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Traditional Corps Team Leader, June 2025 - May 2026, AmeriCorps NCCC

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🔸What is AmeriCorps NCCC?

AmeriCorps NCCC (the National Civilian Community Corps) provides you with valuable life experience and skill development while you lead a team of 18–26-year-olds, earn money for college, travel the U.S., and help communities! 

The mission of AmeriCorps NCCC is to strengthen communities and develop leaders through team-based national and community service. Serving with Traditional Corps is a great way work with your hands, discover something different, and reach new heights of personal and professional growth.

🔸Position Overview:

Service will be full-time for 11 months, which includes 1 month leadership training that will start June 2025 followed by 10 months of leading an 8–12-person team of young adults while traveling across the country. You and your team will be deployed to 4-6 projects across the country serving communities with the greatest need. 

Training for our Summer 2025 Traditional Corps will be held at our Southern Region campus in Vicksburg, MS. You will return to the Southern Region campus between project rounds.

🔸Eligibility Requirements:

  • To serve as a Team Leader, you must be 18 or older (no upper age limit). You may apply to Traditional Corps at 17, if you will turn 18 before arriving on campus.
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen or a Lawful Permanent Resident of the U.S.
  • Must pass an initial drug screening test upon arrival to the program. A positive test on a drug screen for any substance (including marijuana) at any time during service could result in dismissal from the program.
  • Team Leaders must have a valid driver’s license, as they will be expected to drive the team vehicle.
  • Must be available for 11 months of full-time service consisting of extensive travel.
  • Note: Prior service experience is not required, however, we highly encourage prior leadership experience.

🔸Team Leader Duties: 

  • Lead a team through direct, hands-on service in the areas of natural and other disasters.
  • As a Team Leader, you will be crucial to your team’s success. You’ll be responsible for directing, motivating, and mentoring, a diverse team of young people.
  • Partner organizations and NCCC staff will look to you for coordination of project logistics.
  • Gain invaluable supervisory experience, challenge yourself, and build lasting connections.

🔸During Service, You Will Receive:

  • Basic expenses, including communal housing, meals, and a limited health benefit
  • All program-related travel, including to your training location, projects, and back home after your service term
  • A modest living allowance for your personal expenses
  • Valuable training in leadership, technical skills, teamwork, and more
  • Forbearance for federally backed student loans; after you successfully complete your term of service, you are eligible to have the interest incurred during service paid in full

🔸After Service, You Will Receive:

🔸How to Apply:

  1. Review Position Details - Go to the my.AmeriCorps.gov portal to review the position listing linked here to ensure it is the position you want to apply to. For other open positions, visit here.
     
  2. Create Your Profile – You’ll need to register by creating your profile before applying. Input the required information, and then get started on your application.
     
  3. Start Your Application – Tell us about your motivations, skills, and experience. You’ll also need to provide two professional references.
     
  4. Submit Your Application – After completing your application, submit it to the specific service opportunities you want to pursue, which can be more than one.

✔ Be sure to use the visual guide to walk you step-by-step through the process and consider signing up for one of our application and selection webinars.