RI Mentor Coordinator

Are you ready to embark on an incredible journey of mentorship, empowerment, and social impact? As a Partnership and New Site Coordinator with The DREAM Program, your main mission will be to support The DREAM Program in starting mentoring chapters in Maine/Rhode Island. You will help to understand the landscape of opportunity for beginning programs in Maine/Rhode Island, including exploration of college partners and low-income community partnerships. Through a deep understanding of our Village Mentoring and Summer Enrichment program models, you'll play a crucial role in helping to establish new regions to expand our impact. Your work will directly contribute to breaking down barriers and creating positive change, making this a life-changing experience for you and everyone involved.

If you’re a bold leader ready to make a lasting difference, this is your opportunity to drive meaningful change.

• The DREAM Program is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment where all staff, volunteers, youth and families have the opportunity to thrive. We believe in continuous learning and growth, and we encourage members to engage with curiosity, openness, and a commitment to making a meaningful impact. Our mission is to close the Opportunity Gap by providing mentorship and enriching experiences that support youth from a wide range of backgrounds. We seek teammates who bring unique and varied perspectives, experiences, and skills. DREAM values individuals who are dedicated to creating an environment where everyone feels seen, supported, and empowered.

Responsibilities of the Partnership and Site Coordinator

• As the Partnership and Site Coordinator, you will drive the expansion of DREAM’s programs, launching and growing sites. This includes cultivating strong partnerships with housing organizations, establishing DREAM as a key volunteer opportunity on local college campuses, and connecting with families in partner housing communities to enroll youth.
• You will lay the groundwork for local neighborhood partnerships through intentional outreach, developing prospective partner lists, and doing site visits
• You will research and establish contacts with local universities
• You will engage in outreach and recruitment of Volunteer mentors for our sites , rallying like-minded individuals who are passionate about mentoring and fostering transformative relationships in childhood.
• You will coordinate and execute community events during the summer to foster engagement with youth, families, and local leaders.
• You will coordinate with DREAM’s recruitment staff to begin engaging in outreach and recruitment of volunteer mentors for our sites, rallying like-minded individuals who are passionate about mentoring and fostering transformative relationships in childhood.

Compensation and Term:

• Dates of service: Monday, June 9, 2025 - Monday, August 18, 2025.

• 35-45 hours per week, 300 total service hours.

• Time off: 3 long weekends through the term, plus 3 personal days off available
• $750 biweekly, $4,500 total (6 pay periods)
  • These are PRE-TAX amounts.
• Upon completion of dates and total hours, you will receive an education award of $1,565.08 (pre-tax). Click here to learn more about the Segal Education Award.
• AmeriCorps members are also eligible for:
  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (food stamps)
  • Child care assistance
  • Student loan deferment (forbearance)
  • Other publicly-funded benefits, such as heating and utility assistance.
• If you engage in work-related travel outside of your commute using a personal vehicle, DREAM will provide reimbursement for mileage.
• As an AmeriCorps member at DREAM, you will have the additional support of a DREAM AmeriCorps Director to help you navigate your service term and apply for publicly funded programs.

Work environment: This position operates in multiple spaces. The spaces included are primarily an indoor/outdoor environment with active children, within the housing communities we serve, in public/field trip spaces in the local area, and occasionally in a workplace environment for planning and meetings. You may also be visiting our rustic Camp DREAM. The role also utilizes equipment characteristic of an outdoor and indoor youth day camp (pop-up shade canopies/tents, hand tools, activity supplies, food preparation equipment, storage spaces and sports equipment/toys). This role routinely uses computers, as well as phones and printers for communications and activity planning. During the summer, conditions will be warm and activities will often be held outdoors.

Physical demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee/member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

• This position requires comfort working in outdoor environments, regardless of the weather.
• This position is very active and frequently requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee/member is regularly required to communicate with individuals who talk and hear.
• The employee/member may occasionally lift and/or move items over 50 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee/member is regularly required to observe and comprehend using vision abilities that include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Travel: Travel includes local travel during the work hours described. Out-of-the-area and overnight travel may be occasionally expected. (PHILLY: Out-of-the-area and overnight travel may be offered, but is not required.)

AAP/EEO Statement: The DREAM Program is an equal opportunity employer and an incorporated 501(c)3 charitable organization. The DREAM Program prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

At will AmeriCorps Membership: Your term of AmeriCorps with The DREAM Program, Inc. is at will. This means your membership, although for a defined period of time, is subject to termination by you or The DREAM Program, Inc., with or without cause, with or without notice, and at any time. Nothing in this policy or any other policy of The DREAM Program, Inc. shall be interpreted to be in conflict with or to eliminate or modify in any way, the at-will status of The DREAM Program, Inc. AmeriCorps members.

The at-will employment status of a member of The DREAM Program, Inc. may be modified only in a written employment agreement with that employee which is signed by the CEO, or the Chairman of the Board of Directors, of The DREAM Program, Inc.