The Equitable Recovery through Resilience VISTA will build neighborhood strength in the face of COVID-19 and its ongoing ramifications, increasing capacity of low-income neighborhoods to bounce back during both immediate emergencies and long-term challenges. The VISTA will develop and initiate programs that help neighborhoods fight poverty: they will support leaders and volunteers in identifying assets, cultivating assets, and supporting vulnerable neighbors. The VISTA will create neighborhood organizing support tools, capacity-increasing activities, and provide resilience-building support. This work will help ensure the COVID recovery has more distributed benefits by building the resilience of low-income Flagstaff neighborhoods.

Build volunteer capacity and volunteer support-capacity, to increase neighborhood volunteering and leadership that increases resilience and reduces poverty. The VISTA will develop a group of neighborhood resilience volunteers, to build up neighborhood strength and support residents living in poverty.

The VISTA will train volunteer neighborhood leaders to build neighborhood capacity and resilience as part of the COVID-19 recovery.

Identify and obtain funding for neighborhood resilience-building. The VISTA will support neighborhoods by identifying funding needs and opportunities that will build neighborhood resilience.

Develop and begin to coordinate an outreach strategy for how the Sustainability Office can reach Flagstaff and Northern Arizona residents living in poverty. Identify gaps and opportunities for improvement with respect to communication with low-income neighborhoods and residents living in poverty.

Develop and begin to coordinate a comprehensive outreach strategy specifically targeting low-income neighborhoods and residents, to better serve these residents and ensure they have the opportunity to participate in climate action and neighborhood resilience-building.

Evaluate the City’s ability to address poverty and increase neighborhood resilience. Identify opportunities for the City of Flagstaff to better address poverty among its residents and increase neighborhood resilience.

To be considered for the position you must apply here: https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?fromSearch=true&id=110977

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $1,350.00 per month

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Relocation assistance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
Hybrid schedule in office and home.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Flagstaff, AZ 86001: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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