Goodwill NNE VISTA Partnership
Position Summary
Position details
Our AmeriCorps VISTA members work to reduce poverty in their communities through indirect, capacity-building service at local non-profits. We are currently recruiting for a variety of focuses across Maine and New Hampshire including but not limited to affordable housing, food security, assisting New Americans, and educational and workforce support.
Since 2015, the Goodwill NNE VISTA Partnership has sought to alleviate poverty in communities across Maine and New Hampshire from the most rural areas to the most populous cities. VISTA Members support capacity-building and organizational-development goals of local agencies, including schools and nonprofits, providing invaluable boosts to the wellbeing of communities through indirect service such as creating new programs, assisting with community assessments, fundraising and grant writing, communications work, increasing social media presence, and recruiting and managing volunteers among other projects.
The organizations we partner with focus on important community issues including but not limited to affordable housing, support for seniors, food security, assisting New Americans, educational support, and accessible transportation.
At present, our members are assisting with community assessments, fundraising and grant writing, increasing social media presences, recruiting and managing volunteers, and creating rideshare programs for seniors (just to name a few) in partner agencies situated from the Seacoast of New Hampshire to the border towns of Lubec and Limestone, Maine.
In the 2023-2024 grant year alone, our VISTA members:
- Recruited over 1,405 new volunteers who contributed over 19,443 hours of service to their organizations
- Raised over 1.1 million dollars
- Created and enhanced over 243 systems and business processes.
The positive impact VISTA members offer their local communities is remarkable and continues to build year after year. Descriptions of all Goodwill AmeriCorps Positions can be found at: goodwillnne.org/jobs/americorps/positions/.
Benefits
- Bi-Weekly Living Allowance of $957.46/Biweekly
- Relocation Allowance of $750 plus $.40 per mile (for those moving more than 50 miles)
- Health Benefits
- Childcare Reimbursement if Eligible
- Student Loan Forbearance for eligible federal loans (interest paid by AmeriCorps)
- SNAP Eligibility (depending on financial situation)
- Training and Professional Development
- Life Navigator (on-staff licensed counselor for members)
- Choice of Segal AmeriCorps Education Award* ($7,395) or an end-of-term bonus ($1,800) upon term completion
- Non-Competitive Eligibility for federal employment for one-year post-term
- Extensive Training and Networking
*Individuals are limited to two full Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards in their lifetime
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Organization
Goodwill NNE AmeriCorps
Statewide, MEGoodwill VISTA Partnership
The Goodwill VISTA Partnership works to reduce poverty in communities across Maine and New Hampshire through indirect service, such as creating and running programs, fundraising and grant writing, communications work, increasing social media presence, recruiting volunteers, as well as assisting with community assessments, among other projects. Focus areas of partner agencies include public health, food security, environmental justice, educational support, youth development, housing, and more!