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SalaryAbout Stewards:
Stewards Individual Placements (Stewards) provides individuals with service and career opportunities to strengthen communities and preserve our natural resources. Participants work with federal agencies, tribal governments, and nonprofits building institutional capacity, developing community relationships, and supporting ecosystem health.
For more information regarding Stewards, please visit our website.
This position is a 365 day (1 year) public service term lasting from June 3, 2024 – June 2, 2025.
Living Allowance: $79.79/day ($1,117.06 bi-weekly)
About the Site:
As a private-public partnership, the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy (JBRPC) works closely with federal, state, and city agencies, non-profit organizations, and local residents to improve and support public parklands in Jamaica Bay and the Rockaway peninsula in Brooklyn and Queens in New York City. Encompassing over 10,000 acres of parkland, JBRPC serves approximately 35 neighborhoods and over half a million residents through its stewardship of Jamaica Bay and Rockaway parks. JBRPC seeks to improve access and create systems for sustained stewardship of parklands throughout Jamaica Bay and the Rockaways so that parklands can contribute to the social, ecological, economic, and health benefits parks are capable of. The AmeriCorps VISTA member will work to build organizational capacity and serve local communities with a specific focus on engaging underserved residents in education and public programs, while also supporting community engagement and grant identification and reporting efforts. The AmeriCorps VISTA member will support JBRPC’s growing educational portfolio, collaborating on program development and program facilitation of citizen science and service-learning-based field trips to Jamaica Bay and Rockaway parks. The VISTA member will also support JBRPC’s growing public and family programs, working with neighboring communities to increase engagement in and access to parkland through volunteerism and community building. Finally, the AmeriCorps VISTA member will support community engagement by developing a community asset map to identify and document strategic partners. As needed, the VISTA member will assist in identifying and applying for grants that will support and fund green jobs for park maintenance with a focus on youth from low-income communities.
For more information about JBRPC, please visit their website.
Member Duties:
- Assist in program facilitation for community science and service-learning-based field trips and public programs.
- Review previous public programs, and assist in planning, scheduling, and coordinating the 2024 public programs calendar.
- Work with partner agencies and non-profits in coordinating program logistics including park permitting, scheduling, and supply needs.
- Assist with grant identification and writing, with a focus on nature-based programming and environmental education.
- Support the JBRPC team in grant reporting efforts and reapplying to existing grants.
- Support planning and facilitation of volunteer stewardship events.
- Collaborate to create an early childhood program with a specific focus on engaging underserved residents in recreational and educational activities in their parks.
Recommended Skills:
- Writing/Editing
- Education
- Environment
- Youth Development
- Community Organization
- Fund raising/Grant Writing
- Teamwork
- Teaching/Tutoring
- Communications
Program Benefits:
- Segal Education Award ($6,895) OR Cash Stipend (~$1,800) upon successful completion of service
- Living Allowance of $79.79/day, disbursed every 2 weeks
- Mileage Reimbursement
- Relocation Allowance
- Regular Training and Professional Development Opportunities (free and virtual)
- Employee Wellness Program (access to a licensed, professional counselor and 24/7 in-moment support)
- Childcare*
- Healthcare*
- Non-Competitive Eligibility upon successful completion of the term*
- Networking and Mentorship
- Access to a nationwide cohort of like-minded peers.
- For more information regarding the Segal Education Award, check out this link as well as alternative uses for the award here.
- For more information regarding the AmeriCorps VISTA Childcare benefit, please visit https://americorpschildcare.com/.
- For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit http://www.vistacampus.gov/healthcare.
- For details about Non-Competitive Eligibility, please visit https://my.americorps.gov/trust/help/member_portal/non_competitive_eligibility_overview.htm
For more information, please contact Addie Gilkerson (she/her) at agilkerson@conservationlegacy.org
Stewards Individual Placements does not and will not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application, interviewing, and/or onboarding process, please send your request to the hiring manager in your preferred method of communication.
