Description
The City of New Orleans VISTA program is implemented by the Office of Mayor LaToya Cantrell and the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Initiatives. The City is seeking passionate individuals to build capacity to break the cycle of poverty and empower our community. Project Why is designed to address obstacles and challenges to implementing policy priorities due to a deep mistrust of government and lack of meaningful feedback loop between the City and our residents. It is an iterative design process that engages heavily with stakeholders to collect observations, data, and other important revelations about individual’s lived experiences and perspectives, in order to design, test and improve interactions with residents in a way that is trauma-informed, collaborative, inclusive, and equitable.
As the VISTA Project Why Program Coordinator, you will work with the project’s VISTA Visual Design member to identify points of frustration where residents feel the City lacks “common sense” and does not effectively explain what is happening and why. The project will establish both the process of seeking and incorporating feedback, as well as prototyping and improving specific interventions, policies, protocols, design standards, and impact metrics that will inform the City’s engagement with residents long-term.
This project will support the City’s efforts to strengthen our community and engage with every resident, with an awareness of diversity, equity and inclusion, by removing the institutionalized barriers that disproportionately impact the ability of certain populations to engage with government. Your involvement in this program will serve to move New Orleans forward in fundamentally transforming how government understands and responds to the needs of our residents and businesses. Start dates are flexible.
If you are interested in serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA, please note the following:
- AmeriCorps is a national service year requiring 12 months of service, full time work hours (M-F, 9-5, in-person) and flexible hours on occasion.
- Team members must either be fully vaccinated or present a negative test every week to work at City Hall.
- AmeriCorps members receive a living stipend of $575.40 every two weeks for their service.
- To review the other AmeriCorps benefits please visit the website: https://www.nola.gov/mayor/cno-americorps-vista-program/program-basics/
The City of New Orleans VISTA program is implemented by the Office of Mayor LaToya Cantrell and the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Initiatives. The City is seeking passionate individuals to build capacity to break the cycle of poverty and empower our community. Project Why is designed to address obstacles and challenges to implementing policy priorities due to a deep mistrust of government and lack of meaningful feedback loop between the City and our residents. It is an iterative design process that engages heavily with stakeholders to collect observations, data, and other important revelations about individual’s lived experiences and perspectives, in order to design, test and improve interactions with residents in a way that is trauma-informed, collaborative, inclusive, and equitable.
As the VISTA Project Why Program Coordinator, you will work with the project’s VISTA Visual Design member to identify points of frustration where residents feel the City lacks “common sense” and does not effectively explain what is happening and why. The project will establish both the process of seeking and incorporating feedback, as well as prototyping and improving specific interventions, policies, protocols, design standards, and impact metrics that will inform the City’s engagement with residents long-term.
This project will support the City’s efforts to strengthen our community and engage with every resident, with an awareness of diversity, equity and inclusion, by removing the institutionalized barriers that disproportionately impact the ability of certain populations to engage with government. Your involvement in this program will serve to move New Orleans forward in fundamentally transforming how government understands and responds to the needs of our residents and businesses. Start dates are flexible.
If you are interested in serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA, please note the following:
- AmeriCorps is a national service year requiring 12 months of service, full time work hours (M-F, 9-5, in-person) and flexible hours on occasion.
- Team members must either be fully vaccinated or present a negative test every week to work at City Hall.
- AmeriCorps members receive a living stipend of $575.40 every two weeks for their service.
- To review the other AmeriCorps benefits please visit the website: https://www.nola.gov/mayor/cno-americorps-vista-program/program-basics/
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Living Allowance
$1150
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$1150 monthly
Benefits
Childcare assistance if eligible, Education award upon successful completion of service, Health coverage, Living allowance, Non-competitive eligibility (federal jobs), Relocation allowance (if applicable), Student loan forbearance, Training
Education Requirements
Some College
Desired Languages
English
Other Conditions
Car recommended
Subject to criminal background check
Age Requirement
18 - 99