Health & Housing Program Coordinator VISTA

The Sanneh Foundation Inc • Saint Paul, MN

8h • Onsite

About The Position

The Sanneh Foundation (TSF) is a 501(c)(3) serving the various needs of Minnesota's low-income youth and their families. The Health & Housing Program Coordinator VISTA will build the capacity of The Sanneh Foundation to support a new youth housing and recovery program. By creating financial tracking modes, coordinating inter-departmental communication, and building external partnerships, the VISTA will help improve economic stability and healthy futures for low-income youth and workforce development participants in low-income populations.

Requirements

• 18 years of age (no upper limit).
• Pass a national service criminal history check.
• Hold one of the following citizenship statuses: U.S. citizen, U.S. National, Lawful Permanent Resident Aliens and persons residing in a state that have the following legal residency classifications: Refugee, asylum or asylee, temporary protected status, or deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) status.

Responsibilities

• Participate in TSF on-site orientation, including history, mission, core values, and department introductions.
• Meet with key leaders in the Finance, Data & Evaluation, and Workforce departments to understand the current scope of the Ramsey County housing project.
• Review existing program literature, data reporting processes, and partner agency relationships.
• Spend time with TSF staff to understand existing partnership and resources available, the nature of those partnerships, and observe and facilitate programming.
• Work with Sanneh Compliance & Workforce staff and consultants to research and develop an initial tracking systems for youth housing applications and financial coordination between departments.
• Shadow at meetings with potential partner agencies with Program Director.
• Document information about needs and resources available.
• Act as a coordinator between the Finance, Data & Evaluation, Nutritional Services, and Workforce teams to ensure cohesive communication and data accuracy for the Ramsey County Project.
• Create meeting agendas and materials, and schedule stakeholders relevant to developing an outline for a Health & Housing program handbook.
• Design inter-departmental communication tools to facilitate regular check-ins between mentors, social workers, and workforce staff regarding housing participants.
• Locate one new partner or partners that could assist the program through in kind donations or technical support.
• Document collaboration outcomes with recovery and housing partners and Direct Supervisor.
• Develop ideas for Health & Housing program operations outline, and standard operating procedure recommendations to include program outputs and data reporting in partnership with Data & Evaluation VISTA and TSF staff.
• Work with Nutritional Services staff and consultants to research and develop an initial process for data collection and reporting for housing participants.
• Identify local third-party job placement partners.
• Cultivate and document relationships with social workers, local organizations, food rescue and recovery partners to support workforce-eligible housing participants.
• Research best practices for integrating wrap-around services, such as housing and food support, into existing workforce development models.
• Develop a staff logistics resource regarding all partner agencies and their current relationship to TSF, contact information, and other pertinent details to program effectiveness.
• Develop ideas for Health & Housing partnership best practices and recommendations to include program outputs and data reporting in partnership with Data & Evaluation VISTA and TSF staff.
• Train relevant TSF staff on the use of new tracking systems and partnership databases.

Benefits

• Loan forbearance
• Professional development
• AmeriCorps childcare benefit (for those with children under 13)
• Pay rate - $957.46 bi-weekly (before taxes)
• Segal Education Award - $7,395 (before taxes, based on Pell Grant) is distributed via MyAmeriCorps.gov following a full term of service
• Housing, nutrition, or education stipend totaling up to $1000 per month

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees