Job Title: AmeriCorps VISTA
Sponsored Employer: Open Media Foundation
Project Assigned: Open Media Career Engine (OMCE)
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) is a national service program designed to assist non-profit organizations and public agencies build capacity to decrease poverty. The Open Media Foundation is dedicated to diversity and inclusion in the Media and Journalism sector.
Member Duties
As an Open Media Careers Engine Service Team Member you will be performing:
● Recruitment (connect with media and journalism organizations to help engage, find, and hire diverse applicants by editing job descriptions, posting to diverse job boards and connecting diverse organizations to industry leaders)
● Fundraising and Sponsorship (lead efforts to secure public grant funding, independent grant writing and research)
● Partnership Building (build partnerships with news organizations and nonprofits around Colorado)
● Convene between media industry employers and Open Media Career Engine to explain and engage leaders to hire diverse candidates
● Project Implementation (help build the job board and establish a training certification program)
Compensation: An AmeriCorps VISTA will receive a bi-weekly living allowance rate by county. Denver, Colorado, members receive $791.70 bi-weekly.
Program Benefits: Relocation Allowance, Living Allowance, Health Coverage*, Training, Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend.
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit
http://www.vistacampus.gov/healthcare.
Terms: None
Service Areas: Education, Community and Economic Development
Skills: Communications, Team Work, Recruitment
To Apply: Send a cover letter and resume to [email protected] using “AmeriCorps VISTA” in the subject line. You will also need to create a profile and application through AmeriCorps. The deadline to apply is December 10, 2022.
What We Do
The Open Media Foundation (OMF) is an innovative media and technology nonprofit dedicated to putting the power of the media in the hands of the people, enabling everyone to engage in their community and bring about the change they wish to see in the world. We empower nonprofits, governments, and individuals to shift the media conversation (and thus social awareness) from the corporate interests of our commercial media system towards the human interests of an open, diverse, engaged public.
To accomplish our mission, we begin with providing affordable, high-end media and technology services. We follow up by offering training and tools that enable everyone to represent their own voice in the media conversation.
OMF provides a full service media agency focused entirely on nonprofit and government clients. We are a small, but growing team of passionate designers and technologists dedicated to helping mission-oriented organizations communicate with those they serve.
OMF is the perfect place to combine a marketing-centered career with your passion for social change and innovation.
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