Director of AmeriCorps

Springfield College-posted about 1 month ago
Full-time • Director
Springfield, MA
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The AmeriCorps Program Director will oversee program administration including AmeriCorps member recruitment, retention, supervision, training and evaluation. Develop, support and interact with community partners including community-based organizations, city departments and schools, and state and federal funding sources. Develop long-range strategic plan and program design.

  • Manage all aspects of AmeriCorps member selection, placement, supervision, retention, and evaluation.
  • Facilitate recruitment of members (which are primarily undergraduate, and graduate students) with campus departments and external organizations, which may include other colleges and universities.
  • Develop marketing and recruitment plan to meet target number of members each year.
  • Develop and coordinate member placements with Springfield Public Schools, youth serving organizations and other area public school systems.
  • Monitor placements, onboard site supervisors and conduct regular site visits.
  • Plan and implement a series of member trainings that include a detailed onboarding process, site specific information and training, professional development and career readiness training.
  • Manage and monitor budget in compliance with grant requirements.
  • Coordinate the development of new funding streams and collaborating partners for ongoing program sustainability.
  • Work with the Finance Division at Springfield College to ensure timely reimbursement requests and other documentation of expenses are sent to the MSA on a monthly basis.
  • Meeting all grant requirements as outlined by the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Massachusetts Service Alliance.
  • Participate in required meetings, training programs and grant audits.
  • Supervise professional full-time staff and part-time staff.
  • Provide onboarding, professional development and mentoring to ensure successful integration into the Americorps program and into the Division of Campus Life and Engagement.
  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • Supervising experience required.
  • Minimum of 3 years of directly-related experience required.
  • Program development, needs assessments, and program management methods, concepts and techniques.
  • Organizational methods, practices and techniques.
  • Time and budget management theory, methods, concepts and techniques.
  • Communication theory, methods, and techniques.
  • Training methods, concepts, practices and techniques.
  • Working with diverse populations and a volunteer workforce.
  • Judging methods, concepts and techniques.
  • Writing and publishing techniques and methods.
  • Applicable College, federal and state laws, rules and regulations.
  • Culturally diverse programming initiatives.
  • Strong supervisory and organizational skills.
  • General knowledge of office management skills.
  • Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word.
  • Master's degree preferred.
  • Experience will be reviewed and will be considered as a substitute for education requirements.
  • Experience with Grant Program Writing preferred.
  • Experience with Management and reporting is a plus.
  • Experience with Social Media Platforms, Qualtrics, OnCorps is a plus.
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