Campus Compact VISTA - Rutgers University Volunteer Engage

Campus Compact VISTA - Rutgers University Volunteer Engage

The Campus Compact Ameri Corps VISTA program places Ameri Corps VISTA members in full service with our campus and community partners for a one-year period. During this year, members spend 35 hours per week on their host site's campus or with one of that campus's community partners to work on building systems and programs that support low-income college students and community members.

The VISTA member's work is to build capacity, meaning that rather than directly serving the community, they're enhancing or creating systems, structures, and resources that support the direct anti-poverty work. Campus Compact functions as the central VISTA program hub, performing program administration, offering training and support to VISTA members and their projects, and connecting the work happening in individual projects both to similar work happening nationwide and back to Ameri Corps.

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Member Duties :
This VISTA position supports a collective impact initiative led by Rutgers University-Camden Community Engagement to address poverty in Camden by strengthening coordination among community partners, volunteers, and campus resources. The VISTA will help build a data-driven infrastructure using Give Pulse to improve how organizations communicate needs, manage volunteers, and deliver services related to food security, housing, education, and workforce development, with a particular focus on K-12 education.

In the K-12 education space, the VISTA's efforts will go beyond data infrastructure, and include developing volunteer systems by working with low-income college students through the Bonner Program, whose participants provide mentoring and tutoring to K-12 students. By enhancing partnerships, systems, and volunteer engagement, the role advances sustainable, community-informed solutions that expand access to critical resources and educational opportunities for Camden residents.

Program Benefits :
Living Allowance , Training , Relocation Allowance , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Childcare assistance if eligible , Health Coverage* , Housing .

Terms :

Permits working at another job during off hours , Permits attendance at school during off hours .

Service Areas :

Community and Economic Development , Community Outreach , Education .

Skills :

Education , Recruitment , Computers/Technology , Community Organization , Communications .