PSP VISTA: Common Ground Outdoor Adventures

Company: Americorps
Location: Logan
Posted on: January 26, 2023

Job Description:

PSP VISTA: Common Ground Outdoor Adventures

This full-time, one-year AmeriCorps VISTA position is hosted by the Public & School Partnership and is based at Common Ground Outdoor Adventures in Logan, UT. Common Ground aims to alleviate poverty for individuals with disabilities by ensuring they are aware of opportunities and have access to outdoor recreation/education. Outdoor recreation and physical fitness provide people with disabilities with increased self-esteem, physical fitness, and increased health, and wellness that often lead to access to education as well as vocational and career paths, thereby elevating them out of poverty. *Applicant instructions: on your resume/cover letter/motivational statement, please indicate if you would like to be considered for the volunteer mobilization position, participant & community outreach position, Beaver Mountain program support & development position, or no preference. Further help on this page can be found by clicking here.

Member Duties : - Volunteer Mobilization: build organizational capacity by developing the volunteer program, ensure volunteer retention through training development, ensure program sustainability by building financial capacity. - Participant & Community Outreach: increase organizational capacity by implementing participant registration and post-participation procedures, increase participation in active recreation and outdoor adventure experiences, and ensure program sustainability by building financial capacity. - Beaver Mountain Program Support & Development: directly support Common Ground's Beaver Mountain facility programs. The VISTA will build organizational capacity by improving upon year-round volunteer programs, ensure program sustainability by building financial capacity, and increase participation in active recreation adventure experiences for those with disabilities.

Program Benefits : Childcare assistance if eligible , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Relocation Allowance , Education award upon successful completion of service , Living Allowance , Training , Health Coverage* .

Terms :

Permits working at another job during off hours , Permits attendance at school during off hours .

Service Areas :

Education .

Skills :

General Skills , Non-Profit Management , Communications , Leadership , Writing/Editing , Recruitment , Youth Development , Community Organization , Team Work , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Self-motivated , Computers/Technology .

Keywords: Americorps, Logan , PSP VISTA: Common Ground Outdoor Adventures, Other , Logan, Utah