HandsOn VISTA - St Vincent de Paul - Farms

**ABOUT THE SITE AND THE ROLE: See ‘Members Duties’ below.   

ABOUT HandsOn Greater Phoenix:   

For nearly 30 years, HandsOn Greater Phoenix has worked with nonprofits, Title I schools, neighborhood associations and government entities to assess and meet the volunteer needs of the Greater Phoenix area. The HandsOn VISTA program supports members at multiple placement sites across the valley. Our VISTA members enable our community service partners to expand capacity and build infrastructure by creating the processes and tools needed to effectively access and utilize valuable resources. HandsOn VISTA members will improve capacity for leading communities during and beyond their terms of service by developing their knowledge, skills, and abilities related to volunteering, civic engagement, and other areas. In addition to the site-specific work of the individual role all of our VISTA members: participate in 2 AmeriCorps of Service, lead projects at 2 HandsOn community service days, attend monthly VISTA team trainings with the other HandsOn VISTA members, and monthly community volunteering project opportunities.   

**PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS TO THIS POSITION ARE BEING CONSIDERED ON A ROLLING BASIS. PLEASE APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR BEST CONSIDERATION. VISIT https://www.handsonphoenix.org/beaVISTA FOR MORE INFORMATION.  

Member Duties :   

Join St. Vincent de Paul - Farms and make a change to nearly 963,000 Arizonans who experience hunger, including nearly 300,000 children! The successful applicant will help develop SVdP Urban Farms programming by recruiting volunteers, developing educational programs, and improving community outreach to promote sustainable agriculture. You will do this by expanding volunteer recruitment and engagement, developing program materials, implementing volunteer retention and evaluations plans and more! The future member should have some background in sustainability, bilingual and/or a knowledge of farms and volunteer management but not required.  

Program Benefits: Childcare assistance if eligible. Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend, Professional Development Training, Health Coverage*, Living Allowance, $100 per/Qt grocery card, Relocation Allowance.   

*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit   

http://www.vistacampus.gov/healthcare   

You can also apply at (preferred):

https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=128273