Overview

Reports to: Program Director

Type: Full Time/Exempt 

Location:  Oakland, CA

Schedule:  Tuesday-Saturday during the school year, Monday-Friday at other times.

Salary: $70,000

Who We Are

buildOn is a not-for-profit organization working to break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and low expectations through service and education. We’re not a charity, we’re a movement. In the United States, we run intensive service-learning programs in under-resourced, urban high schools in six major cities. Through these programs, buildOn empowers youth to transform their communities through high-impact service. For more than 30 years, buildOn has empowered youth to contribute more than 2.4 million hours in their own communities.

buildOn has just been awarded our first AmeriCorps grant. For the 2022-2023 school year, 12 Student Engagement AmeriCorps Members will engage high school students in Oakland, the Bronx, and Chicago in service.  

We are eager to grow our program and reach more young people. We hope you’ll consider joining our team!

What You’ll Do

Lead a team of AmeriCorps members to engage students in buildOn’s IPARD service learning program. This is not a remote position. Instead, it requires considerable time in schools and in the community serving alongside AmeriCorps members, students, and partners.

Leadership and Coaching of AmeriCorps Members

  • Lead a team of AmeriCorps members to meet their KPI goals of engaging high school students in IPARD service learning.  
  • Take the lead in partner Service Days (Immersions) for your schools in your portfolio
  • Take a leadership role in ensuring strong participation in ALL IN service with partners (Immersion).
  • Conduct regular check-ins with AmeriCorps members to answer questions and ensure adherence to buildOn methodology.
  • Ensure program quality by doing regular IPARD evaluations using a rubric for guidance
  • Support members as they implement universal IPARD service learning in various engagement settings – holding them accountable to maintaining the integrity of the methodology.
  • Conduct quarterly feedback sessions with members.
  • Train members in the use of the Salesforce platform to enter engagement data in a timely fashion and use tools and analytics to drive tactics for expanding the reach and engaging more students in service.
  • Manage the school budgets in your portfolio – using resources for maximum impact and fiscal excellence.

Relationship Building & Cross-departmental Collaboration 

  • Maintain relationships with school partners in your portfolio (teaching advisors, principals, and administration) to ensure a strong partnership.
  • Meet regularly with school partners to highlight the success of the program and also troubleshoot any issues that arise in a timely manner.
  • Work with the Program Director and members to cultivate partnerships with local community-based organizations to increase meaningful opportunities for students to serve.
  • Work across departments to ensure the success of our programs. Examples include:
  • Immersions: Work closely with Immersion Managers and Directors to ensure student participation in partner service.
  • Marketing: Ensure student stories and program highlights are shared in a timely, impactful manner.
  • Events: Ensure student recruitment for all buildOn events while giving students an opportunity to Demonstrate their commitment to service.
  • Development: Provide information for grants and grant reporting.
  • MERL: Ensure regular and timely submission of monthly engagement reports, surveys, and other requests.

AmeriCorps Compliance

  • Work closely with AmeriCorps Compliance Specialist and Program Director to ensure adherence to all grant regulations.
  • Use processes developed to keep required records for the grant (to include member hours).

Requirements

  • Personal commitment to buildOn’s mission – the power of service to change lives, communities, and the world. A demonstrated commitment to service in your own life.
  • Extensive experience living and/or working in underserved communities.
  • Commitment to creating programs for youth that are empowering and antiracist.
  • Demonstrated ability to use student engagement data (KPIs) to increase engagement.
  • Flexible and able to manage the ambiguity and multiple priorities inherent in an entrepreneurial environment. (This is the first year of our AmeriCorps grant.)
  • 3+ years engaging youth in service learning.
  • 1+ years managing high-performing teams (preferred).
  • Experience mentoring and/or coaching a team.
  • Invested in continual growth and learning through ongoing discovery, planning and execution, and reflection.
  • Strong communicator with a track record of mentoring and coaching others to achieve results.
  • Relevant education background.
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