AmeriCorps Seniors Project Coordinator (4806)

YMCA OF METROPOLITAN LOS ANGELES

The LA Y is the Center for Community Well-Being in Los Angeles, committed to building stronger communities by providing equitable programs and services to empower all. We are focused on fighting food insecurity, providing equity in education, making sure every child has the opportunity to experience the joy of sports, ensuring kids and teens have a safe place to grow, learn and live a healthy lifestyle. The LA Y’s health and wellness initiatives offer medical and mental health resources to ensure everyone has access to basic health needs. Our mission is to provide services and resources that contribute to the well-being of our community. The LA Y operates 29 Centers and over 200 program sites across LA County.

POSITION SUMMARY

• Manage the day-to-day implementation of the AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP program across an assigned region of YMCA centers and volunteer stations.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned centers and volunteer stations, conducting regular check-ins and providing ongoing guidance, communication, and program support.
• Lead regional recruitment efforts to identify and engage eligible AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers, supporting progress toward program recruitment and engagement goals.
• Build relationships with YMCA senior programs, center staff, community organizations, senior centers, and other local partners to expand volunteer recruitment and participation.
• Regularly engage with senior programming at assigned YMCA centers to share volunteer opportunities and connect older adults with meaningful service opportunities.
• Support volunteers through enrollment, onboarding, training, placement, and ongoing engagement within their assigned volunteer stations.
• Provide guidance and support to volunteer station leads to ensure they understand AmeriCorps Seniors expectations, volunteer processes, program activities, and applicable requirements.
• Coordinate volunteer participation across RSVP service activities, including community outreach, food and nutrition support, referrals, workshops, and other approved program activities.
• Conduct regular in-person and virtual check-ins with volunteer station leads to monitor recruitment, volunteer participation, program needs, challenges, and progress toward established goals.
• Support the delivery and coordination of volunteer training, orientation, continued learning opportunities, and program resources.
• Monitor regional volunteer activity and work with the Project Director and Program Associate to ensure volunteer enrollment, service hours, training, and other required program information are accurately captured.
• Support data collection, volunteer feedback, and outcomes tracking to help measure program effectiveness and progress toward AmeriCorps Seniors performance measures.
• Implement communication plans, processes, and program guidance established by the Project Director to ensure consistency across regions and volunteer stations.
• Identify regional challenges, volunteer needs, and opportunities for program improvement and communicate findings to the Project Director.
• Grant Funded Position: Continued employment is contingent upon the availability of grant funding, ongoing program needs, and satisfactory job performance. Funding beyond the current grant period is not guaranteed.

YMCA LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

The Y’s Leadership Competency Model is comprised of multiple leadership competencies (leadership knowledge, skills, and behaviors required for success in the Y), organized by the four disciplines of cause driven leadership:

• Advancing Our Mission & Cause: Provide visionary leadership to the organization and ensure that all resources are mobilized to adapt to new challenges and needs in the community.
  • Competencies Include: Change Leadership, Engaging Community, Philanthropy, & Volunteerism
• Building Relationships: Connect people to the Y’s cause by developing inclusive relationships, partnerships and collaborations so that Ys can co-create solutions to pressing social needs.
  • Competencies Include: Collaboration, Communication & Influence, Inclusion
• Leading Operations: ensure relevance, effectiveness, and sustainability of the organization so that we can continue to fulfill our promise to the community.
  • Competencies Include: Critical Thinking & Decision Making, Fiscal Management, Functional Expertise, Innovation, Program/Project Management
• Developing & Inspiring Others: support the holistic development of self and others so that everyone can embrace the Y’s cause, sustain the Y’s culture, and inspire others to take individual and collective action to further our impact.
  • Competencies Include: Developing Self & Others, Emotional Maturity

While all competencies are significant the following are critical to success in this position:

• Engaging Community: Builds relationships with YMCA centers, senior programs, volunteer stations, and community partners to strengthen recruitment and engagement of AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers.
• Volunteerism: Recruits, engages, and supports volunteers while connecting older adults to meaningful service opportunities throughout their assigned region.
• Collaboration: Works closely with center staff, volunteer station leads, community partners, and the AmeriCorps Seniors team to coordinate successful program implementation.