AmeriCorps Member Service Opportunity
Full-Time Position
1700 hours in 10 months

Chinese Community Center and Local Initiatives Support Corporation are seeking a full-time AmeriCorps member to serve as an Employment Services Coordinator. The candidate will ideally begin service on October 1, 2016 and serve a minimum of 1700 hours though the end of his/her term on July 31, 2017.

ORGANZIATION BACKGROUNDS
The mission of CCC is to bridge East and West by enriching families with educational, cultural, and social service programs. CCC was founded in 1979 as a Chinese language and cultural heritage school to provide education and support to immigrants who had recently arrived in the United States. CCC soon began expanding its programming to offer comprehensive, wraparound services that addressed the needs of Greater Houston residents from any racial or ethnic group and at any stage of life—from infants to the elderly. The organization received its first public funding in 1989, became a United Way of Greater Houston agency in 1991, and now serves more than 10,000 people from diverse backgrounds each year.
CCC is organized into five core programs, each with its own budget and staff. These programs include the (1) Early Learning Center, an early childhood education program that is accredited by the National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC); (2) Youth program, an out-of-school-time enrichment program; (3) Workforce Development, which includes the FOC and bridge program, as well as Housing Counseling and Citizenship Assistance; (4) Senior & Social Services, which helps meet the needs of older adults, adults with disabilities, and people from low- or moderate-income households through such services as the Benefits Enrollment Center, Senior Community Service Employment Program, and Caregiver Education; and (5) Language program, which offers classes on Chinese language and cultural heritage and on English as a Second Language. CCC also has an Admin department that includes such functions as operational management, human resources, building maintenance, community outreach, accounting, and fund development.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) is dedicated to helping community residents transform distressed neighborhoods into healthy and sustainable communities of choice and opportunity — good places to work, do business and raise children. LISC combines corporate, government and philanthropic resources to help community-based organizations revitalize underserved neighborhoods. This strategy extends to the LISC AmeriCorps program where we support placing AmeriCorps Members with local non-profit partners. Members assist in efforts to revitalize underserved neighborhoods across America and create vibrant places for people to live, work, and play.

AMERICORPS MEMBER ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The AmeriCorps Member will provide job placement and referral services to economically disadvantaged adult clients and as a result these clients will be placed in jobs. The Member will work together with the organization personnel to perform the following activities and responsibilities:

• Provide job search and placement assistance:

• Conduct skills and needs assessment.

• Review client’s employment goals with employment coach.

• Refer client to appropriate job which matches the skills of client and needs of employers

• Confirm/follow up job placement with client post referral

• Work closely with the employment coach and employer engagement staff

• Output/Outcome tracking:

• Use Efforts to Outcome (ETO) to document client progress of outcome in a timely manner.

• Communicate with Employment Coach or Financial Coach for Combined Financial Assessment update when necessary.

• Research and Compile Labor Market Information

• Identify job vacancies in the industry in which CCC is currently offering training, including healthcare, information technology, general business, and child development.

• Identify skills needed for in-demand jobs.

• Identify employment trends.

• Learn and understand other services offered by the agency, such as the income supports services and financial coaching, and connect the clients to these other services.

• Work closely with program staff

• Attend scheduled program meetings

CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
Members perform day to day service at Chinese Community Center and are expected to attend and participate in all LISC AmeriCorps sponsored activities including but not limited to:

• Attending a national leadership conference tentatively scheduled for March 2017;

• Attending all locally sponsored monthly meetings;

• Participating in nationally sponsored webinars;

• Actively participating in at least two locally identified and team coordinated service projects (one for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service and one for National AmeriCorps Week); and,

• Engaging in any other LISC events as determined by the local LISC office.

This is an AmeriCorps position. As such neither LISC nor Chinese Community Center will allow the member to engage in activities that are considered prohibited under the terms of the grant while serving as a LISC AmeriCorps member.

DESIRED SKILLS

• Desire and ability to work with a diverse group of people, particularly those living in low-income distressed neighborhoods

• Ability to work independently and in a team environment

• Computer skills

• Good written and oral communication skills

• Ability to work a flexible schedule (some night and weekends may be required)

PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible to participate as a LISC AmeriCorps member the candidate must meet all eligibility requirements to serve as a National Service participant including but not limited to:

• Be eligible to earn 100% of a full-time education award

• Be eligible to perform a term of national service

• Possess a high school degree, GED certificate or agree to achieve GED during the term of service

• Be at least 17 years of age (note there is no upper age limit)

• Have proof of status as a US citizen or possess permanent resident status and be able to provide documentation as determined by CNCS

• Be available to serve for a full 10 month period of time

• Be able to complete at least 1700 hours of service within the 10 months of service

NATIONAL SERVICE CRIMINAL HISTORY SEARCH REQUIREMENT
If a candidate has a criminal record, it does not necessarily make a candidate ineligible for service. Only candidates who are subject to registry on the National Sex Offender Public Website or have been convicted of First Degree Murder may not participate as an AmeriCorps member. Only candidates being offered and then accepting the position must consent to a search of the National Sex Offender Public Website, a State Level Criminal History Search and an FBI search. Consent is provided via the LISC AmeriCorps application.

PROGRAM BENEFITS
Upon successful completion of the term of service, the member will be eligible for a $5,775 education award to pay off existing, eligible student loans or return to school. The position pays a total stipend of $15,000. The stipend is taxable and paid in 20 equal checks twice a month from LISC. Direct deposit is highly encouraged. A health care benefit is available for the participant only (dependents are not eligible). For members with children under the age of 13, there is a child care subsidy benefit available which is dependent on the participant meeting all eligibility requirements (This benefit is administered by a contracted provider via the Corporation for National and Community Service).

HOW TO APPLY: 
Please submit cover letter and resume to Kimberly Tang with subject line indicates 1617 AmeriCorps Application.

We promote equal opportunity in selecting AmeriCorps members.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion in the selection process.

Job Type: Temporary

Job Location:

• Houston, TX 77036

Required education:

• High school or equivalent