AmeriCorps Member with California Emergency Response Corps (CERC)

CERC members will work with our regional partner, North Coast Opportunities (https://www.ncoinc.org/) for a 10 month service term, supporting disaster preparedness and community education in the communities served by NCO.

In addition to responsibilities at NCO, members are required to be ready to deploy to anywhere in California on short notice for up to two weeks (up to 4 times).

PLEASE APPLY HERE: https://www.tfaforms.com/4776390

Benefits:

• $2570 monthly stipend
• $10,000 (before taxes) Education Award upon completion of 1700 hour contract
• Healthcare
• Student loan forbearance (for qualifying loans)

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Age 18 years or older
• U.S. Citizen or lawful permanent resident
• Live locally to nonprofit partner for day-to-day service
• Ability to deploy on short notice anywhere in California for disaster response four times yearly for up to two weeks each deployment

Preferred:

• Two years professional or volunteer experience (in related fields), or Bachelor’s Degree
• Ability to speak Spanish or other non-English language strongly preferred

Responsibilities:

• Serve 40 hours per week September 2023-August 2024
• Provide day to day support to nonprofit partner-site(s), their mission and internal programs.
• Attend recurring performance check-ins with CERC Management.
• Complete mandatory training in-person or virtually as directed.
• Weekly communication, documentation, and timekeeping of hours and activities.