The BCCC Refugee Youth Project is looking for a dynamic community artist to join our team as a full-time Community Art Collaborative AmeriCorps member to work from October 2016- August 2017! The RYP works with more than 300 newly arrived youth, from more than 17 different countries, who been resettled in the Baltimore area.
Responsibilities:
- Teach 3-4 days a week at RYP after school program sites
- Run a 6-week long Community Arts Project during our International Summer Academy
- Assist with an arts-based social enterprise
- Assist with large-scale community events, such as World Refugee Day
- Assist with administrative duties such as grant-writing, data entry, and partnership development
Benefits:
- A living allowance of $12,500 Health coverage Dental, vision, and child care benefits
- An education award of $5,730 upon successful completion of your service, which can be used to pay eligible student loans or other eligible educational expenses
- Deferment of eligible student loans while you are in service, and repayment of the interest that accrues while they are in deferment
- Ongoing training in curriculum development, classroom management, grantwriting, community organizing, and much more
- Valuable work experience that can help you during life after AmeriCorps
- Participation in a citywide network of AmeriCorps members
To apply, please send the following items to Kursten Pickup, the RYP Coordinator, at rypcoordinator@gmail.com:
- Part 1: Resume and Cover Letter
- Part 2: AmeriCorps Application You can find it here: AmeriCorps PDF Application
- Part 3: Digital Portfolio, 6-10 images of your art work, community art projects, teaching samples, and/or supplementary photographs. Please include captions for each photo/image. Please submit all the images as one PDF only! (Don’t forget to include your name in the PDF.)
- Part 4: Two References