Growth Strategy VISTA

Step Up's VISTA project is organized around three strategic pillars: Resource Innovation, Scalable Reach, and Brand Prominence. Each pillar addresses a specific organizational barrier limiting Step Up's ability to reach low-income girls and young women at scale: insufficient fundraising infrastructure, insufficient community infrastructure to enter new markets, and insufficient visibility to ensure young people in those markets know Step Up exists. The project will seek to build the organizational capacity, community infrastructure, and fundraising systems needed to expand Step Up's programming into new markets, develop a partnership model for young women and teen girls, schools and districts and elevate Step Up's national visibility to ensure young people in low-income communities across the country can access the mentorship and career readiness resources they need to move out of poverty and into economic self-sufficiency. Member Duties Create a smaller market landscape assessment methodology that will become Step Up’s standard approach to market assessment; Conduct market assessments for priority communities — applying the methodology to the communities within reach of each region's existing markets to produce a structured report with a clear recommendation about expansion readiness and timing; Create a community partner identification and outreach system — in each priority market, identifying the organizations and individuals that would be critical to a successful Step Up launch. This includes building the contact database and the initial relationship-building protocol, creating a warm network in each priority market before StepUp's formal entry; Create a community expansion scoring rubric — a structured tool that weighs all the assessment factors and produces a relative ranking of priority markets Program Benefits Childcare assistance if eligible , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Education award upon successful completion of service , Health Coverage* , Living Allowance , Stipend , Training . For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit . Terms Permits attendance at school during off hours , Permits working at another job during off hours . Service Areas Community and Economic Development , Community Outreach , Children/Youth . Skills Communications , Community Organization , Computers/Technology , Writing/Editing , Youth Development , Team Work . Program Type AmeriCorps VISTA Program Growth Strategy VISTA Program Start/End Date 02/08/2027 - 02/07/2028 Work Schedule Full Time Education level High school diploma/GED Age Requirement Minimum: 18 Maximum: None Program Locations CALIFORNIA , GEORGIA , ILLINOIS , NEW YORK , TENNESSEE , TEXAS Atlanta , Chicago , Dallas/Ft. Worth , Houston/Galveston , Los Angeles/Orange County , New York City (inc. Long Island CT NJ NY) , San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose Languages English Accepting Applications From 10/13/2026 To 12/11/2026 Contact Menon Menon 510 S Hewitt St Los Angeles CA 90013 View phone number on click.appcast.io View email address on click.appcast.io #J-18808-Ljbffr Not found for 'AmeriCorps