Job description

Position Title: Downtown Lewisburg-AmeriCorps Member

Service Category: CORE Susquehanna AmeriCorps

Service Site: Lewisburg Downtown Partnership

Site Address: 328 Market Street, Lewisburg, PA 17837

Travel Required: None

Compensation: Living Stipend - $5,000 Education Award - $1,718.25

Service Term: 5/23/2023 - 8/5/2023

Posting URL: www.coreamericorps.org

Applications Accepted By:

Jess Krispin
CORE Susquehanna AmeriCorps Program Director

Member Position Summary

The Mission of CORE Susquehanna is to serve community needs through member service in areas of Healthy Futures,
Education, Volunteer Management and Community Service Projects. In addition to the member position summary and duties,
ALL AmeriCorps members are required to participate in CORE AmeriCorps Group Activities. AmeriCorps members may not participate in any activities included in the Prohibited Activities as listed in the ‘Partner Site and Member Agreements’.

Duties and/or required training

• Participation in Core Americorps Group Activities
• Members may not participate in any activities included in the Prohibited Activities as listed in the Partner Site and Member Agreements
• Members must have all clearances before serving Vulnerable Populations
• Community Zone (CZ) – Technology Tutoring (4 hrs/week) ➢
• Lewisburg Neighborhoods (LN) – (10 hrs/week)
• - Assist in organizing and participate in Slow Roll bicycle ride around town –Wednesday 6pm
• -Green Team weekly meeting – organizing, preparation and attendance – Monday 6pm
• -Litter Pickup – assist with and coordinate with volunteers to keep identified areas clear of litter
• -Yield to Pedestrian signs – walk route of sign placement, report any maintenance required to signs or missing signs to LN director.
• - Shade Trees – watering of newly planted shade trees
• Lewisburg Downtown Partnership (LDP) – (6 hrs/week)
• -Litter Pickup – assist with and coordinate with volunteers to keep downtown business district clear of Litter
• -Tree Well maintenance – communicate with business or property owners to identify those requiring assistance with maintenance of the wells containing shade trees in front of properties in the downtown business district. Complete weeding, planting and mulching as needed.
• LDP, LN, CZ projects (17.5 hrs/week) – one or more of these projects based on available time.
• - Lewisburg in Lights (inventory on hand, research, design, form recommendations, assemble team, install) expansion of project aimed at expanding the lights put up in downtown Lewisburg for the winter months.
• - Outdoor Dining Initiative (research, form recommendations, assemble team, install) – create and implement plans to install solar lighting at 3 separate outdoor dining locations in downtown. 2
• - Garden Tour Event – research and create plan to hold a Garden Tour event in Lewisburg
• - Assist with program promoting walking in downtown (encourage parking further from Market Street, create map of routes from free parking locations to include # of steps to Market St and sites of note along the route)
• - Assist with on street parking study
• - Assist with weekend events, if available

Prohibited Activities

In order to comply with federal regulations, AmeriCorps members assigned to this site are prohibited from: a. Attempting to influence legislation; b. Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes; c. Assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing; d. Impairing existing contracts for services or collective bargaining agreements;

e. Engaging in partisan political activities, or other activities designed to influence the outcome of an election to any public office; f. Participating in, or endorsing, events or activities that are likely to include advocacy for or against political parties, political platforms, political candidates, proposed legislation, or elected officials; g. Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytizing. h. Providing a direct benefit to a business organized for profit, a labor union, a partisan political organization; a nonprofit organization that fails to comply with the restrictions contained in section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 except that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent participants from engaging in advocacy activities undertaken at their own initiative, and an organization engaged in the religious activities, unless Corporation assistance is not used to support those religious activities. i. Conducting a voter registration drive or using Corporation funds to conduct a voter registration drive; j. Providing abortion services or referrals for receipt of such services; and k. Such other activities as the Corporation may prohibit.

Minimum Qualifications (Academic, Physical or Experience)

• Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Ability to work independently
• Basic Technology Tutoring skills, basic computer and smart phone knowledge – ability and willingness to work with aging population
• Experience with or willingness to learn how to research a topic online and create an effective report of subject data
• Able to interact well with people in person, on the phone and by email/text
• Physical Demands: >Approximately 40% of work will be located outdoors >Must be able to sit, stand, move, climb, walk to complete various outdoor activities, including picking up litter, weeding, planting, mulching, with proper equipment provided

Proposed Weekly Schedule and Required Number of Hours per week.

• Monday: 11:30 am to 7:30 pm
• Tuesday: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
• Wednesday 11:30 am to 7:30 pm
• Thursday: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
• Friday: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
• Weekend events, if available

Will the member be serving vulnerable populations (children, youth, elderly, disabled)?

☒ Yes

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $14,000.00 - $35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Tuition reimbursement

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Lewisburg, PA: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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