Our full-time positions for the 23-24 cohort (listed below) are no longer open. Stay tuned for our 24-25 cohort positions to be listed in spring 2024!
AmeriCorps Adult Education Empowerment Specialist
Job Description:
MOBC’s Adult Education program prepares adult students for the High School Equivalency Test (HiSET) through classroom teaching, one-on-one tutoring, and online self-study support. The Adult Education Empowerment Specialist supports adult students in achieving education and employment goals.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
MOBC’s Adult Education program prepares adult students for the High School Equivalency Test (HiSET) through classroom teaching, one-on-one tutoring, and online self-study support. The Adult Education Empowerment Specialist supports adult students in achieving education and employment goals.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Assist Adult Education Instructors with curriculum implementation, focusing on literacy, numeracy, adult basic education, and HiSET preparation (Reading, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Writing)
- Communicate with students working remotely online on their HiSET preparation with the goal to motivate, re-engage, and offer academic support through video-conferencing tools including but not limited to Zoom or Google Meets
- Monitor and report learning progress to Adult Education Instructors
- Opportunity to modify and implement digital literacy curriculum and classes
- Provide one-on-one support for digital literacy, including resume building, email creation, and job applications
- Assist in promoting and recruiting Adult Education and Digital Literacy services, programs, and events through posting on social media
- Schedule and manage appointments with adult education students
- Collaborate with both Adult Education and Employment teams to promote workforce readiness
- Assist with tutoring MOBC’s adult education students via Homework Hotline, an after-hours free tutoring service
- Participate in AmeriCorps professional development and community-building workshops
AmeriCorps Employment Specialist
Job Description:
The AmeriCorps Employment Specialist will support the employment team in their efforts to provide opportunity for economic mobility through career advancement and educational attainment.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
The AmeriCorps Employment Specialist will support the employment team in their efforts to provide opportunity for economic mobility through career advancement and educational attainment.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Support community members and clients in their search for employment opportunities
- Facilitate workshops and programs related to employment, including but not limited to interview skills training, soft skills training, financial literacy, and resume building and creation
- Develop media related to financial literacy, utilizing the Money Mindset curriculum
- Document client interactions and outreach efforts in Microsoft Suite and Salesforce database
- Assist employment services staff in outreach to potential employers in Middle Tennessee
- Collaborate with both Adult Education and Employment teams to promote educational advancement and economic mobility
- Provide one-on-one support for digital literacy, including internet navigation, email creation and communication, and general computer skills
- Participate in AmeriCorps professional development and community-building workshops