that will include how to access Zoom accounts to facilitate remote tutoring sessions.
• Conduct research of best practices of tutoring programs; compile a report of findings.
• Develop and implement a marketing plan recruit corporate and community volunteers to enlist as tutors, serving remotely until public health allows for in-person services.
• Support OppCo’s management as they seek to broker bulk service agreements with internet service providers and as they identify sources of funding to acquire computers for households that need them.

In performing these activities, Opportunity Communities and LISC AmeriCorps anticipate that the person in this position will achieve the following goal(s): 

• Engage 20 new (episodic) volunteers to provide 480 volunteer hours to community based projects

In order to meet the goal(s), the successful candidate will be provided with a work-plan at the onset of service and training needed to achieve the goal(s). Progress toward goal attainment will be measured monthly through an on-line system and raining will be provided. 
 

OTHER SERVICE REQUIREMENTS 
Members are required to track time and submit on-line timesheets twice per month. They are also required to submit a monthly report through the same system (training will be provided).  The person selected for this position will perform his/her/their day to day service at the partner site and serve on average 40 hours per week.  Members will perform day to day services remotely until such a time that public health allows for in-person services. The member will serve a minimum of 40-42 hours per week.  Normal service hours are Monday – Friday from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm with 30 minutes for lunch per day. It is expected that the person will be flexible as oftentimes service requires some evenings and weekends.  

 
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;
• Attending a national leadership conference in March 2021;
• 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.

SKILLS NEEDED

• Well-organized.
• Comfortable working independently in a virtual work environment.
• Bilingual (ideally English/Spanish) strongly preferred
• Computer skills
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Desire and ability to work with a diverse group of people, particularly those living in low-income distressed neighborhoods

PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS 
To be eligible to participate as a LISC AmeriCorps member the candidate: (1) must not have previously resigned from a LISC AmeriCorps position; (2) be able to earn at least 75% of the education award for this position; and (3) if having previously served, been exited with satisfactory service from a prior term.   

The candidate will also need to meet all AmeriCorps eligibility requirements including but not limited to: 

• Be at least 17 years of age (there is no upper age limit)
• Possess unexpired proof of status as a US citizen or possess unexpired permanent resident status and be able to provide documentation as determined by AmeriCorps during the pre-enrollment period
• Meet the National Service Criminal History Check Requirement noted below

NATIONAL SERVICE CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK REQUIREMENT 
If a candidate has a criminal record, it does not necessarily make him/her/them ineligible for service. LISC does not disclose any results with the host site and will discuss any eligibility concerns that may arise directly with the candidate as per LISC’s policy.  

Candidates being offered and accepting this AmeriCorps position must consent to a search of the National Sex Offender Public Website, State Level Criminal History Search, and an FBI search. LISC should receive the results from all checks at least one week prior to the first day of proposed service. The person must be cleared for service by LISC prior to the first day of service.   

A candidate may not be considered eligible for service in instances where he/she/they: (1) are subject to registry on the National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW); and/or (2) has been convicted of murder; and/or (3) has a non-resolved/non-adjudicated criminal offense. 

PROGRAM BENEFITS 
Upon successful completion of the full term of service, the member will be eligible for a $6,195 education award to pay off existing, eligible student loans or return to school. Members are eligible to place qualifying, existing student loans (not in default) into AmeriCorps forbearance.  The position pays a total stipend of 
$17,000.  The stipend is taxable and paid in 20 equal checks twice a month from LISC.  Direct deposit is required.  A health care benefit is available for the participant only.  For members with children under the age of 13, there is a child care subsidy benefit available which is dependent on the participant meeting all eligibility requirements (This benefit is administered by a contracted provider via the Corporation for National and Community Service).   

Additional benefits for alums can be found here:  https://www.nationalservice.gov/special-
initiatives/employers-national-service/alumni and information on Public Service Loan Forgiveness can be found here: https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service. 

LISC AmeriCorps and Opportunity Communities are committed to diversity and inclusion in the selection process. 
LISC AmeriCorps is available to everyone eligible to serve.     
We treat all persons without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic or status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.