Americorp Position Available

Need to press "Pause" on your education or career search?
Have student loans to repay?
Interested in making a lasting impression on your local community?

If you answered "YES" to any or all of these questions, you just might be interested in serving a one-year term as an AmeriCorps VISTA with Friends of Literacy!

Outreach Coordinator sought for Friends of Literacy in Knoxville. Coordinator will work to raise awareness of services available and value of our programs to the community; in addition to assisting with marketing, PR, public speaking, volunteer recruitment and fundraising tasks. Applicant should be self motivated, have excellent written and verbal communication skills, outgoing, and have knowledge or experience with stated job tasks. This is a full-time, one year, national service position offered through the AmeriCorps VISTA program and includes a monthly living allowance, health coverage, education award, relocation allowance, child care, and medical and personal leave. Interested applicants should send their resume, cover letter and references to melissa@friendsofliteracy.org.

Applications will be accepted until position is filled.

To learn more about the AmeriCorps VISTA program, visit the Americorps Web site.

"Friends of Literacy strives to help volunteers realize that their efforts at helping someone learn to read not only changes the life of that person, but also, in the process and result, it changes the entire community. One person. That's how you start to change the world."

—Brad Meltzer