Community Partnerships & Access VISTA

AmeriCorps; Vista (CA); On-site; USD 16,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Living Allowance

Transportation Reimbursement

Education award (End of Service Stiped

Relocation Allowance

Training

Childcare assistance if eligible

Health Coverage

Education Award or End of Service Stip

Job summary

We Strive for Literacy (WSFL) seeks AmeriCorps VISTA members to help build the Vista Literacy Collaborative, connecting schools, families, community organizations, volunteers, and funders to support literacy for low-income children in Vista, California.

You will join a three-person VISTA team, create scalable outreach and referral systems, and partner with schools and community groups to establish durable processes that sustain impact beyond the service year.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to build partnerships and coordinate volunteer-driven activities.

Responsibilities

• Build the partnership and family-access infrastructure; assess partners, referral practices, and barriers; develop tools and pipelines for outreach and enrollment.
• Evaluate systems, train designated users, and contribute final tools and lessons learned to the Vista Literacy Collaborative Replication Toolkit.

Skills

Business/Entrepreneur

Communications

Community Organization

Recruitment

Leadership

Computers/Technology

Relationship building

Public Speaking

Team Work

General Skills

Education

Education

High school diploma/GED

Job description

We Strive for Literacy (WSFL) is building the Vista Literacy Collaborative so schools, families, community organizations, volunteers, and funders can work together to connect more low-income children with timely literacy support. Nearly two-thirds of Vista Unified students are not reading at grade level, leaving many children significantly behind in the foundational literacy skills they need for school success. Families must also navigate disconnected services, making it harder to find timely, effective support. Over three years, the Collaborative expects to benefit approximately 300 low-income children and families by strengthening partnerships, referral pathways, volunteer systems, community awareness, and sustainable resource development. This is a capacity‑building service opportunity: AmeriCorps VISTA members create systems, tools, relationships, and documented practices that remain after their service year rather than provide ongoing direct tutoring. Members serve from WSFL’s Vista office as part of a three-person VISTA team and receive structured supervision, project coaching, and professional‑development support.

Member Duties

Build the partnership and family‑access infrastructure. Assess current partners, referral practices, family‑access barriers, and community resources; create a partner map and organized pipeline; develop reusable outreach, meeting, and follow‑up tools; Develop and pilot meeting agendas, facilitation tools, documentation procedures, and follow‑up resources for staff to use in coordinating Collaborative meetings.; establish or strengthen relationships with schools and community organizations; and design, pilot, and improve referral and enrollment pathways with input from families and partners. Evaluate the systems, train designated users, and contribute final tools and lessons learned to the Vista Literacy Collaborative Replication Toolkit. Year 1 targets: Establish or strengthen 10 community partnerships and pilot partnership‑engagement, referral, outreach, and collaborative‑planning tools with at least four partners, documenting procedures for staff to sustain ongoing coordination.

Program Benefits

• Living Allowance
• Transportation Reimbursement
• Education award upon successful completion of service
• Relocation Allowance
• Training
• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Health Coverage*
• Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend
• For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorpsvista.imglobal.com/ .

Terms

Car recommended .

Service Areas

Children/Youth , Community Outreach , Education .

Skills

Business/Entrepreneur , Communications , Community Organization , Recruitment , Leadership , Computers/Technology , Relationship building , Public Speaking , Team Work , General Skills , Education .

Program Type

AmeriCorps VISTA

Program

Community Partnerships & Access VISTA

Program Start/End Date

09/08/2026 - 09/07/2027

Work Schedule

Full Time

Education level

High school diploma/GED

Age Requirement

Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations

CALIFORNIA

Languages

Spanish welcomed

Accepting Applications

From 08/10/2026 To 12/01/2026

Contact

Cortney Wallace

138 Civic Center Dr.

Vista CA 92084

760-688-0035

[e-mail]

https://westriveforliteracy.org/