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Minnesota Youth Council Operations Fellow

Minnesota Alliance With Youth
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About us:

Minnesota Alliance With Youth is looking for passionate and dedicated individuals to serve as AmeriCorps Groundwork Fellows. This is an exciting opportunity for someone committed to making a lasting impact on communities by addressing education-related challenges. As a Groundwork Fellow member, you will help maintain and strengthen the network of organizations who support young people throughout Minnesota.

AmeriCorps Groundwork Fellows serve at nonprofits, schools, and government agencies. This position is placed with the Minnesota Alliance With Youth (the Alliance), a nonprofit that brings people together in service across generations to make our state a place where all young people can thrive.Through service, we develop leaders who foster young people’s individual assets, honor their voices, and prepare them to reach their goals. This role will support the Minnesota Youth Council, a group of 36 young people from across the state who amplify the voices of their generation to the governor and state legislature to create policies that work for all. 

 

You Serve: 

Through their service, Groundwork Fellows implement three key strategies:

• Build capacity at their host site organization to help address education inequities such as the achievement and opportunity gaps

• Coordinate efforts that bridge and build the integration of school and community wide support for youth, focused on providing and sharing resources that increase a young person's school attendance, behavior and/or course performance (all indicators with a strong link to academic engagement and high school graduation)

• Actively engage youth as agents of change in closing the opportunity and achievement gaps in their communities

Groundwork Fellow Duties:

The Minnesota Youth Council (MYC) Operations Fellow will serve as a youth organizer for the youth council. The fellow will support the mobilization of middle and high school students for equitable policy change. This position will be focused on developing youth engagement strategies and building grassroots youth power. The position will also support the council director with recruitment and retention efforts of youth council members. Additional support also includes event coordination, representative support, strategy, and council scheduling. Please note: this position requires occasional evening and weekend work with traveling involved.

 

Groundwork Fellow must commit to:

  • Engage actively in onboarding training and continuous professional development.
  • Maintain regular and effective communication with program staff and site personnel.
  • Input data into online systems promptly and accurately.
  • Exhibit consistent, punctual attendance and adhere to scheduled hours.
  • Dedicate to serving the full-service term, fulfilling the total 1200-hour requirement within the specified term.
  • Attend all mandatory Alliance-sponsored training sessions, meetings, and coaching sessions; travel as required.

Groundwork Fellows will earn:

  • AmeriCorps Living Stipend: $1,236.36 twice per month.
  • AmeriCorps Education Award: $5,176.50  Education Award upon successful completion of service. This award can be used toward federally qualifying student loans or future qualified post-secondary education.
  • Benefits: Health and dental insurance, qualified student loan forbearance, qualified child care assistance, AmeriCoach life coach, TAP transportation card (metro area), support applying for SNAP benefits.
  • Training: Equity in education. Effective leadership skill development including public speaking and facilitation, resource mapping, inclusive spaces and language, and other relevant topics. Professional development goal setting.

Minimum requirements:

  • 18 years or older
  • High School graduate with a Diploma or GED
  • A U.S. Citizen, U.S. National or Lawful Permanent Resident of the United States
  • Not have served more than the allowed number of AmeriCorps terms before this term—eligibility based on AmeriCorps term limitations.
  • Able to pass a complete National Service Criminal Service History Background check (including National Sex Offender Registry, State of service and State of residence, and FBI checks) - eligibility requirements listed here.

Learn more & apply today - www.mnyouth.net/AmeriCorps

This is a full-time service position (40 hrs/wk) that begins January 6, 2025 and ends July 31, 2025.  If you have any questions, please contact Alex at recruitment@mnyouth.net

Please note: This program is available to all, regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, marital or parental status, genetic information, and military service. Reasonable accommodations are provided upon request for interviews and service activities. This document is available in alternative formats.