Are you a 2nd or 3rd year AmeriCorps*VISTA? Want to spend the next year working on a sunny South Carolina campus near the beach? Create campus-community partnerships that impact community needs and provide real world learning for students!
South Carolina Campus Compact sponsors AmeriCorps*VISTAs on member campuses throughout the state. SCCC VISTAs respond to the needs in the community surrounding the college or university they serve and mobilize student volunteers to make an impact both on campus and in the community. SCCC member campuses represent public and private, two-year, four-year, and research universities, and partner with both urban and rural communities across the state.
We currently have one institution recruiting AmeriCorps*VISTA members:
Charleston Southern University in beautiful Charleston, SC
Responsibilities for SCCC VISTAs vary among institutions, but all SCCC VISTAs work with their campus to: build campus-community partnerships; identify local poverty-related community needs; facilitate programs that impact low-income populations; mobilize student volunteers; educate faculty, staff, students, and the community at large about service learning.
Campus Compact VISTAs come from a variety of backgrounds with different professional goals, but all are prepared to take leadership in planning and managing projects and inspiring students, faculty, staff and community members to take action together. Campus Compact VISTAs act as change agents on a campus and in a community and have a demonstrated commitment to community service, service-learning, or social justice.
We look for candidates with strong written and verbal communication skills who will empower communities, leverage institutional resources, and build capacity for sustainable social change. We do require that VISTAs have a Bachelors or Associates degree. At this time, we are seeking applications from 2nd or 3rd year AmeriCorps*VISTAs. AmeriCorps*VISTA members make a minimum of one year commitment. Positions may begin between the November and December months.
Program Benefits: Childcare assistance if eligible, Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend, Education award upon successful completion of service, Health Coverage, Living Allowance, Relocation Allowance, Training .
Additional Qualifications:
At this time, we are seeking applications from 2nd or 3rd year AmeriCorps*VISTAs.
Start Date:
November/December 2010
Please contact Christine Rumbaugh, South Carolina Campus Compact AmeriCorps*VISTA leader at (803) 323-3927 or rumbaughc {at} winthrop(.)edu with inquires.
