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UWKC AmeriCorps VISTA Opportunities

VISTA members serve full-time for one-year terms to develop sustainable community service programs with a variety of nonprofits to help address poverty in the United States. This is a great opportunity for folks who either want to take a year to serve their community before entering the workforce, or who want to begin their career in nonprofit work.

Service dates are June 5, 2023 – June 4, 2024. Below is a list of our open positions:

UWKC: AmeriCorps VISTA Leader

  • Support recruitment, coordinate training, mentor, acquire resources, and provide ongoing support for all national service members serving with United Way AmeriCorps Program.

 UWKC: Child Nutrition Programs

  • Fight poverty by increasing access to federal meal programs for students and by raising awareness of the Community Eligibility Provision.

UWKC: Emergency Food System Coordinator

  • Increase access to home delivery of groceries by maintaining United Way’s delivery partnership with Door Dash and local food banks, and collaborate with existing food bank partners to implement the delivery of culturally relevant and/or dietary-specific grocery boxes.

UWKC: Food Security Collaborator

  • Provide support to the Food Justice Collaborative to help end hunger and create a more equitable food ecosystem in King County.

UWKC: Food Security Innovation VISTA

  • Develop innovate pilot projects relating to child nutrition and food security, working with local and statewide partners to implement new programs that decrease household food insecurity.

 FareStart: Volunteer Engagement Coordinator

  • Help rebuild a robust and diverse volunteer community following the pandemic. Maintain, enhance, and build job training pathways for youth and adults through online learning and on-the-job training at FareStart’s social enterprise businesses. 

 FareStart: Upcycling and Sustainability in Food Systems VISTA

  • Develop, grow, and scale Value Added Processing, which aims to reduce regional food waste while supporting the local food economy and benefit those that have least access to nutritional food.

 Dignity for Divas: Diversion VISTA

  • Identify and facilitate partnerships with local hotels and motels creating immediate normalcy for families experiencing homelessness.

 King County Housing Authority: Health Initiatives Coordinator

  • Collaboratively identify and respond to the health-related needs of the public housing community by establishing new and expanded resident-led health initiatives.

 Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association: Community Engagement and Communications

  • Help families living in Southwest Seattle gain familiarity with resources, create best practice toolkits for increased neighborhood outcome-based engagement, and create and implement a communication work plan with the communications team.

 YouthCare: Community Resources Coordinator

  • Help ensure that vulnerable young people have the basics, supports, and more in order to not just survive, but thrive. Support in sourcing and distributing critically needed items and volunteers to youth experiencing homelessness.

 Northwest Justice Project: Grants Coordinator

  • Expand free legal aid services with increased capacity and efficiency to generate grant revenue. Improve internal collaboration, establish effective coordinated grant management, identify grant opportunities, and create content for grant proposals.

 Hunger Intervention Program: Community Engagement and Events Coordinator

  • Help facilitate community connections by doing outreach in local communities and organizing a series of events, including cultural community-specific events, in HIP’s service area.

 Housing Connector: Stability Support Agent

  • Support our community partners in working at their best with housing navigation for the most vulnerable, low-income households in their housing journey.

 Literacy Source: Outreach and Systems Coordinator

  • Create a sustainable system that improves access and management of internal information systems, resource and digital services to enhance the service of free basic skills education and resources to low-income adults working to improve their lives.

Interested individuals can find full position descriptions and application links through our website: https://www.uwkc.org/americorps-service/

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