Muscogee County UGA/Georgia 4-H AmeriCorps State Member

Not found for 'AmeriCorps; Columbus (GA); On-site; USD 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Education award

Living Allowance

Training

Job summary

Georgia 4-H in Columbus, Georgia, is seeking an AmeriCorps State Member to support youth development across in-school and community programs. This part-time role runs from 09/01/2026 to 08/31/2027 and includes hands-on service, data collection, and coordination with schools and local partners.

ACMs receive a modest living allowance and must attend orientations and trainings; the position requires travel to county sites and occasional evening or weekend hours.

Qualifications

• AA required.
• Experience in youth development or education preferred.
• Willingness to transport youth and work some nights/weekends.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct services to youth in 4-H programming.
• Collect and track performance data (outputs and outcomes).
• Support volunteer recruitment, screening, and training.
• Coordinate county volunteer registration database.
• Attend evenings and weekend activities as needed.

Skills

Education

Teaching/Tutoring

Youth Development

Team Work

Education

Associates degree (AA)

Job description

Georgia 4-H is a unit of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Cooperative Extension. The Georgia 4-H AmeriCorps program is managed by faculty and staff at the Georgia 4-H State office. The program provides a total of 26 half-time and 7 full AmeriCorps State members (ACMs) throughout Georgia to support our mission: to assist youth in acquiring knowledge, developing life skills, and forming attitudes that will enable them to become self-directing, productive and contributing members of society. This mission is accomplished through hands on learning experiences focused on agricultural and environmental issues, agriculture awareness, leadership, communication skills, foods and nutrition, health, energy conservation, and citizenship. ACMs provide research-based youth development programming in 32 counites in Georgia. School-based interventions are aligned with the Georgia Performance Standards. ACMs receive a modest, monthly living allowance. ACMs are required to attend a two-day New Service Year Orientation yearly (10/06-10/07/2026), additional face-to-face training, and monthly webinars. ACMs attend local, district, and state program activities and events.

Member Duties

ACMs provide direct services to youth in all areas of 4-H programming, focusing on in-school educational club meetings, preparing youth for 4-H Project Achievement, attending summer camp, and delivery of community service projects. ACMs collect and track data related to performance measures (in-school educational club meetings, the 4-H Project Achievement process, volunteer recruitment, and volunteer hours contributed), including survey administration and data entry. This includes numbers served (outputs) and the benefit received by the youth participant. Outcomes include youth demonstrating knowledge related to content presented during club meetings, best practices of and confidence in public speaking. ACMs support the volunteer program through recruitment, screening, training, and engagement. ACMs may assist with coordinating the county volunteer registration database. This is a direct service position that requires transport of youth and some night and weekend hours.

Program Benefits

• Education award upon successful completion of service
• Living Allowance
• Training

Terms

• Car recommended.

Service Areas

• Children/Youth
• Education

Skills

• Education
• Teaching/Tutoring
• Youth Development
• Team Work

Program Type

AmeriCorps State / National

Program

Muscogee County UGA/Georgia 4-H AmeriCorps State Member

Program Start/End Date

09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027

Work Schedule

Part Time

Education level

Associates degree (AA)

Age Requirement

Minimum: 18 Maximum: 99

Program Locations

GEORGIA

Accepting Applications

From 07/01/2026 To 08/31/2027

Contact

Jennifer Cantwell

1111 1st Avenue

Columbus GA 31901

706-542-4444

[e-mail]

www.georgia4h.org