Job Description

All United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley (UWGLV) AmeriCorps VISTA assignments will expand capacity towards population level goals across the region. UWGLV strives to create population level change in the areas of education, healthy aging, and community stability to ensure individuals who experience crises have the supports they need to rebound. The UWGLV VISTA project focuses on strengthening the networks of providers that deliver services to address concerns and through working with UWGLV staff they support the efforts across all four-issue areas. VISTAs address issues at the programmatic and systemic levels seeking to identify and deal with the root causes by utilizing the collective impact framework.

Benefits
Living Allowance
Education Award
Healthiest You Telehealth
Student loan forgiveness program
Non-Compete Eligibility for Government Jobs

Responsibilities
The CS Implementation AmeriCorps VISTA will support the Directors of CS Implementation by researching and synthesizing best practices aligned with needs emerging from Core Team meetings, with focus areas ranging from strengthening interpersonal dynamics and communication to implementing proven strategies that improve school outcomes such as literacy and chronic absenteeism. The VISTA will analyze core team feedback to identify priority challenges, conduct research to surface actionable strategies, and document these approaches in a format that can be easily shared across the Community Schools team. In addition, the VISTA will research and support the development of content for monthly CSCD training sessions, prepare facilitation plans for effective delivery, and help create a more efficient and consistent system for capturing and documenting core team meeting notes to strengthen knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.

Requirements
Willing to serve full time for a modest living allowance of $24,962 annually and education award.
At least 18 years old
Have a HS diploma or G.E.D.
Able to report in person for work in Lehigh, Northampton or Carbon counties.
Able to secure clearances to work with vulnerable populations (Act 153).

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Job Tags

Full time

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