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 We are entering our thirteenth 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 program year is September 2, 2008 – August 14, 2009. Serving approximately 40 hours per week are 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 $450 (before taxes) every two weeks during the term of service.
- A $50 monthly travel allowance
- A $100 reimbursement for work boots and construction clothes, basic hand tools are provided.
- An education award of $4,725 after successful completion of the service term
- Health insurance (for members only)
- Child care reimbursement
- 20 days of time off, 10 of which must be taken in December of the program year.
- 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 service term.
- Low-cost housing, available for members on a first-come, first-serve basis.
We are currently accepting applications for the upcoming 2008 – 2009 program year.
We have filled the Individual Volunteer Coordinator position and thus we are no longer accepting applications for this position.
We are accepting applications for all of the other AmeriCorps positions. Apply today!
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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.
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