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Promise Zone Workforce Development Coordinator

The City of Philadelphia is one of a small number of communities with a Promise Zone designation, an initiative that aims to align Federal and local priorities for fighting poverty. Today, the neighborhood you grow up in impacts your odds of graduating high school, whether you are likely to face chronic disease, and your lifelong economic opportunities. The goal of this effort is to ensure that everyone has equal access to opportunity, and that community development and human service delivery partners are coordinating their efforts to achieve optimal impact. The target area of the Promise Zone locally is roughly two square miles in West Philadelphia – bounded by the Schuylkill River to the east, Girard Avenue to the north, 48th Street to the west, and Sansom Street to the south. It includes roughly 35,000 residents. Poverty rates in this area are at crisis levels at 51%, housing vacancy rates are extreme in the lowest income areas, serious crime plagues the neighborhood, and low education levels means residents struggle to compete in today’s economy. 14.45% of housing is long term vacant, and 20% of adults in seven of the eight census tracts do not have a high school degree.

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Member Duties : The AmeriCorps VISTA will work with a coalition of community stakeholders to advance the goals of the Promise Zone in the areas of workforce development. Specifically, the VISTA will: (1) Help recruit leadership and members for the Promise Zone Workforce Development Committee, (2) Support collaborative efforts among committee members by helping to develop and drive project plans, (3) Enhance the capacity of partners engaged in a centralized workforce development hub in West Philadelphia by developing and improving systems for recruitment, referrals, evaluation, and fundraising, 4) Raise the profile of workforce development efforts in West Philadelphia through stakeholder coordination and communications, 5) Coordinate with staff engaged in citywide workforce development strategies to ensure that the place-based work in West Philadelphia is supporting and benefiting from this citywide work.

Program Benefits : Living Allowance , Health Coverage* , Relocation Allowance , Training , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend .


*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.

Terms : None

Service Areas : Community and Economic Development , Ex-Offender Reentry , Children/Youth , Community Outreach , Education , Neighborhood Revitalization .

Skills : Team Work , Fund raising/Grant Writing , Public Speaking , Communications , Conflict Resolution , Social Services , General Skills , Writing/Editing , Youth Development , Community Organization , Recruitment , Leadership , Non-Profit Management , Urban Planning .



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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
Promise Zone Workforce Development Coordinator

Program Start/End Date
08/22/2017 - 08/25/2018

Work Schedule	Full Time

Education level
College graduate

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations	PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia/Wilmington/Atlantic City

Accepting Applications
From 03/30/2017 To 07/12/2017

Contact	Lauren Parker
1234 Market St
Philadelphia PA 19107
215-685-3630

Listing ID	58345


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