Reports to: Program Manager

Type: Paid Volunteer

Location: Oakland, CA (Not open to non-residents of the United States)

Schedule: Tuesday-Saturday; Monday-Friday outside the academic year

Stipend: $2,100 per month plus employer-paid insurance benefits

Who We Are

buildOn is a not-for-profit organization working to break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and low expectations through service and education. We’re not a charity, we’re a movement. In the United States, we run intensive service-learning programs in under-resourced, urban high schools in six major cities. Through these programs, buildOn empowers youth to transform their communities through high-impact service. For more than 30 years, buildOn has empowered youth to contribute more than 2.4 million hours in their own communities.

Globally, teams of students from buildOn programs fan out across the world to help build schools in the economically poorest countries on the planet - Haiti, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Malawi and Nepal.

We hope you’ll consider joining our team!

Who We Want

buildOn is seeking people who…

• are passionate about the power of service.
• have a lived experience and come from our partner communities of the Bronx, Chicago, and Oakland
• are hard-working, ambitious, and problem solvers
• are eager to disrupt the systems that disproportionately oppress BIPOC
• are ready to learn new skills while breaking the cycle of poverty, illiteracy, and low expectations through service and education
• are at least 18 years old and have a high school diploma
• are committed to creating programs for youth that are empowering and antiracist.

What You’ll Do

In partnership with a local high school, you will engage students and often partners (donors) in IPARD Service Learning both in the classroom and out in the community. The engagement strategies include:

• After-school service
• Saturday and holiday service (school holidays that are not buildOn holidays such as Veteran’s Day, Election Day, etc.)
• Spring Break week of service
• Program Meetings with students to build team and provide service information on service opportunities
• Larger-scale, school-wide or grade-wide service days
• In-class social justice service learning in partnership with teachers
• Citywide service days
• Summer service engagement

Member Benefits

• A monthly stipend of $2,100 is paid over two pay periods each month.
• Segal Education Award: As a member of the federal AmeriCorps program, you are eligible to earn the Segal Education Award (valued at $6,495) at the completion of your service year, which can go toward pursuing further education or to pay off existing, qualified student loans
• Professional skills training to ensure your success working with youth people
• Learning around buildOn’s Constructive Leadership Principles
• Health, dental and vision insurance
• AmeriCorps child care benefits
• Coaching and support by your Program Manager and the region’s Program Director
• Paid Holidays which include: Memorial Day, Juneteenth, and July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving + the Friday after
• Two paid Shut-Down weeks (1st week of August and the week between Christmas and New Year's Day in December)
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), a confidential intervention and referral resource for dealing with a range of issues including stress, conflict, emotional worries, legal questions and more.
• Potential for travel to another buildOn region to participate in a large-scale service project with both partners and students
• Upon completion of service, you will have the opportunity to join a buildOn Trek to work alongside community members to build a school. Current Trek countries are Nicaragua, Guatemala, Senegal, Malawi, and Nepal.

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Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

buildOn is committed to building and maintaining an inclusive environment that drives innovation, strengthens ONE buildOn and bolsters a culture where people truly feel valued, heard and respected. buildOn provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or veteran status.

To learn more about buildOn, please visit our website at www.buildOn.org.

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