Job Title: AmeriCorps VISTA Resource Development Service Member

Responsibilities:

• Resource Development VISTA will support all aspects of KIT’s volunteer program from recruiting new volunteers to promoting opportunities with KIT.
• This person will report to Vista Program Supervisors and work closely with Founder & CEO and other Development/Fundraising consultants.
• Developing materials for training volunteers and matching volunteers to sites
• Increasing awareness of KIT’s programs for prospective volunteers.

Skills:

• Recruitment
• Volunteer management
• Community engagement
• Team work
• Writing/editing

Benefits (through AmeriCorps VISTA):

• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Living Allowance
• Relocation Allowance
• Training
• Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend
• Health Coverage - For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit http://www.vistacampus.gov/healthcare.

Why serve:

Kids in Tech, Inc’s (KIT’s) mission is to excite, educate, and empower children to acquire skills and confidence in technology through interactive after school programs. The existing STEM educational framework does few favors for low-income children, who statistically tend to live in urban or suburban settings and be ethnic minorities. Without targeted interventions that promote STEM education for low-income and BIPOC students, their interests and potential will remain untapped. After-school STEM programs have provided evidence that, even in specialized curriculum settings, children who qualify for lunch subsidies scored lower than their counterparts who did not qualify. Elementary and middle school aged children in these programs did see improvements to their outcomes, and under-privileged groups saw the greatest gains. After-school STEM programs have demonstrated a unique learning environment that enables group-centered and hands-on-learning that make demonstrable gains in knowledge acquisition. KIT’s after school programs have been a vital supplemental opportunity for low-income youth in Lowell schools and housing authority for the past 6 years, and expanded to serve students in Boston in 2021. Performance in STEM areas for these groups remains low in Lowell, Boston, and nationally. It is anticipated that COVID-19 will only widen these gaps. Thus, it is critical that after school STEM programs are able to expand to meet the needs of as more students require support and time to provide remedial education. KIT’s VISTA project will seek to prepare KIT to serve more low-income, minority students in Massachusetts by increasing the organization’s fundraising, communications, curricula, fundraising, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and expects to benefit 300 youth aged 8 to 14 from schools where at least 50% of students qualify for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $91.18 per day

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Lowell, MA 01854