Description
Want to create life-long change? Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) Northwest is looking for someone to serve in employment education in Anchorage, AK. Here, you will facilitate a daily job skills group and will work one-one and in small groups with youth to assist with resume creation, job searching, and overall job readiness skills. Additionally, you will work with youth daily to resolve their situations and motivate them to complete their education, obtain employment and/or to move to permanent housing, and will also help plan and coordinate guest speakers and other activities.
As part of the service year, Jesuit Volunteer/AmeriCorps members live in community with three to seven other volunteers and explore the values of spirituality/reflection, community, simple living, and social and ecological justice. Benefits include housing, room and board, medical insurance, an AmeriCorps Education Award of over $6,000, support throughout the year, retreats, personal and professional development, and connection to a vast network of former JVs and AmeriCorps alumni. Program year runs August 5, 2019 - July 31, 2020.
Our final application deadline is June 30, so be sure to apply today!
Want to create life-long change? Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) Northwest is looking for someone to serve in employment education in Anchorage, AK. Here, you will facilitate a daily job skills group and will work one-one and in small groups with youth to assist with resume creation, job searching, and overall job readiness skills. Additionally, you will work with youth daily to resolve their situations and motivate them to complete their education, obtain employment and/or to move to permanent housing, and will also help plan and coordinate guest speakers and other activities.
As part of the service year, Jesuit Volunteer/AmeriCorps members live in community with three to seven other volunteers and explore the values of spirituality/reflection, community, simple living, and social and ecological justice. Benefits include housing, room and board, medical insurance, an AmeriCorps Education Award of over $6,000, support throughout the year, retreats, personal and professional development, and connection to a vast network of former JVs and AmeriCorps alumni. Program year runs August 5, 2019 - July 31, 2020.
Our final application deadline is June 30, so be sure to apply today!
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Living Allowance
$1044
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$1044 monthly
Benefits
Education award upon successful completion of service, Health coverage, Housing, Living allowance, Stipend, Training
Additional Benefits
JV/AmeriCorps members invest hundreds of hours developing professional and personal skills during their service year. They often discern career and vocational pathways in which to share their gifts and skills beyond the service year. Additionally, they share homes, meals, and the highs and lows of life together, forming deep and often lifelong relationships during their year. Post-service, they 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.
Education Requirements
High School Graduate
Desired Languages
English
Other Conditions
Prohibits paid work outside of the sponsoring agency at any time
Subject to criminal background check