HandsOn VISTA- Welcome to America Project- Resources

AmeriCorps & Senior Corps; Mesa (AZ); On-site; USD 15,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Childcare assistance

Education Award or End of Service Stip

Health Coverage

Living Allowance

Relocation Allowance

Training

Job summary

HandsOn Phoenix is seeking a dedicated AmeriCorps VISTA member to join the Welcome to America Project (WTAP) in Arizona. You will build capacity by creating and refining standard operating procedures for warehouse inventory management, donor tracking, and volunteer coordination, while engaging community partners to empower refugees toward stability and self-sufficiency.

The role emphasizes developing sustainable systems, documenting procedures for staff maintenance, and strengthening connections

Qualifications

• Knowledge of community organizing and volunteer engagement preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential.
• Experience with Google Workspace or refugee-focused work is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop efforts to improve operations of our warehouse and increase connections with community partners to help newly arrived refugees access resources for integration and sustainability; ensure a sustainable handoff of processes.

Skills

Community Organization

Conflict Resolution

Leadership

Public Speaking

Recruitment

General Skills

Team Work

Education

College graduate

Job description

Join The Welcome to America Project (WTAP) and help strengthen the systems that connect newly arrived refugees with essential resources as they establish their lives in Arizona. Refugees may face economic hardship and barriers to accessing household goods, community resources, and other supports needed to achieve stability and work toward self-sufficiency. WTAP helps address these gaps, and sustainable organizational systems are essential to expanding its capacity to serve the community. The VISTA member will build organizational capacity by developing, testing, documenting, and refining standard operating procedures and tools for warehouse inventory management, donation intake and tracking, donor acknowledgment and recordkeeping, volunteer coordination, and community partnerships. The member will assess existing processes, identify opportunities for improvement, create practical implementation guides, and document procedures that staff can maintain after the service year. The member will also develop systems to strengthen connections with community partners and improve the organization’s ability to coordinate and track donated resources. Rather than performing routine warehouse operations, processing donations as an ongoing responsibility, or facilitating regular volunteer activities, the VISTA member will focus on creating sustainable systems and resources that staff can use to manage these activities more effectively. These capacity-building efforts will help WTAP use resources efficiently, strengthen community partnerships, and improve its ability to connect newly arrived refugees with essential goods and services that support stability and long-term self-sufficiency. Experience with Google Workspace, community engagement, or refugee communities is helpful but not required. Applicants who speak English and languages such as Dari, Pashto, Arabic, Swahili, Rohingya, Spanish, Somali, or Kinyarwanda are encouraged to apply.

Member Duties

Develop efforts to improve operations of our warehouse and increasing connections with community partners, to help newly arrived refugees receive essential resources for integration and aid in sustainability efforts in the community. All of which is to be accomplished to enable a sustainable hand off.

Program Benefits

• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend
• Education award upon successful completion of service
• Health Coverage*
• Living Allowance
• Relocation Allowance
• Training

• For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorpsvista.imglobal.com/ .

Terms

• Car recommended
• Permits attendance at school during off hours
• Permits working at another job during off hours

Service Areas

• Community and Economic Development
• Community Outreach

Skills

• Community Organization
• Conflict Resolution
• Leadership
• Public Speaking
• Recruitment
• General Skills
• Team Work

Program Type

AmeriCorps VISTA

Program

HandsOn VISTA- Welcome to America Project- Resources

Program Start/End Date

02/08/2027 - 02/07/2028

Work Schedule

Full Time

Education level

College graduate

Age Requirement

Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations

ARIZONA Phoenix/Mesa

Languages

English

Accepting Applications

From 10/14/2026 To 01/15/2027

Contact

Brenda Vargas

1125 E Southern Ave

Mesa AZ 85204

6138886389

[e-mail]

https://www.handsonphoenix.org/beavista