Employment Opportunities

AmeriCorps Member – Outreach and Communications Coordinator

For one year, get paid to build sustainable solutions in a community, gain valuable hands-on experience and prepare for your future. This full-time AmeriCorps service position offers a great opportunity to make an impact in the lives of others while building your own knowledge and skillset.

  • Full-Time Position for 10 ½ Months
  • Location: Eustis, Florida

 

What Will You Do?

The outreach and communications coordinator will develop and strengthen relationships within the local community, create and deploy creative content to stakeholders, and elevate Habitat’s presence in the community, ultimately allowing us to further our mission.

Service Activities

  • Build and strengthen relationships with community residents, local organizations, businesses, elected officials and stakeholders.
  • Engage volunteers from community to support local improvement projects.
  • Coordinate and document with video, photo, and print, new projects in partnership with the community.
  • Support development and marketing of new and existing community programs.
  • Develop creative content for social media, e-mail, print materials, website management, local radio, and television.
  • Implement systems to accurately track and record marketing and communications data.
  • Develop evaluation tools that will assist in projecting and assessing impact.

AmeriCorps members may not perform prohibited activities as outlined in 45 CFR §2520.65 nor may they supplement, duplicate, or displace staff members in place at the host site.

Benefits of AmeriCorps service

  • Full-time living allowance $17,000 for approximately 10 ½ months of service.
  • Segal Education Award upon successful completion of service.
  • Health care benefits and enrollment in Employee Assistance Plan.
  • Personal and medical leave — approximately 10 days total.
  • Possible forbearance or deferment of qualified student loans.
  • Childcare benefits, if you qualify.
  • Worker’s compensation insurance.

Minimum requirements

Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, national or lawful permanent resident at least 18 or older and have a high school diploma or GED.

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE has:

  • Are passionate about serving the community through direct service.
  • Demonstrate respect for diversity of opinion, experience, and background.
  • Desire to gain hands-on experience in the affordable housing and nonprofit sector.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong research skills.
  • Attention to detail and is highly organized.
  • Experience working as a member of a team.
  • Knowledge of community development practices.
  • Basic experience with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel, and Teams.

 

Physical requirements

  • Ability to sit at a desk and computer for extended periods of time.
  • About 30% of this position requires outreach in the community, including visiting buildings and homes that may have stairs, as well as occasionally serving on project sites that may have uneven terrain.

 

Click Here to Apply Online 

 Email Cover Letter & Resume to Lacie@habitatLS.org 

Learn more about AmeriCorps: https://www.habitat.org/volunteer/long-term-opportunities/americorps 


About Habitat for Humanity of Lake-Sumter, FL

Habitat for Humanity of Lake-Sumter, FL, founded in 1989, is affiliated with Habitat International; a global, Christian-based nonprofit organization that grew out of an intentionally multi-racial community in rural Georgia. Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat brings together people of all faiths and people of no faith to build homes, communities and hope. Working alongside each other, we help families and individuals build and improve places to call home and achieve the strength, stability and self-reliance they need to build better lives for themselves. Habitat seeks individuals who have a willingness to affirm these principles and values.

 

Habitat for Humanity Lake-Sumter, FL is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified personnel for all our positions in a manner that does not unlawfully discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, gender, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, veteran/reserve national guard status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.