Nashua PAL Grant Specialist VISTA
Position Summary
Position details
Join Nashua PAL’s team as an AmeriCorps VISTA Grant Specialist! Help secure funding to expand life-changing programs for historically disadvantaged youth while gaining invaluable nonprofit experience.
Nashua PAL (Police Athletic League) has a mission to build thriving, bright, and healthy futures for youth by connecting kids, cops, and community while creating opportunities for education, activity, and leadership. Serving over 2,000 youth annually, PAL provides critical resources to children and teens living in Nashua’s most underserved neighborhoods.
Programs include the Nashua PAL Youth Safe Haven, a free afterschool and summer program offering mentoring, homework help, and enrichment activities; Juvenile Court Diversion, which provides restorative justice and wraparound services for youth who have committed criminal offenses; and PAL Boxing, Basketball, Football, Cheer, Cross Country, and so much more, which encourage positive peer connections, leadership development, and healthy lifestyles.
Through strong community partnerships and a commitment to breaking cycles of poverty, Nashua PAL ensures that every child has access to safe spaces, supportive role models, and life-changing opportunities. Learn more at www.nashuapal.com.
The AmeriCorps VISTA Grant Specialist at Nashua PAL will play a crucial role in expanding funding opportunities to sustain and grow vital youth programs. The Specialist will research and write grants to support PAL initiatives, maintain a grant calendar, and ensure timely reporting. They will enhance donor communications through newsletters, marketing materials, and outreach strategies while supporting fundraising efforts. Additionally, the Specialist will help document youth afterschool and summer activities, engage community partners, and strengthen PAL’s financial sustainability. Their work will directly impact Nashua’s most underserved youth by increasing access to mentoring, educational support, and enrichment programs.
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
- Free afterschool/summer care for children between 7-18.
- Extensive Training
- Networking opportunities through the Chamber of Commerce and much more.
*Individuals are limited to two full Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards in their lifetime
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Organization
Nashua PAL
Nashua, NHGoodwill 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!