Americorp Program Coordinator

SUMMARYAt Alabama Goodwill Industries, our Mission is to help change lives through the power of work. We serve our community by providing employment development services and placement assistance for employment. Our programs are supported with profits generated through the sale of donated goods in our Retail Stores.

Reporting to the Director of Mission Services, the Americorp Program Coordinator coordinates planning for the proposed Book Works Ameri Corps program. The role organizes community input, program design, partnerships, volunteer systems, data tools, and operating-grant application materials. This is an AGI staff position supporting the planning phase; no Ameri Corps members are deployed during that phase. The proposed grant period is October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027, with nine months of full-time coordinator effort budgeted, subject to award and AGI's staffing schedule.

MISSION CONTRIBUTION Supports Alabama Goodwill Industries (AGI) in strengthening communities, eliminating barriers to opportunity, and helping people reach their full potential through learning and the power of work by preparing a sustainable Book Works program that expands early childhood literacy opportunities and community volunteer engagement.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS PLANNING & PROGRAM DESIGN
· Maintains a planning work plan, deliverable calendar, meeting records, and progress reports for the Director; flags delays and unresolved decisions.
· Coordinates community needs assessments, stakeholder meetings, review of literacy data, and research on evidence-informed early childhood literacy practices.
· Helps develop a comprehensive program design and implementation plan serving preschool and early elementary-aged children in underserved rural and urban communities within AGI's service territory.
· Drafts future member service activities and recruitment, selection, onboarding, training, supervision, support, and retention plans for leadership review.
· Helps assess member configurations and service site capacity; documents recommendations for the future operating program.

PARTNERSHIPS & VOLUNTEER SYSTEMS
· Coordinates planning with Head Start providers, schools, libraries, youth-serving organizations, and other prospective partners.
· Documents service site readiness, proposed partner responsibilities, and draft site agreements for review and approval by authorized leadership.
· Develops volunteer recruitment, orientation, scheduling, supervision, recognition, and recordkeeping procedures for the planned program.
· Drafts Book Works protocols for book selection, sorting, cleaning, quality checks, book-plating, inventory, bundling, distribution, and reading activities.
· Coordinates planning input from Operations and the Mission Integration Manager on donated-book logistics, facilities, and volunteer workflows.
· Develops proposed volunteer training materials and literacy activity procedures; incorporates partner and stakeholder feedback.

DATA COMPLIANCE & FISCAL COORDINATION
· Helps define performance measures, evaluation strategies, data collection tools, and reporting procedures for the proposed operating program.
· Develops tracking tools for future members, volunteers, service hours, children participating, books distributed, literacy events, and partner participation.
· Maintains planning records, supporting documentation, and draft reports for leadership and funder reporting; protects confidential information.
· Works with the Director, Finance, and Talent & Culture to prepare fiscal, compliance, staff time documentation, and reporting procedures consistent with the approved grant.
· Supports separate tracking of planning-grant expenditures and match documentation; routes fiscal approvals and funding decisions to…