Resident Engagement & Leadership Pathways Advocate

AmeriCorps & Senior Corps; South Carolina; On-site; USD 17,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Childcare assistance

Education Award

End of Service Stipend

Housing

Health Coverage

Living Allowance

Relocation Allowance

Stipend

Training

Job summary

AmeriCorps & Senior Corps' Resident Engagement & Leadership Pathways VISTA position supports communities by building systems for outreach, listening, and advisory boards. The VISTA helps connect residents with opportunities and partners, creating a pathway from participants to volunteers, ambassadors, and leaders.

The role focuses on coordinating neighborhood associations, mapping assets, and developing referral tools to boost neighborhood initiatives, leadership, and service impact.

Qualifications

• Experience engaging residents and building community programs.
• Ability to develop systems for outreach, feedback, and stakeholder advisory groups.
• Strong collaboration with neighborhood associations and partners.
• Asset mapping and resource identification experience.
• Capacity to cultivate pathways from participants to leaders.

Responsibilities

• Develop systems to strengthen resident engagement and opportunities in Sustaining Way's work.
• Establish processes for resident outreach, listening sessions, feedback, advisory and Steering Committees.
• Create tools to track resident and partner relationships, referrals, opportunities, participation, and consent.
• Build a clear pathway for residents to grow from program participants into volunteers, ambassadors, or leaders.

Skills

Business/Entrepreneur

Communications

Community Organization

Conflict Resolution

Fund raising/Grant Writing

Leadership

General Skills

Environment

Non-Profit Management

Job description

AmeriCorps & Senior Corps' Resident Engagement & Leadership Pathways VISTA position supports communities by building systems for outreach, listening, and advisory boards. The VISTA helps connect residents with opportunities and partners, creating a pathway from participants to volunteers, ambassadors, and leaders.

The role focuses on coordinating neighborhood associations, mapping assets, and developing referral tools to boost neighborhood initiatives, leadership, and service impact.