Help Create Stronger Families in Southern Arizona

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Help grow Amistades' AVANCE Parent-Child Education Program in the Tucson area by becoming an AmeriCorps VISTA member!

In Flowing Wells, 19% of households are living under the poverty level and 42% of Pascua Yaqui children live in an impoverished environment. VISTA member duties will include assisting with the development and implementation of a Train the Trainer curriculum, the recruitment of parents to serve as family leaders, identifying barriers and proposing solutions, creating infrastructure for family leaders to easily access family support services, increase the family leader’s knowledge of family support services within the service system, and develop a fund development strategy and marketing plan to sustain and promote the program.

Qualifications:

• College Degree or equivalent work experience
• A demonstrated understanding and enthusiasm for VISTA and its core mission of fighting poverty
• Available to serve in a full time capacity for one year
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work independently
• Basic competency in Microsoft Office products, email & the internet
• Strong organizational skills
• Experience working with a needs assessment
• Experience working with diverse and culturally sensitive populations
• Reliable transportation (Preferred, but not required)
• Project management and community mobilization experience
• Bilingual (English/Spanish)

For more information, visit https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=54718&fromSearch=true