AmeriCorps Member with Norwescap - Engagement Partner

About the role

Norwescap is dedicated to creating opportunities and changing lives for thousands of low-income individuals and families in Northwest New Jersey. Our vision is to help build a community that transforms poverty into opportunity. Norwescap works to accomplish this mission through a comprehensive array of strategies, programs and services that generally fall into six domains or categories of support: Education, Employment, Financial Empowerment, Health & Nutrition, Housing & Community Development and Volunteerism & Civic Engagement.

Responsibilities

• Provides holistic support to the individuals and families in the communities we serve; partnering with them to assist in reaching their personal goals that will move them closer to a thriving state
• Connecting with individuals, assessing their needs, linking them to needed services, documenting the contacts, and providing follow-up
• Ensuring excellent customer service and that every person is connected to every service that can assist them

Benefits

• Loan forgiveness
• Mileage reimbursement
• Professional development assistance
• Tuition reimbursement

Pay

Modest living allowance provided during service.

Schedule

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Qualifications

• Upon completion of service, members receive the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award to use on future educational expenses or to pay back qualified student loans (value dependent on length of service; members 55+ are eligible to transfer their Education Award to a family member)
• Access to a network of over 600 Employers of National Service

Work Location: In person, Warren, Morris, Sussex, Somerset and Hunterdon Counties