AmeriCorps Project Lead/Construction Coordinator Hybrid

Description

Service Position Summary: 

Rebuilding Together North Central Florida (RTNCF) envisions safe homes and communities for all. Their mission is to repair homes, revitalize communities, and rebuild lives by addressing substandard housing in North Central Florida. They have partnered with SBP to host an AmeriCorps member to propel both our missions that support disaster survivors. 

SBP, a social impact organization focused on disaster resilience and recovery, solves the challenges facing at-risk communities and scales impact with a proven model that brings the rigor of business and innovation to reduce risk, create resilient communities, and streamline recovery. By taking this holistic approach, SBP shrinks the time between disaster and recovery. SBP does this in three connected ways—prepare, shape, and build.

1. SBP prepares individuals, communities, and organizations to mitigate risk and speed recovery. 

2. SBP shapes federal policy and system change and state and local disaster recovery programs to be more efficient and effective. 

3. SBP builds resilient communities efficiently and effectively and shares our proven model and approach with others. 

This member will play a vital role in supporting SBP’s Build intervention by ensuring the necessary logistics that support each construction project are completed on time and accurately. Completing these tasks on time ensures predictability for our clients, many of whom have been displaced or are living in unsafe conditions. The Project Lead/Construction Coordinator Hybrid will work closely with construction staff, volunteers, and clients to support rebuilding projects from intake to completion. In this role, members have tremendous growth potential as they work both independently and alongside SBP and Rebuilding Together staff.

COVID-19 Safety Statement: While COVID-19 vaccines and boosters are highly encouraged, they are not mandatory for SBP team members at this time. However, SBP strongly recommends that all team members stay current with vaccinations and boosters, which remains one of the best ways to protect themselves, their colleagues, and the clients we serve.

Essential Functions of Position:

• Actively participate in construction projects, completing each phase of construction on schedule with or without the presence of volunteers. 
• Interact professionally and maintain a positive attitude when interacting with other team members, staff, homeowners, and volunteers.
• Maintain the ability to perform strenuous physical labor in different climates over long periods of time.
• When volunteers are present, Project Leads must: 
  • Clearly articulate the homeowner’s story and enduring needs, and educate volunteers on the community and the impacts of the storm.
  • Communicate daily and weekly goals.
  • Supervise, participate alongside, and provide effective training and constructive feedback to volunteers who are completing insulation, drywall, mudding, painting, flooring, trim, doors, and other phases of construction.
  • Serve as a liaison between the homeowner and volunteers.
• Attend walkthroughs with the Project Managers to understand scope of work.
• Properly organize, track, and document all bids, work, and warranty information from subcontractors.
• Ensure all electronic construction files, Gantt charts, Excel tracking documents, and whiteboards are up to date with accurate information.
• Schedule and coordinate subcontractors and inspections to complete work on clients’ homes as needed.
• Participate in September 11th Day of Remembrance and Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service events, which may take place on a weekend or during holidays and include activities outside of the scope of typical day-to-day functions.
• Prepare orders assigned by Project Managers, including pulling tools and materials from the warehouse or picking them up from a local vendor.
• Assist with tracking, organizing, repairing, and cleaning tools.

Knowledge, Skills, and Qualifications Required: 

• Be at least 17 years of age or older.
• Have a high school diploma or its equivalent
• Be a citizen, national, or lawful permanent resident alien of the United States
• Satisfy the National Service Criminal History Check
• Strong interpersonal skills, including active listening. 
• Ability to maintain a calm, professional demeanor in challenging situations, including client crises.
• Ability to clearly communicate needs and expectations to people of various backgrounds.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills.
• Must be able to satisfy a Motor Vehicle Records/Driver History Check

Core Competencies and Academic and Professional Experience Needed: The AmeriCorps member should demonstrate the following competencies to perform the essential functions of this position:

• Flexibility/Resilience – Able to adjust to and thrive in a dynamic environment; handles setbacks and failures with professionalism and candor; effectively and appropriately responds in the face of adversity or conflict.
• Ability to Work Independently – Is a self-starter and accomplishes tasks independently and without constant, direct supervision.
• Ability to Manage Multiple Tasks –  Prioritizes multiple projects and assignments; raises barriers and problems and works cooperatively with a supervisor to resolve these. 
• Results-Oriented Thinking and Behavior – Focuses on making an impact.  Possesses the desire to achieve excellence and does not settle for mediocrity.
• Awareness and Sensitivity to the External Environment – Has situational awareness and is aware of the organizations that they represent, including AmeriCorps, SBP, and Rebuilding Together; demonstrates savvy in dealing with agencies, volunteers and donors; is promoting and affirming in conversations about and on behalf of those organizations.
• Physical Activities:
• Manual Dexterity: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise serving, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Communicating: Expressing or exchanging ideas. Activities must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Listening: Ability to receive detailed information through appropriate communication.
• Visual Acuity: Member is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as:  preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or expansive reading.
• Service Conditions: Member is subject to both inside and outside environmental conditions.

Commitment Required: Full-Time members will serve 1700 hours over the course of 10 months. Members are required to serve 42 hours a week.  A typical service week is Monday – Friday, however, volunteer events often occur on Saturday and will require attendance. Member will have ample opportunity to complete 1700 hours of service. 

Member Evaluation: Members will receive mid-year and end-of-year evaluations and complete necessary weekly and/or monthly data reports and bi-weekly timesheets in OnCorps. 

Training: Members will receive service and site-specific training to prepare them for their service. Members will also be required to attend orientation. 

SBP AmeriCorps Benefits:

• Stipend of $2,163 per month (pre-tax)
• Free individual health insurance
• A housing stipend of $175/month for AmeriCorps alumni
• Relocation reimbursement of up to $500 for eligible members  
• Segal Education Award of $7,395 (Can be used as tuition assistance and/or for repaying qualified student loans and is awarded upon successful completion of a 10-month term of service)
• AmeriCorps Childcare Benefits Program
• Student loan forbearance for qualified loans
• Free Mental Health, Financial, and Legal support through the Member Assistance Program

Member TIme Off: Time off is available to each member who is on track to meet or exceed their AmeriCorps hours in a term. Members are not guaranteed time off as part of their AmeriCorps term of service, but they may submit a Time-Off Request via Paylocity to their supervisor for approval. The supervisor and AmeriCorps Program Manager will consider factors such as a member’s progress towards completing their service hours and the potential impact the member’s absence may have on program operations when determining time off approvals.

Start Date(s): 

• July 15th

Want to learn more?

• Watch SBP's Anthem video to hear how we are helping prevent people from reaching their breaking point.
• Watch this video to learn What is AmeriCorps?
• Learn more about Rebuilding Together North Central Florida 

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