Community Memory Access Specialist (AmeriCorps VISTA)

AmeriCorps; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Education Award

Living Allowance

Stipend

Health Coverage

Training

Relocation Allowance

Job summary

Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland invites a dedicated VISTA member to join the moCa Legacy Project, building volunteer research systems, partner workflows, and public-facing tools to broaden access for under-resourced audiences. You will help shape community history and civic impact while learning museum practice and community humanities project design.

The role emphasizes capacity-building, sustainability planning, and collaboration with schools, artist groups, and local partners to extend

Qualifications

• Experience in volunteer coordination or community outreach preferred.
• Ability to develop templates, tracking tools, and training procedures.
• Strong writing and communication skills for public-facing materials.

Responsibilities

• Conduct capacity assessment of project materials, access barriers, partner opportunities, and volunteer needs.
• Develop volunteer research role descriptions, recruitment materials, training procedures, and templates.
• Create partner outreach systems for schools, colleges, artists, neighborhood groups, libraries, and older adult partners.
• Develop draft learning prompts, story intake workflows, and public access guides; evaluate pilot tools with staff and partners.
• Finalize a sustainability toolkit with procedures, templates, a partner database, resource development prospects, and next steps.

Skills

Community Organization

Fund raising/Grant Writing

Recruitment

Writing/Editing

Education

Youth Development

Education

Some college

Job description

Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland invites a dedicated VISTA member to join the moCa Legacy Project, building volunteer research systems, partner workflows, and public-facing tools to broaden access for under-resourced audiences. You will help shape community history and civic impact while learning museum practice and community humanities project design.

The role emphasizes capacity-building, sustainability planning, and collaboration with schools, artist groups, and local partners to extend