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Urban Boatbuilders-Development (CSP)

Smell that sawdust! Walk into Urban Boatbuilders on a weekday after school, and you’ll find a loud, thriving workshop, with youth of all backgrounds working together to build beautiful, usable watercrafts from raw lumber. Our instructors work with youth five days a week to teach them invaluable hands-on skills through boatbuilding. Urban Boatbuilders empowers youth to build the skills they need to succeed in school, work, and life through the building and use of wooden boats. The organization’s programs provide experiential learning opportunities to middle and high school students and underserved teens. This AmeriCorps VISTA position will build organizational capacity through multiple avenues of fundraising, relationship building with businesses, and managing outreach efforts. The position will assist with grant work, engaging with past and potential sponsors and partners, and planning and executing outreach and fundraising events. This position will also focus on constructing a pipeline to employment for youth graduating the Apprenticeship Program. Capacity building is some of the most important behind-the-scenes work of the nonprofit world, allowing the programs to keep doing what they do best — empowering youth through woodworking and experiential learning. This position will work in tandem with the Volunteers and Communications VISTA position. **This position is part of the City of St. Paul VISTA Cohort. This cohort provides a learning community of 20 fellow VISTA members all serving within Saint Paul. We provide bi-weekly professional development training and additional support throughout the year.

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Member Duties : Fundraising • Assist with grant research and writing • Build relationships with past and potential corporate sponsors and contributors • Increase in-kind contributions for program supplies • Plan and execute fundraising events; Outreach • Identify new potential outreach events to increase awareness of organization and mission (i.e. Boat shows, Youth Development conferences, fairs, etc.) • Explore ways to better leverage existing outreach event opportunities • Maintain outreach event toolkit and materials • Develop additional outreach materials as needed in collaboration with other VISTA position • Secure volunteers, staff, and youth presence at outreach events in collaboration with other VISTA position

Program Benefits : Relocation Allowance , Living Allowance , Childcare assistance if eligible , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Education award upon successful completion of service , Health Coverage* , Training .


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

Terms : Permits attendance at school during off hours , Permits working at another job during off hours .

Service Areas : Children/Youth , Education , Community Outreach .

Skills : Fund raising/Grant Writing , Writing/Editing , Recruitment , Social Services .



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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA

Program
Urban Boatbuilders-Development (CSP)

Program Start/End Date
11/27/2017 - 11/26/2018

Work Schedule	Full Time

Education level
Associates degree (AA)

Age Requirement
Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations	MINNESOTA

Accepting Applications
From 04/10/2017 To 10/30/2017

Contact	Marc Hosmer
2288 University Ave W
Saint Paul MN 55114
651-644-9225
hr@urbanboatbuilders.org
urbanboatbuilders.org

Listing ID	60068


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