Position Description

Join a dynamic Community Development team at Arizona’s largest domestic violence shelter! Your work will make a lasting impact on the agency and ultimately survivors of domestic and sexual violence. New Life Center (NLC) was founded in 1991 and is now our state’s largest domestic violence shelter providing 17,950 safe bed nights and 27,849 meals in 2021. The agency is operated in the City of Goodyear, which is approximately 20 miles west of Phoenix. Led by a compassionate team consisting of some of the most qualified professionals within the field of domestic violence, NLC is doing critical work for an issue that affects 1 in 4 people in the United States. NLC offers multiple domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking services including an emergency shelter, a healing center for survivors of sexual assault and a social enterprise resale store. With approximately 35 staff members, the agency has fully implemented a trauma-informed model at every level of its operations. All staff and volunteers are trained in recognizing, respecting and appropriately responding to the presence of trauma in a participant's life. Trauma-informed care is based on the notion that an individual is more likely than not to have experienced a history of trauma as opposed to one-off events. Utilizing the model allows us to recognize the presence of trauma symptoms and acknowledges the role trauma may play in an individual's life. As a progressive leader in this work, NLC is one of the regional leaders in sexual assault investigation training – helping officers and detectives learn and implement trauma-informed tactics. Also, recognizing that pets play an important role in healing, NLC is proud to be one of only 3% of domestic violence shelters in the country to welcome survivor’s pets. To find out more about serving with AmeriCorps VISTA, please visit the following webpage: https://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/americorps/americorps-programs/americorps-vista/life-vista-member

Responsibilities

• Design materials related to fundraising, volunteer recruitment, and community development
• Develop a system for the distribution of internal communications
• Increase awareness of food insecurity through storytelling, social media, content development, and graphic design
• Gather client and staff stories and report on the positive impacts of the services provided within the agency
• Evaluate and improve the website and increase social media efforts
• Create content and schedules for all social media platforms
• Secure new donors and volunteers for New Life Center by connecting those in need with services
• Develop a database for tracking new and potential volunteers and donors
• Create a means to report the impact of outreach efforts as well as a final impact report for the year
• Produce drafts of designs that could be used for branded merchandise for internal and external use

Key Skills, Knowledge, Abilities, & Qualifications

• Strong writing skills
• Social media, marketing, graphic design experience preferred
• Detail oriented
• Organizational skills
• Comfortability with conducting interviews
• Sensitivity to the needs of clients
• Grant writing and fundraising skills
• Experience with volunteer recruitment and community engagement

Benefits for VISTA Members

• Living stipend of $17,600 to cover the basic costs of living (find out more at nationalservice.gov)
• Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend upon successful completion of service
• Health coverage at no-cost
• Relocation allowance
• Student loan forbearance and deferment
• 10 personal and 10 sick days
• Childcare assistance if eligible
• One year of non-competitive eligibility for federal government positions upon completion of service
• Professional development training

AmeriCorps Eligibility Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age
• US citizen, national, or legal resident
• Successfully complete a criminal background check
• Valid driver’s license

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $17,600.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Relocation assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Please describe why you would like to serve with AmeriCorps VISTA.

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Goodyear, AZ 85338

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