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AmeriCorps Positions

We are entering our fifteenth year of hosting an AmeriCorps program. AmeriCorps is the national service initiative which provides community service opportunities to people of all ages and backgrounds. Members address problems related to education, public safety, homeland security, the environment and basic human needs.

We look for members who are:

  • Dedicated to the missions of AmeriCorps and Habitat for Humanity.
  • Enthusiastic about building a team that represents and promotes the AmeriCorps ethic of service.
  • Committed to addressing the area’s affordable housing crisis.
  • Able to handle a high level of responsibility.

DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SKILLS

Our members participate in a variety of training sessions to help them develop their service and workplace skills:

  • One-on-one training with supervisor
  • AmeriCorps Construction Training: One day per week in the fall and winter months, the AmeriCorps members develop their construction skills by working on a house together, directed by a site supervisor.
  • CPR and First Aid
  • AmeriCorps Team Building Activities
  • Civic Engagement and Creating Social Change

Team-building is an important part of our program. We hold weekly meetings with the AmeriCorps team, plan and implement service projects in partnership with other non-profit organizations and participate in events with AmeriCorps members from around the state of Minnesota. AmeriCorps members will attend an orientation at the beginning of their service term at their respective organization, as well as participate in an end of the year event sponsored by ServeMN.

DURATION OF COMMITMENT

The 2010–11 program year will start September 1, 2010 – August 12, 2011. Serving approximately 40 hours per week is necessary to achieve the minimum requirement of 1,700 service hours. Members are accepted on a yearly basis, and may serve a maximum of two years in any AmeriCorps program.

BENEFITS

  • A living allowance of approximately $470 (before taxes) every two weeks during the term of service.
  • A $100 reimbursement for work boots and construction clothes, basic hand tools are provided.
  • An education award of $5,350 after successful completion of the service term
  • Health insurance (for members only)
  • Child care reimbursement
  • Holidays off: Thanksgiving, the Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day and Independence Day.
  • AmeriCorps sweatshirt and t-shirt.
  • Loan forbearance on most student loans and accrued interest paid after successful completion of term.
  • Low-cost housing available on a first-come, first served basis

Please see position descriptions below for more information on how to apply:

AmeriCorps - A Brush with Kindness Volunteer Facilitator

AmeriCorps - Individual Volunteer Coordinator

AmeriCorps - Construction Volunteer Facilitator

AmeriCorps - Habitat ReStore Volunteer Facilitator

Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity AmeriCorps Program will take Affirmative Action to ensure that all employment practices are free of discrimination. Such employment practices include, but are not limited to, the following: recruitment, employment advertising, selection, hiring, upgrading, promotion, demotion, transfer, layoff, disciplinary action, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, and selection for training and apprenticeship opportunities. Reasonable accommodations will be made for qualified individuals with known disabilities.