Midas Collaborative Service Description seeks LISC AmeriCorps Member

 

The Midas Collaborative is a statewide collaborative of community-based, nonprofit organizations that help working low-income residents in Massachusetts build assets and achieve greater economic stability. The Collaborative’s mission is to facilitate asset development of low-income families in order to complement public programs devoted to income maintenance. MIDAS members believe that increased financial management skills, community support, and access to wealth-building vehicles such as homes, businesses, and education foster the long-term economic stability of individuals in communities.

 

The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) is dedicated to helping community residents transform distressed neighborhoods into healthy and sustainable communities of choice and opportunity — good places to work, do business and raise children. LISC combines corporate, government and philanthropic resources to help community-based organizations revitalize underserved neighborhoods. Since 1980, LISC has invested more than $9.7 billion that has leveraged an additional $31.3 billion to build or rehabilitate 271,000 affordable homes and develop 40 million square feet of retail, community and educational space nationwide in efforts to Build Sustainable Communities. This strategy extends to the LISC AmeriCorps program where we support placing AmeriCorps Members with local non-profit partners to assist in local efforts to revitalize underserved neighborhoods across America creating vibrant places for people to live, work, and play. LISC’s AmeriCorps program seeks to attract talented individuals to serve for one year to help build organizational capacity and is committed to providing opportunities for people to serve where they live. www.lisc.org

 

AmeriCorps Member Activities

The member at Midas will serve as a Program Assistant for Asset Development. Asset-building programs include financial education, matched savings accounts (including IDAs), appropriate banking services, home-buyer, and small business programs. A LISC AmeriCorps Member is sought to assist with expending a financial education collaborative with a mission of improved financial education delivery in Massachusetts and supporting ongoing work in asset building programs that promote personal savings, home buying, small business development and post-secondary education.

The member serving in this capacity will be responsible for:

1) Distribution of curriculum and best practices in financial education delivery and evaluation.

2) Maintaining and updating www.massassets.org with content and training.

3) Assisting with major events and activities that promote financial education and asset-building.

4) Working with community-based member organizations to develop successful asset building programs and assist in managing them.

5) Communicate with members and partners through web-based and other venues.

A warm and enjoyable work environment; and an exciting time to be working in asset development and financial education.

 

Minimum Qualifications

 High school degree, GED certificate or agree to achieve GED within the year

 Minimum of 18 year of age, US citizen or permanent resident status

 Desire and ability to work with a diverse group of people, particularly those living in low-income distressed neighborhoods

 Ability to work independently and in a team environment

 Computer skills

 Good written and oral communication skills

 Ability to work a flexible schedule (some night and weekends may be required)

Member Benefits

Full time members are required to serve for a minimum of 1,700 hours and a full year at The Midas Collaborative. Members will attend a national orientation the week of October 22nd and monthly meetings and trainings hosted by the local LISC office. Midas will also make additional training opportunities available. Members will earn a stipend of $18,000 and are eligible to participate in the AmeriCorps health insurance program and may apply for childcare benefits. Upon successful completion of the service year, members will be eligible for a $5,350 education award to pay off existing student loans or return to school.

 

Please send submissions to:

Gosia Tomaszewska, Asset Development Program Director, The Midas Collaborative

20 Linden Street, Suite 288 Allston, MA 02134 (Tel) 617-787-3874 x228, Gosia@MassAssets.org

www.MassAssets.org

www.MassSaves.org

LISC & Midas promote equal opportunity in selecting AmeriCorps members. We are committed to diversity and inclusion in the selection process.