Strive Together VISTA

Career; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Living Allowance

Education Award

Telehealth health services

Student loan forgiveness program

Non-Compete Eligibility for Government

Job summary

All United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley (UWGLV) AmeriCorps VISTA assignments will expand capacity toward population level goals across the region, focusing on education, healthy aging, and community stability to ensure individuals who experience crises have the supports they need to rebound.

The Strive Together Allentown AmeriCorps VISTA will support Lehigh Valley's readiness to engage in a Strive Together Partnership by researching available resources, analyzing local systems and policies,

Qualifications

• Be at least 18 years old.
• Have a HS diploma or GED.
• Able to report in person for work in Lehigh, Northampton or Carbon counties.
• Able to secure clearances to work with vulnerable populations (Act 153).

Responsibilities

• Support Lehigh Valley's readiness to engage in a Strive Together Partnership by researching available resources.
• Analyze local systems and policies and explore alignment with early childhood education collaboratives.
• Develop an engagement plan to help UWGLV Impact team members build targeted skills.
• Create a policy landscape matrix aligning Strive Together Theory of Action metrics with local and state elected officials, school boards, and policies.
• Identify low-lift, high-impact opportunities to connect existing early childhood education efforts to a future Strive Together Partnership.

Education

HS diploma or GED

Job description

All United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley (UWGLV) AmeriCorps VISTA assignments will expand capacity toward population level goals across the region. UWGLV strives to create population level change in the areas of education, healthy aging, and community stability to ensure individuals who experience crises have the supports they need to rebound. The UWGLV VISTA project focuses on strengthening the networks of providers that deliver services to address concerns and through working with UWGLV staff they support the efforts across all four-issue areas. VISTAs address issues at the programmatic and systemic levels seeking to identify and deal with the root causes by utilizing the collective impact framework.

Benefits

• Living Allowance
• Education Award
• Healthiest You Telehealth
• Student loan forgiveness program
• Non-Compete Eligibility for Government Jobs

Responsibilities

The Strive Together Allentown AmeriCorps VISTA will support Lehigh Valley s readiness to engage in a Strive Together Partnership by researching available resources, analyzing local systems and policies, and exploring alignment with early childhood education collaboratives. The VISTA will review Strive Together support resources and develop an engagement plan to help UWGLV Impact team members build targeted skills, create a policy landscape matrix aligning Strive Together Theory of Action metrics with relevant local and state elected officials, school boards, and policies, and work with the Vice President of Impact and Innovation to identify low-lift, high-impact opportunities to connect existing early childhood education collaborative efforts to a future Strive Together Partnership.

Requirements

• Willing to serve full time for a modest living allowance of $24,962 annually and education award.
• At least 18 years old
• Have a HS diploma or G.E.D.
• Able to report in person for work in Lehigh, Northampton or Carbon counties.
• Able to secure clearances to work with vulnerable populations (Act 153).