Serve with the Welcome to America Project (WTAP) as a part of the HandsOn VISTA Team!
**ABOUT THE SITE AND THE ROLE: See ‘Members Duties’ below.
About HandsOn Greater Phoenix:
For nearly 30 years, HandsOn Greater Phoenix has worked with nonprofits, Title I schools, neighborhood associations and government entities to assess and meet the volunteer needs of the Greater Phoenix area. The HandsOn VISTA program supports members at multiple placement sites across the valley. Our VISTA members enable our community service partners to expand capacity and build infrastructure by creating the processes and tools needed to effectively access and utilize valuable resources. HandsOn VISTA members will improve capacity for leading communities during and beyond their terms of service by developing their knowledge, skills, and abilities related to volunteering, civic engagement, and other areas. In addition to the site-specific work of the individual role all of our VISTA members: participate in 2 AmeriCorps of Service, lead projects at 2 HandsOn community service days, attend monthly VISTA team trainings with the other HandsOn VISTA members, and monthly community volunteering project opportunities.
**PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS TO THIS POSITION ARE BEING CONSIDERED ON A ROLLING BASIS. PLEASE APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR BEST CONSIDERATION. VISIT https://www.handsonphoenix.org/beaVISTA FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Member Duties :
Join The Welcome to America Project (WTAP) and help improve WTAP’s resource management by implementing standard processes to increase efficiency, impact, and overall capacity of our warehouse! In 2024, Arizona has resettled the most refugees it has ever received. These newcomers are receiving less support from the government and rely on the Welcome to America Project to fill in the gaps with resources to successfully establish them in their new home. The successful applicant will create standard operating procedures to effectively track and manage warehouse inventory. This will help newly arrived refugees receive essential resources for integration and aid in sustainability efforts in the community. You will do this by reevaluating methods of facilitation of weekly volunteers, facilitating/ accessing donations and in-kind donations, develop tracking systems for donor’s donation receipts, and build relationships with community partners. Overall, efforts will be made to improve operations of our warehouse and increase connections with community partners, to help newly arrived refugees receive essential resources for integration and aid in sustainability efforts in the community. The future member should have some background with Google Suite, working in communities, bilingual in English and any of the following languages: Dari, Pashto, Arabic, Swahili, Rohingya, Spanish, Somali, Kinyarwanda and/or a knowledge of refugee communities but not required.
**Apply at https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=124940 to be considered faster!
Program Benefits:
Childcare assistance if eligible. Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend, Professional Development Training, Health Coverage*, Living Allowance, $100 per/Qt grocery card, Relocation Allowance.
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit: