AmeriCorps LISC (NED), Full-Time 1 year internship
Qualifications/Position Summary
This is a 1 Year Internship beginning September 1, 2010 and ending August 31, 2011.
The LISC member will help manage volunteers for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and the Money Savvy Youth (MSY) programs. As the volunteer coordinator, the member will play a key role in building sustained capacities of both programs to serve more of Oakland’s low-income population, thereby contributing to their financial stability.
The Money Savvy Youth program teaches basic money management skills through applied and interactive learning to youth in Oakland schools. In the next few years, this program will expand significantly into more Oakland schools with the help of many volunteers.
VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) is a program that offers free tax help for low- to moderate-income families. Dedicated volunteers, certified by the IRS, are trained to help you with special credits, such as Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for which you may qualify.
- Money Savvy Youth Program:
Assist EBALDC staff in delivering Money Savvy Youth curriculum to students at Oakland public schools; Provide support in the recruitment, training, and coordination of volunteers to teach MSY; Assist in outreach to new school partners and cultivation of current ones; Assist in the development and refinement of volunteer training materials and curricula; Help in ensuring that data is properly entered into the database; Assist in other program related tasks as needed. -
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program:
Assist EBALDC staff and volunteers to prepare 1,300 tax returns for low-income families in the 2010/11 tax season; Lead recruitment and assists in management of volunteers. Duties include being the primary liaison between volunteers and EBALDC, creating and disseminating volunteer recruitment materials, maintaining database of volunteers, and coordinating volunteer work schedules; Assist in design and delivery of income tax training sessions and orientations, including encouraging and training volunteers to take the advanced certification exam; Assist in the development and dissemination of marketing materials to advertise the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program; Help in ensuring that data is properly entered into the database; Assist in other program related tasks as needed.
Compensation/Benefits:
$18,000 stipend, plus $5,350 education award, eligible for AmeriCorps health insurance program and childcare benefits.
Benefits
EBALDC offers excellent benefit. EBALDC currently pays 100% of employee premiums and 45% of dependent premiums for all regular employees working at least 20 hours per week. Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Alternative Health, LTD and Life, FSA, EAP, Retirement, Commuter, paid Vacation, Sick and Holiday time off.
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