FEMA Corps Team Leader, Jan. 2025 - Nov. 2025, AmeriCorps NCCC
What is AmeriCorps NCCC?
AmeriCorps NCCC (the National Civilian Community Corps) provides you with valuable life experience and skill development while you lead a team of 18–26-year-olds, earn money for college, travel the U.S., and help communities!
The mission of AmeriCorps NCCC is to strengthen communities and develop leaders through team-based national and community service. Serving with FEMA Corps is taking a step towards federal employment, learning transferable skills, and making a difference when it matters most.
Position Overview:
Service will be full-time for 11 months, which includes 1 month leadership training that will start January 2025 followed by 10 months of leading an 8–12-person team young adults while traveling across the country. You and your team will focus on projects that support communities before, during, and after disasters. Training for our Winter 2025 Traditional Corps at the Southern Region campus in Vicksburg, MS.
Team Leader Duties:
- Lead a team through direct, hands-on service in the areas of natural and other disasters.
- As a Team Leader, you will be crucial to your team’s success. You’ll be responsible for directing, motivating, and mentoring, a diverse team of young people.
- Partner organizations and NCCC staff will look to you for coordination of project logistics.
- Gain invaluable supervisory experience, challenge yourself, and build lasting connections.
During service, you will receive:
- Basic expenses, including communal housing, meals, and a limited health benefit
- All program-related travel, including to your training location, projects, and back home after your service term
- A modest living allowance for your personal expenses
- Valuable training in leadership, technical skills, teamwork, and more
- Forbearance for federally backed student loans; after you successfully complete your term of service, you are eligible to have the interest incurred during service paid in full
After service, you will receive:
- Segal AmeriCorps Education Award of over $7,000 to use on future educational expenses or to pay back qualified student loans
- Competitive job edge in your job search, including access to a network of over 700 Employers of National Service
- Opportunities to make your education more affordable through scholarships, application fee waivers, and other benefits for AmeriCorps alums provided by hundreds of Schools of National Service
How to apply:
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Create Your Profile – You’ll need to register by creating your profile before applying. Input the required information, and then get started on your application.
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Start Your Application – Tell us about your motivations, skills, and experience. You’ll also need to provide two professional references.
- Submit Your Application – After completing your application, submit it to the specific service opportunities you want to pursue, which can be more than one.
Be sure to use the visual guide to walk you step-by-step through the process and consider signing up for one of our application and selection webinars.