Full-Time Vision Screening Specialist- AmeriCorps Member (AL)
Organizational Description:
Many young adults graduate college with a drive to change their world and learn the best ways to support under-resourced communities. Impact America provides an opportunity for recent graduates to engage with their communities in a meaningful way, broadening their perspectives and making a real impact. Individuals who serve as an AmeriCorps member with Impact America spend a year of service after graduation at a nationally recognized organization working to mitigate the effects of poverty, while also gaining professional experience and a broadened perspective.
Location: Positions are currently available in Birmingham, AL
Position Description:
AmeriCorps Members serving with Impact America engage with communities through Impact’s FocusFirst initiative. FocusFirst ensures that children in urban and rural communities receive comprehensive vision care during their crucial formative years. When serving with FocusFirst, AmeriCorps members use high-tech photoscreening cameras to conduct vision screenings for young children in Head Start and daycare centers. All children who fail the screening are referred to our partner, Sight Savers America, for follow-up care services, including eye exams, glasses, or other treatment. Since 2004, FocusFirst has provided vision screenings for over 750,000 children across the Southeast.
Position Responsibilities:
- Attend training on FocusFirst screening equipment/procedures
- Conduct vision screenings at Head Start and daycare centers throughout your state of service.
- Process results from vision screenings to ensure that follow-up care is provided for all children who need it
- Recruit and lead volunteers to assist with screenings, as needed
Supervisor: Program Manager
Time Commitment: August 2023- May 2024
Service Conditions and Time Requirement: AmeriCorps members will serve an average of 40 hours per week. Applicants must have reliable transportation. This position may include an irregular schedule and seasonal shifts in workload. It sometimes requires evening, early morning, and off-peak hours. Work will involve conducting direct service in communities of need, outside of an office setting as well as sedentary physical activity requiring sitting for periods of time. 25-50% or more time is spent looking directly at a computer.
Travel: AmeriCorps members serving with Impact America should expect frequent travel across their state, including overnight travel. AmeriCorps members should expect approximately 50% of their time will be spent traveling to provide service.
Skills Required:
Successful candidates will exhibit a commitment to improving the lives of economically disadvantaged families, a record of community service and/or civic engagement, leadership skills, the ability to work well with a diverse group of individuals (e.g., college students, children, community partners), flexibility in a fast-paced environment, and a positive attitude.
Academic Qualifications: Members must have completed a college degree or have plans to complete the degree within the first six months of the term of service (this exception may be made on a case-by-case basis with prior approval).
Bi-weekly Living Stipend for AmeriCorps Members
First Term: $1,085 biweekly
Second Term: $1,130 biweekly
Third Term: $1,175 biweekly
Fourth Term: $1,220 biweekly
Personal Time Off
First Term: 14 days
Second Term: 16 days
Third & Fourth Term: 18 days
PTO includes vacation, personal sickness, family sickness, medical or dental appointments exceeding two hours, religious holidays not included in regular holiday calendar, family activities, grad school application tasks (exams, interviews, school visits, etc), and any activity which prevents the member from participating in service as scheduled.
Holidays
Impact America is closed for the following holidays:
Labor Day - 1 day
Indigenous People's Day - 1 day
Thanksgiving - 3 days
Winter Break- 6 days
Additional Information:
- Meals when providing service outside of your home county
- Mileage reimbursement when driving your personal car for service
- All travel costs during overnight trips (hotel, rental car, meals)
- Ongoing professional development and training
Health Insurance
A health benefits policy is administered by The Corps Network/CIGNA and is available to members upon request. If the member currently has other coverage (through a spouse, parent, or individual plan), they must sign a waiver of health insurance coverage which indicates that they have been made aware of the availability of health benefits and have chosen not to enroll.
Childcare Allowance
The allowance will be provided directly to a child care provider determined by AmeriCorps, if the member qualifies for the allowance. The child care allowance will distribute this allowance evenly over the term of service on a bi-weekly basis
Education Award
For successful completion of a full-time 1,200 hour term, the member will receive an education award in the amount of $4,826.50. The member understands that their failure to disclose to the Program any history of having been released for cause from another AmeriCorps Program will render them ineligible to receive the education award. The member is entitled to two (2) full time education awards in the course of their life, even if they serve for more than two terms of service.
Student Loan Forbearance
If the member has received forbearance on a qualified student loan during the term of service, the National Service Trust will repay a portion or all of the interest that accrued on the loan during the term of service.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Documentation of status as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, or lawful permanent resident alien (AmeriCorps eligibility requirement)
- Completion of a college degree (exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis with prior approval)
- Submit to criminal background check, including an FBI check, NSOPW check, a statewide check in the applicant’s state of residence at the time of application, a statewide check in applicant’s state of service (if different than state of residence)
- At least 18 years of age
Impact America welcomes applications from individuals with disabilities. We have sought to identify the essential functions and physical requirements of all service positions and will make reasonable accommodations through scheduling, task reassignment, and other methods to accommodate applicants and AmeriCorps members. Please contact us should you need accommodations in order to apply.
About Impact America
Engaging a Generation for Change
Impact America engages recent graduates and college students to address community needs, empowering a generation through collaborative efforts to promote change in the communities we serve.