Prisoner Survivors Network VISTA- UWGLV

AmeriCorps

Philadelphia (Philadelphia County)

On-site

USD 16,000 - 20,000

Full time

18 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Childcare assistance

Education Award or End of Service Stip

Health Coverage

Living Allowance

Relocation Allowance

Stipend

Training

Job summary

United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley (UWGLV) seeks an AmeriCorps VISTA member to strengthen organizational systems for its Prison Survivors Network across the Lehigh Valley. The VISTA will focus on capacity building by developing tools for volunteer engagement, partnerships, communications, data management, evaluation, and operations.

This hands-on nonprofit role offers experience in building scalable models for community healing, leadership, and belonging, with opportunities to create

Qualifications

Experience supporting nonprofit operations and community engagement.
Ability to develop onboarding and training materials for volunteers.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Capacity to build partnerships and support volunteer management.

Responsibilities

Develop onboarding and training materials for volunteers and members.
Develop volunteer systems and partnership resources.
Build tracking and reporting tools for programs and activities.
Support communications and outreach efforts.
Research funding opportunities and document policies.
Help improve organizational operations and sustainability.

Skills

Counseling

Communications

Community Organization

Computers/Technology

Conflict Resolution

Education

First Aid

Fund raising/Grant Writing

Leadership

Public Health

Public Speaking

Recruitment

Teaching/Tutoring

Writing/Editing

Youth Development

General Skills

Non-Profit Management

Social Services

Urban Planning

Veterans

Team Work

Job description

United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley (UWGLV) is committed to improving lives and community conditions. We strive to create population level change in the areas of education, community stability, and healthy aging and ensure individuals who experience crises have the supports they need to rebound. We focus on strengthening the networks of providers that deliver services to address these concerns and through staff of UWGLV who lead efforts across all three-issue areas, we address issues at the programmatic and systemic levels seeking to identify and deal with the root causes. We utilize the collective impact framework as a method for this problem solving of complex social issues and we embrace and promote practices as an asset towards creating positive change.

Member Duties

he Prison Survivors Network (PSN) is seeking an AmeriCorps VISTA member to strengthen the organizational systems that support its community-based work throughout the Lehigh Valley. The VISTA will focus on capacity building by developing sustainable tools and processes for volunteer and membership engagement, community partnerships, communications, data management, evaluation, and organizational operations. Projects may include creating onboarding and training materials, developing volunteer systems and partnership resources, building tracking and reporting tools, supporting communications and outreach, researching funding opportunities, and documenting policies and procedures. This opportunity provides hands‑on experience in nonprofit operations, community engagement, partnership development, volunteer management, communications, data systems, and organizational sustainability while helping PSN build a scalable model for community healing, leadership, and belonging.

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