Resource Development AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer
ORGANIZATION: El Centrito Family Learning Centers
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Project Description
Within Oxnard, there is a scarcity of asset-based educational support services, particularly holistic, bilingual services that engage children and parents together and value diversity and adaptive learning. El Centrito’s STEAM Academy is unique in the area, offering students a hands-on, project-based curriculum and partnering closely with parents to engage in their child’s learning and monitor their progress.
The goals of the STEAM Academy and the Parent Promoters of Education projects align closely with the overarching AmeriCorps VISTA aim to alleviate poverty, as the project targets a high-poverty area that experiences an accumulation of risk factors that, lacking intervention, can perpetuate poverty. As home to a predominantly Latino and immigrant population, Oxnard’s future success hinges on its ability to create equitable opportunity structures that boost educational outcomes and confidence for Latino and ELL families so that they rise to their fullest potential and work towards a prosperous future.
Volunteer Opportunity Description
The Resource Development AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer will develop individual donor campaigns informed by donor data, targeting specific groups of donors or prospective donors; develop impact models for STEAM and Promotores projects as tools for communicating a case for support; train staff and board to articulate case for support, linking investment to outcomes; research potential funders and grant opportunities, draft grant proposals and press releases. This support will enable the grants manager to pursue new larger scale funding relationships that will support long-term sustainability.
Key objectives and activities include:
- Support El Centrito to increase the value of donations, both cash and in-kind, leveraged: 1) Analyze donor database in order to develop individual donor campaigns targeted to specific groups; 2) Identify and research potential funders; 3) Draft proposals for funds and in-kind contributions; 3) Develop tracking system to monitor giving cycles and in-kind contributions.
- Develop system to improve effectiveness by linking impact to investment: 1) Create program impact models as a visual tool to communicate a case for support; and 2) Train staff and board to articulate case for support, linking investment to outcomes.
Benefits:
AmeriCorps VISTA will provide:
- Modest bi-weekly living allowance
- Training
- Choice of Education award or End of service stipend
Additional benefits can include:
- Childcare assistance
- Relocation expenses
- Loan forbearance or deferment
For more information about benefits please visit: http://www.vistacampus.gov/in-service/benefits-service
To Apply:
Contact Ana Prado at aprado@elcentrito.org or visit https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=63917&fromSearch=true
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About El Centrito Family Learning Centers
Location:
450 S. K Street, #111, Oxnard, CA 93030, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to prepare children, youth, and families of Ventura County to meet the future and become productive members of the community by providing bilingual, bicultural family and youth educational programs in partnership with parents, schools, and neighborhoods.
Description
El Centrito Family Learning Centers is a nonprofit that promotes the educational success of Ventura County families by providing high quality, multicultural programs:
Early Childhood Education
Summer and After School Enrichment
Parent Leadership Services
The agency addresses participants’ educational needs in a bilingual community setting, and provides an environment that nurtures relationships and builds trust and confidence. El Centrito has constructed a pipeline of leadership and educational support services that carry children and families from infancy through a career-focused higher education.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
450 S. K StreetOxnard, CA 93030
DATE POSTED
November 24, 2015
SKILLS
- Grant Writing / Research
- Fundraising
- Donor Management
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Full Time (40 hours)
- You must be a U.S. citizen, national, or legal permanent resident alien of the United States.