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NYRP is seeking to fill one 11-month term (1,700 service hour) AmeriCorps position to support program management staff; this is an opportunity to learn about non-profit management from the inside, while assisting with program development.

Joining New York Restoration Project’s AmeriCorps team is a way to put your idealism into action. Becoming an AmeriCorps member will enable you to do great things for your community. While gaining the personal satisfaction of taking on a challenge and seeing results, you will also grow as an individual and work with a diverse group of people in an array of related fields.

Mission
NYRP carries out founder Bette Midler’s dream of a cleaner, more beautiful New York City. NYRP restores, develops, and revitalizes underserved parks, community gardens, and open space in all five boroughs. We invest in the communities we serve by providing ongoing maintenance and enriching educational and public programming; because we believe that every individual has the right to a beautiful neighborhood and the responsibility for contributing to its care. NYRP is the lead non-profit partner for MillionTreesNYC, an exciting initiative to plant and care for one million new trees in NYC over the next decade.

Job Description
Responsibilities will include data collection and tracking, program reporting, development of training modules for incoming team members and volunteers. Approximately 30% of service time will be in direct field service in NYRP community gardens and parks, this work can include garden watering, weeding, planting, litter patrol and operational support with currently serving AmeriCorps teams.

This position requires strong computer skills, communication skills, and organizational skills. Familiarity with basic garden principles is a benefit.

The position requires a full-time commitment — 5 days a week, 8 hours a day —- starting immediately for a period of 11 months. The field service portion of the work will involve outdoor, physical work and which requires stamina, physical strength and a tolerance for working in all weather conditions. On occasion work assignments require weekend hours.

AmeriCorps Benefits
• Earn a living stipend of $1,400 per month
• Put current student loans into forbearance during your term of service
• Individual health insurance
• Earn an education award of $4,725 to help pay for college, graduate school, vocational school or to repay student loans

AmeriCorps Eligibility
Candidates must be a US citizen or lawful US resident; be at least 17 years of age. To earn the education award individuals must have a high-school diploma or equivalent. For more information on the AmeriCorps program go to: www.americorps.gov

This position requires an individual who can work independantly, who is flexible and ready to take on a wide range of tasks reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer.

Application
Interested individuals are encouraged to forward your resume and cover letter by email to HR@nyrp.org or standard mail to the attention of the AmeriCorps Program Director at 254 W. 31st Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10001.

To learn more about NYRP, please visit our website at www.nyrp.org. Please send questions related to this term of service to HR@nyrp.org, please do not call.