Description

The AmeriCorps Program Director will oversee program administration including AmeriCorps member recruitment, retention, supervision, training and evaluation. Develop, support and interact with community partners including community-based organizations, city departments and schools, and state and federal funding sources. Develop long-range strategic plan and program design. Responsibilities

Manage  all aspects of AmeriCorps member selection, placement, supervision, retention, and evaluation. Facilitate recruitment of members (which are primarily undergraduate, and graduate students) with campus departments and external organizations, which may include other colleges and universities. Develop marketing and recruitment plan to meet target number of members each year. Develop  and coordinate member placements with Springfield Public Schools, youth serving organizations and other area public school systems. Monitor placements, onboard site supervisors and conduct regular site visits. Plan  and implement  a series of member trainings that include a detailed onboarding process, site specific information and training, professional development and career readiness training. Manage and monitor budget in compliance with grant requirements. Coordinate the development of new funding streams and collaborating partners for ongoing program sustainability. Work with the Finance Division at Springfield College to ensure timely reimbursement requests and other documentation of expenses are sent to the MSA on a monthly basis. Meeting  all grant requirements as outlined by the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Massachusetts Service Alliance. Participate in required meetings, training programs and grant audits. Supervise professional full-time staff and part-time staff. Provide onboarding, professional development and mentoring to ensure successful integration into the Americorps program and into the Division of Campus Life and Engagement.

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree required. - Master's degree preferred. * Experience will be reviewed and will be considered as a substitute for education requirements. - Supervising experience required. - Minimum of 3 years of directly-related experience required. - Experience with Grant Program Writing. - Experience with Management and reporting is a plus.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

- Program development, needs assessments, and program management methods, concepts and techniques. - Organizational methods, practices and techniques. - Time and budget management theory, methods, concepts and techniques. - Communication theory, methods, and techniques. - Training methods, concepts, practices and techniques. - Working with diverse populations and a volunteer workforce. - Judging methods, concepts and techniques. - Writing and publishing techniques and methods. - Applicable College, federal and state laws, rules and regulations. - Culturally diverse programming initiatives. - Strong supervisory and organizational skills. - General knowledge of office management skills. - Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word. - Experience with Social Media Platforms, Qualtrics, OnCorps is a plus.