Southern Arizona Community Outreach Individual Placement - AmeriCorps

Description

Position Title: Southern Arizona Community Outreach Individual Placement - AmeriCorps

Conservation Legacy Program: Arizona Conservation Corps

Site Location: AZCC Tucson Office

1443 W Prince Rd

Tucson, AZ 85705

Terms of Service:

• Start Date: 07/13/2026
• End Date: 11/25/2026
• AmeriCorps Slot Classification: 675 hours

Purpose:

This is an AmeriCorps position with Arizona Conservation Corps (AZCC), which is an AmeriCorps program of Conservation Legacy. The member selected for this position will serve as the Southern Arizona Community Outreach Coordinator with AZCC. This is an AmeriCorps position.

AZCC is focused on connecting youth, young adults, and recent era military veterans with communities and conservation service projects on public lands. AZCC operates programs across Arizona that engage individuals and strengthen communities through service and conservation. AZCC has program offices in Phoenix, Flagstaff, and Tucson and offers crew and individual placement (IP) opportunities. Our field crews serve 8-day hitches based out of our Tucson and Flagstaff offices, where members gain hands-on experience with trail work, invasive species removal, fuels reduction, and more. Our IP program places individuals and small groups into specialized conservation projects throughout the state, where members serve directly with partner organizations and agencies.

The Southern Arizona Community Outreach Individual Placement member will play a key role in developing AZCC's outreach initiatives by building relationships with individuals, communities, schools, and organizations across rural and Tribal communities around the state, with an emphasis on Southern Arizona.

Description of Duties:

The Southern Arizona Community Outreach Individual Placement member will assist AZCC in expanding its outreach, recruitment, and communications efforts in and around the state, with an emphasis on rural and Indigenous communities in Southern Arizona. This will involve attending tabling, volunteer, and community engagement events, meeting with community members, presenting in schools, supporting with crew member and IP interviews during heavy recruitment times, networking, creating compelling reports and better marketing materials, organizing AZCC volunteer and community engagement events, creating communications content, and occasionally supporting members in the field when appropriate.

This position will involve a mix of remote work, in-office work, and travel. Most of the travel will take place in southern Arizona, and occasionally around the state.


Recruitment

• Attend tabling and outreach events across southern AZ
• Create and distribute recruitment and marketing material at job fairs, schools, and community centers
• Develop and expand AZCC's recruitment and outreach initiatives in rural and Indigenous communities in southern Arizona
• Give presentations at schools and community centers about opportunities at AZCC
• Support with crew member and IP interviews during the heavy recruitment months
• Work to build or expand existing relationships and partnerships to develop recruitment pathways
• Assist with AmeriCorps enrollment tasks as needed

Outreach and community engagement

• Assist with organizing volunteer, community engagement, and professional development events for AZCC members
• Assist with connecting current AZCC members with community partners to expand career pathways and opportunities
• Attend volunteer and community engagement events by other organizations to network and build relationships
• Assist with expanding AZCC's visibility in other ways (i.e., expanding partnerships with outdoor recreation stores for in-kind gear donations for crew members, features on local news stations, etc...

Communications

• Enhance AZCC's visibility in its service area and across the country through digital communications
• Assist with creating posts for AZCC's social media accounts (Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn)
• Assist with AZCC's internal and external newsletter content
• Occasionally travel to the field to capture photo and video content of crews and IPs to create compelling communications materials
• Design flyers, social media graphics, and other marketing material

Qualifications:

• United States citizen, United States national, or a lawful permanent resident alien
• At least 17 years of age
• Has received a high school diploma or equivalency certificate; or has not dropped out of elementary or secondary school to enroll as an AmeriCorps participant, and agrees to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent prior to using the education award
• Agrees to provide information to establish eligibility and to complete a National Service Criminal History Check.
• Previous experience with community outreach and communications
• Flexibility, adaptability, and capacity to work in a fluid, changing work environment
• Ability to work well with others and to seek assistance when needed to carry out assignments
• Ability to take initiative and propose ideas
• Preference for individuals living in southern Arizona

Our Commitment:

Conservation Legacy is committed to the full consideration of all qualified individuals and will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to perform essential job functions. Physical requirements may include periodic overnight travel, non-traditional work hours, ability to move across varied terrain, use program-specific tools and a range of technology on an infrequent or frequent basis. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. The ability to safely drive an organizational vehicle may also be required for some positions. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to the hiring manager.


Time Requirements:

• Typically, this position is expected to serve Monday to Friday, but exact service schedules may vary. A half hour lunch break will not be counted towards AmeriCorps service
• Member may be required to participate in national, state, or local service projects or events as part of their service term.

Orientation and Training:

• Member will receive an orientation that includes training on AmeriCorps prohibited and unallowable activities.
• Member will receive a range of applicable trainings as they come up, some of which will include:
• • AZCC's recruitment and onboarding process
  • AZCC and Conservation Legacy's communications guidelines
  • Driver safety training

Benefits:

• Segal AmeriCorps Education Award of $2,817.14
• Living Allowance of $600 per week.
• Additional Benefit of $200 per week.
• Healthcare Coverage through Cigna
• Childcare Coverage if Eligible
• Loan forbearance if Eligible
• Interest Payments if Eligible

Evaluation and Reporting:

As an AmeriCorps member, performance will be evaluated on whether the member has completed the required number of hours, the member has satisfactorily completed assignments, and if the member has met other performance criteria that were clearly communicated at the beginning of the term of service.

Reporting requirements include, but are not limited to, bi-weekly timesheets and accomplishment tracking.

Supervisor Name and Contact Information:

Dorothy Settles: View email address on click.appcast.io View phone number on click.appcast.io


Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, with a preference for early applicants.

Conservation Legacy is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.


We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodations due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to the hiring manager.