Maintain a safe, healthy, and productive environment for those experiencing homelessness in the employment program, coordinate volunteers, and help facilitate and maintain regular editorial content for the newspaper, annual vendor zine and social media channels. We are looking for one person to serve in Portland and one in Seattle. This position begins on August 5, 2019 and ends on July 31, 2020. Please apply by June 30 at https://jvcnorthwest.hiretouch.com/.
Service Activities
Maintain a safe, healthy, and productive environment for those in the employment program, coordinate volunteers, and help facilitate and maintain regular editorial content for the newspaper, annual vendor zine and social media channels. For further description on each unique position, please visit https://jvcnorthwest.org/what-we-do/volunteer-opportunities/.
Community Need Addressed
Jesuit Volunteer (JV)/AmeriCorps members will assist those experiencing homelessness through supporting vendors who are currently homeless that are selling newspapers on the street, coordinating volunteers, and be the first person of contact for those in the employment program.
Position Outcomes
Through your service, you will help your agency build capacity so they can serve more clients.
Benefits
Education award upon successful completion of service, Health coverage, Housing, Living allowance, Stipend, Student loan forbearance, Training
JV/AmeriCorps members invest hundreds of hours developing professional and personal skills during their service year. You would discern career and vocational pathways in which to share your gifts and skills beyond the service year. Additionally, you would share home, meals, and the highs and lows of life with other members, forming deep and often lifelong relationships during their year.
Post-service, you would join a network of over 7,000 other former JVs who served with our program, and for those who were AmeriCorps members, they join the network of over one million members with whom to network and connect.
Skills you will gain
Timekeeping, interpersonal skills, crisis management, teamwork and collaboration, office skills, and more
Competencies You Will Develop
Communication
Demonstrate sensitivity and empathy, Lead group discussion, Listen to and consider others' viewpoints, Maintain open lines of communication with others, Speak clearly, in precise language and in a logical, organized and coherent manner, Turn taking, Write cleary and effectively
Creativity & Problem Solving
Able to identify and define the problem, Capable of generating possible solutions, Communicate the problem to appropriate personnel, Improvise, Provide relevant expertise, Select and implement well-considered solution
Teamwork
Derive consensus, Develop constructive working relationships and maintain them over time, Establish a high degree of trust and credibility with others, Interact professionally and respectfully with supervisors and co-workers, Stay positive and outcome oriented, Use appropriate strategies and solutions for dealing with conflicts and differences to maintain a smooth workflow
Decisions
Accepts responsibility, Anticipate the consequences of decisions, Identify and prioritize the key issues involved to facilitate the decision making process, Involve people appropriately in decisions that may impact them, Quickly respond with a back-up plan if a decision goes amiss
Tools
Carefully consider which tools or technological solutions are appropriate for a given job
Planning
Able to prioritize various competing tasks, Create environment of contribution, Create plan of action, schedule tasks so that work is completed on time, Demonstrate the effective allocation of time and resources efficiently, Drive decision making, Effectively delegate tasks, Facilitate group planning, Set goals
Service
Be pleasant, courteous, professional and respectful when dealing with internal and external customers or clients, Evaluate customer or client satisfaction, Honor the privilege of being able to work with and for those being served, Provide personalized, prompt, and efficient service to meet the requirements, requests and needs of customers, Recognize the importance of maintaining privacy and confidentiality of those being served, Understand and anticipate the needs of others, Understand the importance of one's role in the functioning of the organization, Understand the significance of maintaining a healthful and safe environment