GoodHealth Works - PHA Student Engagement Specialist

Good Health Works - PHA Student Engagement Specialist

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The Portland Housing Authority (PHA) provides and expands affordable housing and services that improve quality of life, build community, enhance safety, and promote personal success for the people served and the neighborhoods in which they reside. Ameri Corps members at PHA serve in one of the organization's three education centers, where the collective goal is to help students succeed. Afternoons are drop‑in time for youth and blend academic support with social‑emotional engagement and creative expression.

The centers are communal spaces for educational assistance for residents of all ages, resource centers for exploring post‑secondary opportunities, and hubs for youth leadership development and community service. Members are responsible for supervising and maintaining a safe, comfortable environment where students of all ages and developmental levels can thrive both academically and socially. Members work together with staff to plan and facilitate supplemental educational and aspirational programming as well as build and maintain relationships with families, volunteers, service providers, and schools.

Mentoring is the backbone of our programming with intentional efforts to support basic needs beyond academic support such as food access, social‑emotional support, and life‑skills development.
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• Supervise and maintain a safe environment where marginalized students of all ages and developmental levels can thrive.
• Plan and lead supplemental educational and aspirational programming, working alongside staff in public housing communities.
• Build and maintain relationships with families, volunteers, service providers, and schools.
• Engage in mentoring, providing support for basic needs beyond academic support, e.g., food access, social‑emotional support, and life‑skills development.
• Adapt the role to part‑time or full‑time capacity; start and end date may be flexible.

• Health coverage
• Stipend
• Living allowance
• Training
• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Education award upon successful completion of service

• Community Organization
• Fine Arts/Crafts
• Team Work
• Leadership
• General Skills
• Youth Development
• Education
• Conflict Resolution
• Teaching/Tutoring

• Program Type:
  Ameri Corps State / National
• Program:
  Good Health Works – PHA Student Engagement Specialist
• Program Start/End Date: 01/09/2026 – 08/20/2026
• Work Schedule:
  
  Part Time
• Age Requirement:
  Minimum 17, Maximum none
• Program Locations:
  Maine
• Accepting Applications: 12/08/2025 – 08/20/2026
• Car recommended
• Service Areas:
  Public Health Ameri Corps, Children/Youth

Donovan Donovan
56 Northport Drive
Portland ME 04103

delaney.donovan

Seniority level:
Entry level

Employment type:

Part‑time
Job function:
Education and Training
Industries:
Government Administration