What are the responsibilities and job description for the AmeriCorps Groundwork Fellow position at Minnesota Alliance With Youth?
As a Groundwork Fellow member, you will play a crucial role in building capacity, fostering sustainable solutions, and creating lasting change. Through their service, Groundwork Fellows implement three key strategies:
- Build capacity at their host site organization to help address barriers to education for students and families
- Coordinate efforts that bridge and build the integration of school and community-wide supports for youth, focused on providing and sharing resources that increase a young person’s school attendance, behavior and/or course performance (all indicators with a strong link to academic engagement and high school graduation)
- Actively engage youth as agents of change in addressing educational barriers in their communities
You EARN:
- AmeriCorps Living Stipend: ~ Full-time (40hrs/week) members receive $1236 twice per month (pre-tax)
- AmeriCorps Education Award The education award can be used toward federally qualifying student loans (federal student financial aid loans, not including ParentPlus loans) or future qualified post-secondary education.
- Benefits: Health and dental insurance, qualified student loan forbearance, qualified child care assistance, AmeriCoach life coach, TAP transportation card (metro area), support applying for SNAP benefits.
Minimum QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must be 18 years of age or older by the time of program start date
- Must have at least a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent educational qualification
- Must be either a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National or Lawful Permanent Resident of the United States
- Must not have served four or more prior terms of service AmeriCorps State and National
- Must be able to pass National Service Criminal Service History Background check (including National Sex Offender Registry, State of service and State of residence, and FBI checks) - eligibility requirements listed
Positions are available starting August 16, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026.
Please note: This program is available to all, regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, marital or parental status, genetic information, and military service. Reasonable accommodations are provided upon request for interviews and service activities. This document is available in alternative formats.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $16.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Childcare
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Mileage reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Saint Paul, MN 55114
Salary : $16
