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VISTA Community Storyteller
Position Description
By capturing and sharing authentic client stories, TIP can humanize its mission, making it more relatable and engaging. This approach enhances our outreach efforts, reinforces our credibility, and inspires donor engagement. Furthermore, these impactful stories can be potent advocacy tools, influencing policy changes and advancing our advocacy efforts. Additionally, by collecting client feedback, we can continuously improve our services, ensuring they meet our clients’ needs effectively. A Community Storyteller underscores our commitment to a client-centered approach, positioning us as the compassionate and credible advocates for immigrant just that we are.
- The objective of the Community Storyteller position is to authentically capture and highlight our clients’ experiences in the realm of immigrant justice.
- This role focuses on creating impactful video and written testimonials that showcase the benefits of our services. By coordinating with various team members and developing a robust system for story identification.
- The role begins by closely examining the current processes for identifying impactful stories within the organization. This comprehensive review will involve examining existing materials, and engaging with staff and clients.
- Over this time, VISTA will focus on creation of compelling video, written testimonials that authentically represent client experiences, craft written testimonials of varying lengths.
- Focus on sustaining and enhancing the storytelling efforts initiated in the previous phases.
- Examine the current processes for understanding our current systems within the organization. This comprehensive review will involve examining existing materials, conversations with staff who have worked with grants application. Review all transition materials and guides left by prior VISTA members.
- Improve reporting and evaluation practices, seeking opportunities to enhance data collection methods for improved accuracy and broader scope. The VISTA Grant Coordinator will produce a grant application system with deadlines and grantors information to apply to them.
- Optimize the grant management practices to maximize the impact of our programs.
Company Overview
The Immigration Project is a dynamic immigration legal aid organization located in Normal, Illinois, with a satellite office in Champaign, Illinois. The agency is the largest non-profit immigration legal services agency located in downstate Illinois with immigration attorneys on staff and serves clients in 86 counties across central and southern Illinois. We understand the importance of immigration for our communities and believe in equal access to fairness and justice. Our goal is to advocate with, not for, our clients and walk alongside them through the legal process as they make the best decisions for their lives.
Salary
The salary is 23,660.
Benefits
- Training
- Housing Stipend
- Education Award upon successful completion of Services
Application Instructions
Please apply at My AmeriCorps.
For any additional questions, please reach out to Airelle Flagg at aflagg@immigrationproject.org.
VISTA Digital Media Coordinator
Position Description
Increase access to immigration legal services for low-income immigrant communities in Central and Southern Illinois by strengthening The Immigration Project’s outreach and communications capacity. The VISTA Digital Coordinator will develop and implement sustainable communication strategies, including social media engagement, community outreach materials, and digital information campaigns that expand awareness of available legal services. Through these efforts, the VISTA member will strengthen community connections and increase the visibility of critical immigration legal resources, breaking the cycle of poverty by increasing access to legal information and services that help low-income immigrants stabilize their immigration status.
- Maximize social media reach and engagement.
- Examine and evaluate previous outreach materials crafted by the previous Digital Media Coordinator and Outreach Coordinator, and assess the materials presently in use within our organization.
- Conduct an assessment of the organization’s current social media platforms,
- content performance, audience demographics, and engagement metrics to identify opportunities for growth and improved outreach.
- Create a social media content calendar that schedules regular posts highlighting immigration legal resources, community events, educational information, and organizational updates.
Company Overview
The Immigration Project is a dynamic immigration legal aid organization located in Normal, Illinois, with a satellite office in Champaign, Illinois. The agency is the largest non-profit immigration legal services agency located in downstate Illinois with immigration attorneys on staff and serves clients in 86 counties across central and southern Illinois. We understand the importance of immigration for our communities and believe in equal access to fairness and justice. Our goal is to advocate with, not for, our clients and walk alongside them through the legal process as they make the best decisions for their lives.
Salary
The salary is 23,660.
Benefits
- Training
- Housing Stipend
- Education Award upon successful completion of Services
Application Instructions
Please apply at My AmeriCorps.
For any additional questions, please reach out to Airelle Flagg at aflagg@immigrationproject.org.
VISTA Grants Coordinator
Position Description
The goal of this VISTA project at The Immigration Project is to strengthen organizational capacity to secure and manage funding that supports legal services for low-income immigrants in Central and Southern Illinois. The VISTA Grant Coordinator will develop and implement improved grant management systems, track funding opportunities and reporting deadlines, research new funding sources, and write grant proposals to expand sustainable resources for immigration legal services. This VAD breaks the cycle of poverty by attending the access to funds for immigration legal support that helps low-income immigrants stabilize their status, protect their rights, and improve long-term economic security.
- Establish and operationalize a comprehensive grant management system to strengthen The Immigration Project’s capacity to secure and manage funding that supports services for low-income immigrants.
- Examine the current processes for understanding our current systems within the organization. This comprehensive review will involve examining existing materials, conversations with staff who have worked with grants application. Review all transition materials and guides left by prior VISTA members.
- Improve reporting and evaluation practices, seeking opportunities to enhance data collection methods for improved accuracy and broader scope. The VISTA Grant Coordinator will produce a grant application system with deadlines and grantors information to apply to them.
- Optimize the grant management practices to maximize the impact of our programs.
Company Overview
The Immigration Project is a dynamic immigration legal aid organization located in Normal, Illinois, with a satellite office in Champaign, Illinois. The agency is the largest non-profit immigration legal services agency located in downstate Illinois with immigration attorneys on staff and serves clients in 86 counties across central and southern Illinois. We understand the importance of immigration for our communities and believe in equal access to fairness and justice. Our goal is to advocate with, not for, our clients and walk alongside them through the legal process as they make the best decisions for their lives.
Salary
The salary is 23,660.
Benefits
- Training
- Housing Stipend
- Education Award upon successful completion of Services
Application Instructions
Please apply at My AmeriCorps.
For any additional questions, please reach out to Airelle Flagg at aflagg@immigrationproject.org.
Our Mission
Recognizing that access to accurate, complete information regarding immigration law is geographically and economically restricted for underserved immigrant populations in downstate Illinois, the Immigration Project endeavors to provide access to justice for immigrants and their families through immigration-related legal and educational services to immigrants, refugees, their families and others in downstate Illinois, in a manner and context which recognizes the full dignity of each individual.
Locations
We have four locations: Bloomington-Normal, Champaign-Urbana, Springfield, and Kankakee.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Immigration Project is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Immigration Project celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and therefore does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.