AmeriCorps VISTA Community Success Coordinator

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Member Duties : The SBNC Community Success Coordinator will engage parents and community stakeholders in developing a family-centered community plan to assess the educational needs of school-age children, identify existing resources, and propose specific solutions to address these needs and gaps in services; provide access to and develop training resources for low-income parents to support their efforts to advocate for their children; engage other stakeholders and partners in a community-wide effort to improve educational outcomes for students; and ensure that the community plan and related activities are continually reflective of the needs and priorities of parents, students, and community residents. Program Benefits : Health Coverage* , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Relocation Allowance , Living Allowance , Education award upon successful completion of service , Training , Childcare assistance if eligible . *For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits. Terms : Permits attendance at school during off hours , Permits working at another job during off hours . Service Areas : Education . Skills : Community Organization , Computers/Technology , Conflict Resolution , Writing/Editing , General Skills , Public Speaking , Communications , Leadership , Team Work . Service Description : Strycker’s Bay Neighborhood Council is a grassroots, community-based organization serving the Upper West Side and Harlem. Our mission is to give families and children access to tools, resources, and knowledge that will empower them to break the cyclical nature of poverty and improve their quality of life. We serve as a neighborhood anchor that operates with an open door policy and with a staff that mirrors our community’s culture and lived experiences with an intimate knowledge of ongoing needs of low-income families, parents and children reaching for school success within a system and community not set up to meet their needs. Our services include after school programming, tutoring, summer camp, youth workforce development, eviction prevention assistance, and family support. While the Upper West Side as a whole is viewed as affluent, there is significant and overlooked poverty and inequity within its diverse neighborhoods. In our community, 7% of residents are Black and 15% are Latino; there are more than 32,000 children under age 18; 11.4% of families live below the federal poverty level and 25% are food insecure. Most vulnerable children here face the steepest barriers to accessing local educational resources. In addition, New York retains its place as the most segregated state for Black students, and second most segregated for Latinos. Dual segregation of low-income Black and Latino students has worsened in the past 10 years, with poor outcomes for so many.