Rural Career Connections Fellow: Partnerships & Impact

Lead For America; Virginia; On-site; USD 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Lead For America’s Rural Partners Corps offers a full-time AmeriCorps fellowship with YVPS3 in the Yampa Valley to expand cradle-to-career opportunities for rural students. Fellows serve 40 hours per week December through August, assisting with partnership building, asset mapping, and resource development under staff guidance.

The role focuses on expanding work-based learning, platform development, and employer engagement, with training, stipends, and education awards provided.

Qualifications

• Community-rooted and service-oriented candidate.
• Strong relationship-building and collaboration skills.
• Ability to organize work and move projects forward.
• Transferable skills in project management, outreach, or youth development.

Responsibilities

• Support regional career-connected learning asset mapping efforts.
• Assist with onboarding employers and partner schools.
• Help develop user guides and outreach materials.
• Support family-facing events and communications about career pathways.
• Contribute to program planning with staff guidance.

Skills

Community engagement

Project management

Youth development

Workforce development

Partnership development

Communications

Organizational capacity building

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Lead For America’s Rural Partners Corps offers a full-time AmeriCorps fellowship with YVPS3 in the Yampa Valley to expand cradle-to-career opportunities for rural students. Fellows serve 40 hours per week December through August, assisting with partnership building, asset mapping, and resource development under staff guidance.

The role focuses on expanding work-based learning, platform development, and employer engagement, with training, stipends, and education awards provided.