VISTA Program Coordinator

AmeriCorps & Senior Corps

Los Angeles (CA)

On-site

USD 18,000 - 24,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Allowance

Health Coverage*

Living Allowance

Education Award or End of Service Stip

Job summary

Piece by Piece, a Los Angeles nonprofit, seeks a VISTA Program Coordinator to refine classroom workflows, attendance and certification tracking, and peer mentorship onboarding. You will gather feedback, update guides, train staff, and document systems so operations can run smoothly after your term ends.

This capacity-building role runs for one year starting October 19, 2026, in Los Angeles, with AmeriCorps VISTA training and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

Experience building and improving program operations and classroom workflows.
Ability to create simple tools, checklists, and training materials.
Strong organizational skills and comfort working in nonprofits.

Responsibilities

Review usage data and feedback on classroom workflows, the attendance tracker, and the certification tracker from Year Two, and interview instructors, staff, and participants.
Revise classroom setup and communication tools, and expand attendance and certification tracking to more classes.
Onboard and match mentors from the Year Two peer mentorship pilot with new participants.
Update user guides, training materials, and standard operating procedures for all systems, and train designated staff to maintain them.
Document outcomes and hand off a written transition summary to program staff.

Skills

Computers/Technology

Writing/Editing

Conflict Resolution

Communications

Fine Arts/Crafts

Community Organization

Job description

Piece by Piece is a Los Angeles nonprofit offering free mosaic art workshops to residents of South LA, Skid Row, and other neighborhoods affected by homelessness, trauma, or economic insecurity. Workshops promote healing, build skills, and generate income.As the VISTA Program Coordinator, you will build on the classroom, attendance, certification, and peer mentorship systems developed in Year Two. You will gather feedback from instructors, staff, and participants, then update classroom workflows, expand attendance and certification tracking, and launch the peer mentorship program by onboarding and matching trained mentors with new participants. You will finish by documenting every system in clear guides and training staff to maintain them.We are looking for someone with strong organizational skills, an interest in classroom or program operations, and comfort building simple tools, checklists, and training materials.This is a capacity building role. Rather than running these programs indefinitely, you will refine and scale systems that Piece by Piece staff can operate on their own after your term ends. You will gain experience in program design and nonprofit operations, along with training and professional development offered through AmeriCorps VISTA.This assignment begins October 19, 2026 and runs a full year of service in Los Angeles, California.

Member Duties

Review usage data and feedback on classroom workflows, the attendance tracker, and the certification tracker from Year Two, and interview instructors, staff, and participants.
Revise classroom setup and communication tools, and expand attendance and certification tracking to more classes.
Onboard and match mentors from the Year Two peer mentorship pilot with new participants.
Update user guides, training materials, and standard operating procedures for all systems, and train designated staff to maintain them.
Document outcomes and hand off a written transition summary to program staff.

Program Benefits