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SMIF Program Advancement and Impact VISTA
 
 
 
Love where you serve! Like the charm of small towns yet joy of adventure and closeness to amenities? Become part of our team dedicated to investing in people and communities with financial literacy support, community collaborative systems to build resource capacity, and volunteer and workforce engagement. Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, based in Owatonna, MN, serving 20-counties, 175 communities and population of 500,000 people, offers the right candidate a 12-month dream experience. Our region is balanced with three key hubs: Rochester, home of Mayo Clinic and future Destination Medical Center; Mankato, home to Minnesota State University where "Big Ideas, Real World Thinking" has propelled students in positions as innovators, creators, and servant leaders; and Winona, where Winona State University, bluffs and Mississippi River rest nestled within the uniquely beautiful Driftless Region. If you love to elevate effectiveness of early stage programs, design instruments to deepen current work and program focus, this VISTA position, supported by a dynamic philanthropic organization, is a serious choice for growth and change. This service opportunity requires creative, innovative thinking and organized process development skills. We seek candidates with passion, wide-range perspectives, a heart for servant leadership that values collaboration and community development. If you are willing to contribute the full range of your skills - strategic thinking processes to a passionate drive to improve impact and sustainability; we encourage you to consider joining our team! Your contributions will set the stage for new livelihoods and an increased ability for residents to earn a livable wage or define a career path toward creating greater prosperity in the community they call home. Join us! Help create a brighter financial future for people struggling to find welcoming pathways out of poverty and into prosperity in the place they have grown to love to call home.
 
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Member Duties : The goal of position is to build SMIF's Prosperity Initiative program capacity to develop, test, and implement a framework of business support for minority populations across a 20-county region in southern Minnesota. VISTA member service will produce a robust program through development and implementation of conversations with key partners, development of volunteers and creating strategies for entrepreneurial success. The VISTA will: 1) Gain a greater understanding of ways to increase program support and training delivery systems to Prosperity Initiative Partners; 2) Develop talent inventory database, communication system and funding strategies to position Prosperity Initiative for future growth; 3) Develop and deliver sustainable framework for Prosperity Initiative through creation of a final report, presenting findings and recommendation for replication across the region.
 
Program Benefits : Health Coverage* ,  Living Allowance ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Childcare assistance if eligible ,  Training . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Car recommended ,  Permits working at another job during off hours ,  Permits attendance at school during off hours . 
 
Service Areas :
Community Outreach ,  Entrepreneur/Business ,  Community and Economic Development . 
 
Skills :
Team Work ,  Community Organization ,  Communications ,  Business/Entrepreneur . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
SMIF Program Advancement and Impact VISTA
Program Start/End Date
03/16/2020  -   03/14/2021
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
College graduate
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations MINNESOTA  
Accepting Applications
From  03/29/2019  To  03/31/2020 
Contact Barbara Gunderson
525 Florence Ave
Owatonna   MN   55060
507-456-0353
barbarag@smifoundation.org
www.smifoundation.org
Listing ID 87509

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