AmeriCorps Youth Creativity Specialist
Listed on 2026-09-20
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Non-Profit & Social Impact
Youth Development, Non-Profit / Outreach -
Education / Teaching
Youth Development
Ameri Corps Youth Creativity Specialist | City of Dubuque Employment Opportunities page has loaded.
- September 1st, 2026 – May 8th, 2027 (36 Week Contract)
- September 14th, 2026 – May 22nd, 2027 (36 Week Contract)
* Contract start and end dates are flexible and rotate on a bi-weekly schedule
450 Hour Contract - Minimum of 15 hours/week
Compensation:
Living Allowance Total: $5,850 ($325.00
-taxes every 2 weeks over 36 weeks) + Education Award: $1,956.35
General
Purpose:
Ameri Corps is a national service program that takes a different approach to improve lives and fostering civic engagement. Ameri Corps Members commit their time to address critical community needs. In Dubuque, Ameri Corps Members serve at the intersection of education and mental health to help youth understand their emotions, reactions, and relationships through social-emotional learning to improve academic, career, and social success.
City of Dubuque Ameri Corps Members implement key skill-building program to have the following impacts:
- Youth experience programs promoting healthy lifestyles resulting in decreased youth risk-related behaviors.
- Youth development skills to build meaningful and healthy relationships while experiencing being valued and respected.
- Providing every young person with the opportunity to grow up safely and access their best possible future.
The Ameri Corps Youth Creativity Specialist serves Bluff Strokes Art Center under the guidance and supervision of the Executive Director. This position's goal is to provide Dubuque's youth with community connections, healthy opportunities, and engaging high-quality art activities focused on Arts & Culture, year-round. This vital role involves creating partnerships to reach more youth including those who have been historically excluded, developing and implementing programs, and evaluating their impact.
The Youth Creativity Specialist focuses on helping youth find their unique, creative expression, helping them navigate their personal development meaningfully through art. This position will support the development and implementation of programming for youth, build relationships with disadvantaged youth
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