Brown University AmeriCorps VISTA Fellow

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Swearer Center
Providence, RI, United States
Full-time

Housed at the Swearer Center for Public Service at Brown University, the Brown University AmeriCorps VISTA Fellowship is a full-time, post-graduate service and fellowship opportunity. The Swearer Center works to create a community of scholars, students, practitioners, and community members that work together to build on community strengths and address community challenges. We are committed to change in our community by developing high impact, sustainable and reciprocal community partnerships.

Our program provides high-impact professional development and training that enhances our VISTA Fellows’ personal and professional skills. Trainings will include role-specific support in data analysis, community organizing, and relationship building. Professional development workshops will also support VISTA Fellows in advancing their careers. The fellowship is team-focused and provides a variety of resources to help you make the most of your service year experience.

One of our positions is with the 21st century learning centers at D'Abate Community School & Hope High School. In this position your role would be to conduct data collection that will evaluate both programs at each site. You'll also be charged with sharing and promoting best practices to both sites. Our other position is at the Swearer Center - Student Development unit where you will deepen and broaden co-curricular training of all Brown volunteers including the implementation of a community-wide volunteer tracking and managing platform.

Educational Background: 
Bachelor's degree
Skills/Experience: 

Eligible candidates for the Brown University AmeriCorps VISTA Fellowship will be:

A US citizen or legal permanent resident

At least 18 years old

A college graduate (a minimum of a Bachelor's)

Have nonprofit experience

How to Apply: 

Apply via the AmeriCorps link https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=73416&fromSearch=...

After the AmeriCorps application is submitted, candidates will receive a followup email to complete the Brown University AmeriCorps VISTA Fellowship application and upload their resume. Plan accordingly to submit all application materials by Monday, October 23.

Job Function: 
Communications & Public Education

Organization Info

Swearer Center

Overview
Headquarters: 
Providence, RI
Website: 
brown.edu
About Us
Areas of Focus: 
Education
Community Service / Capacity Building / Volunteerism
Mission: 

The Swearer Center is a community of scholars, students, practitioners and community members that work together to build on community strengths and addresses community challenges. Our work engages all as co-learners, co-teachers, co-actors and co-creators of knowledge and action. Through the creative capacities of our students, faculty and community partners we explore, build and implement collaborative and strategic projects, programs and initiatives. Our work yields transformative learning, and positive sustainable change, through collective action.

Why Work For Us?: 

The Swearer Center has five core values that outline our approach towards student, staff/faculty and community engagement.

Academic Rigor

We are committed to academic rigor as a critical component of a Brown education and of being civically generative community members. We will build a culture and mechanisms of transparency and accountability, measurement and evaluation and evidence-based and critical reflective practices into all that we do.

Ethical and Engaged Student Leadership

We are committed to educating the whole student, listening carefully to students’ voices and respecting students’ agency as learners, change-makers and leaders. We will create inclusive opportunities and pathways for students to build effective community-based teams, coordinate community engaged projects and lead peers into community engaged commitments.

Reciprocity and Respect

We are committed to long-term reciprocal community relationships built on respect and collaboration in co-creation of knowledge, co-education and impact. We will create structural mechanisms that facilitate community agency and community voice, and that better facilitate University responsiveness and responsibility to community.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We are committed to active and equitable inclusion of diverse stakeholders, perspectives, identities, histories and ways of knowing. We will critically examine the roles that power and privilege continue to play in community engagement relationships and particularly in the relationship between the University and the greater Providence community.

Social Justice

We are committed to building peaceful, equitable and just communities through systematic analysis and collective action to address challenges faced by communities. We will build relationships and strategies that connect University human, intellectual and financial resources to systemic analysis and collective action for social justice

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Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Oct 18 2017
Active Until: 
Nov 18 2017
Hiring Organization: 
Swearer Center
industry: 
Nonprofit