Promote Summer Reading and Work with Teen Volunteers as a VISTA Associate at the Anchorage Public Library

VISTA Summer Associates at Anchorage Public Library

Do you love working with teens and youth?
Would you like to spend your summer working with library staff to engage Anchorage youth in lifelong learning?
Consider becoming one of our Summer Associates!

Through the AmeriCorps Vista program, Anchorage Public Library is hiring four summer associates to promote summer reading and work with teen volunteers:

Duties include:
Recruit, train, and supervise VolunTEENs (volunteers between 12 and 18 years of age)
Develop team building and training opportunities for VolunTEENs to supplement their community service to the library
Promote summer reading celebration to youth from birth to age 18, including signing up kids and distributing prizes
Assist library staff with summer reading celebration programs and other library programs
Assist library staff with special projects

Who is eligible to apply? Interested individuals with a minimum age of 20 and a High School Degree or Equivalent. Must be available to serve from May 23 to July 30, 2016.

Compensation: A living allowance of approximately $1136 every four weeks and a $1,174.60 education award upon completion of the full term of service (or a smaller cash award)

We will have one Summer Associate at the following locations: Z. J. Loussac Library, Muldoon Library, Mountain View Library, and the Chugiak-Eagle River Library.

Review of applications—April 14, 2016.

To apply: https://my.americorps.gov
For questions, please call
Elizabeth Nicolai
907-343-2840
NicolaiEL@muni.org