Student Success and Workforce Development VISTA

AmeriCorps

Omaha (NE)

On-site

USD 15,000 - 17,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health Coverage

Education Award or End of Service Stip

Living Allowance

Relocation Allowance

Childcare assistance if eligible

Education award upon successful comple

Training

Job summary

AmeriCorps VISTA at the University of Nebraska Omaha invites you to a full-time, 12-month service role focused on expanding student success through stronger operations, sustainability, and strategic planning. You will help transition the Maverick Food Pantry inventory and guest management systems, evaluate efficiencies, and craft proposals for retention initiatives.

You’ll also pursue grant opportunities to broaden institutional capacity, develop staff and student professional development plans,

Qualifications

Eligibility for AmeriCorps VISTA requires willingness to serve full-time.
Experience in nonprofit, education, or community programs is preferred.
Strong communication, grant-writing, and data-focused planning are expected.

Responsibilities

Strengthen UNO's capacity to support student success via operations and planning.
Improve inventory and guest management systems for food pantry and programs.
Evaluate efficiencies and develop proposals for retention initiatives.
Identify grant opportunities to sustain long-term program impact.

Skills

Computers/Technology

Writing/Editing

Community Organization

Fund raising/Grant Writing

Non-Profit Management

Conflict Resolution

Leadership

General Skills

Communications

Teaching/Tutoring

Education

Team Work

Education

Some college

Job description

The University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Social Mobility Pathways VISTA project seeks to increase the social mobility of our low-income and first-generation students through a holistic approach with basic needs, wellness, education and career readiness, volunteerism, and service learning. Although the focus is on our low-income and first-generation students, all students can be impacted. By offering opportunities and empowering our students to build social capital and knowledge, they will be better equipped for their futures, which will also benefit communities in Omaha. The project focuses on multiple dimensions of improving students’ access to higher education and their support in higher education through both capacity building and anti-poverty work.

Member Duties

The AmeriCorps VISTA member will strengthen the University of Nebraska at Omaha's capacity to support student success by improving operations, sustainability, and strategic planning. The member will assist with transitioning the Maverick Food Pantry's inventory and guest management systems, evaluate operational efficiencies for the pantry, Durango's Outfitters, and departmental data systems, and recommend improvements. They will develop proposals for student retention initiatives, including strategies to support returning students and promote self-sufficiency, while creating team-building opportunities and professional development plans for student employees and staff. The VISTA will also identify and pursue grant opportunities and other funding sources to strengthen long-term program sustainability, helping expand institutional capacity to serve all students through data-informed, sustainable solutions.

Program Benefits