AmeriCorps
ARM Volunteer Outreach and Training VISTA
About Alabama Rural Ministry: Alabama Rural Ministry (ARM), is a faith-based organization that uses community service as a means to develop servant leaders. These servant leaders engage in home repair and children's outreach as they hone their leadership skills. The desired outcome is to end substandard housing in Alabama. ARM's Vision: Transformed rural communities with sustainable homes, strong families, and strategic community partnerships for the glory of God. ARM's Mission Statement: Discovering, developing, and deploying spiritual leaders who, as disciples of Jesus Christ, serve with under-resourced and rural communities to create sustainable homes, strengthen families, and build strategic community partnerships. Programs: ARM coordinates affordable housing and home repair efforts in rural, low-income areas of Alabama, predominantly in Sumter, Macon, and Lee counties. ARM hosts volunteer groups including church groups doing home repair. ARM helps families apply for home repair grants through partnerships with the USDA, HUD, and the Community Development Block Grant in the City of Auburn. With these programs, ARM provides more extensive repair and some of this work is contracted and some are completed using volunteers. ARM provides day camps for children in the areas where we are providing repair. Finally, we develop community partnerships and have student groups on university campuses. ARM began in 1998 as a missional summer camp organization in Livingston, Alabama at the University of West Alabama. Livingston is near central Mississippi. It launched an additional site in 2001 in the Central East Alabama area near Auburn and Tuskegee Universities. It now operates as a year-round home repair ministry with a summer children's camp. It runs year-round in Tuskegee and in the summer in Livingston, Alabama. A significant part of ARM's outreach is with college students.
Member Duties :
The VISTA of Volunteer Management and Recruiting collaborates with all staff in recruiting, training, and tracking hours for local volunteers in East Central Alabama. They improve the effectiveness of ARM's recruiting model for summer camp counselors and interns. Success is 7-14 summer camp counselors prepared to host 300 volunteer teams. The VISTA creates a robust system for equipping volunteers to serve with ARM through outreach publications and distribution and developing training packages as needed. Skills: Excellent skills in patiently relating to and communicating with diverse people both in person and over the phone. Incredible attention to detail and the ability to understand complex processes. Proficiency in using digital tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint to create professional, organized documents. Proficient in web-based tools such as Google Chrome as well as Gmail and Google Drive. Ability to learn new web-based tools and use a CRM.
Program Benefits :
Housing , Health Coverage* , Stipend , Education award upon successful completion of service , Training , Childcare assistance if eligible , Relocation Allowance , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend .
*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 , Car recommended .
Service Areas : Veterans , Community and Economic Development , Disaster Relief , Community Outreach , Neighborhood Revitalization , Housing , Children/Youth .
Skills : Communications , Recruitment , Community Organization , Non-Profit Management , Public Speaking , Leadership .
About Alabama Rural Ministry: Alabama Rural Ministry (ARM), is a faith-based organization that uses community service as a means to develop servant leaders. These servant leaders engage in home repair and children's outreach as they hone their leadership skills. The desired outcome is to end substandard housing in Alabama. ARM's Vision: Transformed rural communities with sustainable homes, strong families, and strategic community partnerships for the glory of God. ARM's Mission Statement: Discovering, developing, and deploying spiritual leaders who, as disciples of Jesus Christ, serve with under-resourced and rural communities to create sustainable homes, strengthen families, and build strategic community partnerships. Programs: ARM coordinates affordable housing and home repair efforts in rural, low-income areas of Alabama, predominantly in Sumter, Macon, and Lee counties. ARM hosts volunteer groups including church groups doing home repair. ARM helps families apply for home repair grants through partnerships with the USDA, HUD, and the Community Development Block Grant in the City of Auburn. With these programs, ARM provides more extensive repair and some of this work is contracted and some are completed using volunteers. ARM provides day camps for children in the areas where we are providing repair. Finally, we develop community partnerships and have student groups on university campuses. ARM began in 1998 as a missional summer camp organization in Livingston, Alabama at the University of West Alabama. Livingston is near central Mississippi. It launched an additional site in 2001 in the Central East Alabama area near Auburn and Tuskegee Universities. It now operates as a year-round home repair ministry with a summer children's camp. It runs year-round in Tuskegee and in the summer in Livingston, Alabama. A significant part of ARM's outreach is with college students.
Member Duties :
The VISTA of Volunteer Management and Recruiting collaborates with all staff in recruiting, training, and tracking hours for local volunteers in East Central Alabama. They improve the effectiveness of ARM's recruiting model for summer camp counselors and interns. Success is 7-14 summer camp counselors prepared to host 300 volunteer teams. The VISTA creates a robust system for equipping volunteers to serve with ARM through outreach publications and distribution and developing training packages as needed. Skills: Excellent skills in patiently relating to and communicating with diverse people both in person and over the phone. Incredible attention to detail and the ability to understand complex processes. Proficiency in using digital tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint to create professional, organized documents. Proficient in web-based tools such as Google Chrome as well as Gmail and Google Drive. Ability to learn new web-based tools and use a CRM.
Program Benefits :
Housing , Health Coverage* , Stipend , Education award upon successful completion of service , Training , Childcare assistance if eligible , Relocation Allowance , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend .
*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 , Car recommended .
Service Areas : Veterans , Community and Economic Development , Disaster Relief , Community Outreach , Neighborhood Revitalization , Housing , Children/Youth .
Skills : Communications , Recruitment , Community Organization , Non-Profit Management , Public Speaking , Leadership .