Service Coordinator

Postion Overview

The AmeriCorps Service Coordinator – JR Mentor Fellowship plays a critical role in strengthening Improve Your Tomorrow’s (IYT) college access and leadership pipeline by providing regional coordination, program support, and fellowship implementation across California regions. This role prioritizes the JR Mentor Fellowship Program, ensuring high-quality implementation, strong member experience, and alignment with IYT’s national standards. Service Coordinators will serve as regional fellowship representatives and liaisons to IYT’s Shared Services team, while also supporting college access initiatives, training, data quality, events, and summer programming. This is a service-focused role that blends coordination, curriculum development, training support, and systems accountability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the regional lead and primary point of contact for the JR Mentor Fellowship Program, ensuring strong implementation, engagement, and completion across assigned California regions.
• Support the launch, onboarding, and ongoing coordination of the JR Mentor Fellowship, including scheduling, event logistics, and required service components.
• Co-create and support development of JR Mentor Fellowship curriculum, including content outlines, facilitation plans, and slide decks, in partnership with the Shared Services team.
• Support College Access Program launches and mid-year program trainings, including preparation of materials, coordination support, and facilitation assistance as needed.
• Coordinate and support college tours, including logistics, communication, and on-the-ground support in collaboration with regional teams.
• Assist with planning and execution of summer programming initiatives, including fellowship activities, college exposure experiences, and leadership development programming.
• Coordinate and support college and career workshops, including career exploration, postsecondary planning, and leadership development sessions.
• Support family engagement efforts, including family orientations, information sessions, and fellowship-related family events.
• Support data accuracy, data entry, and quality control for assigned regions, including fellowship participation, attendance tracking, and milestone completion.
• Partner with Shared Services to identify data gaps, reporting needs, and improvement opportunities, and support regional teams in meeting documentation expectations.
• Serve as the JR Mentor Fellowship representative and liaison between regional program team and Shared Services departments, ensuring clear communication, alignment, and follow through

Requirements

Days & Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30-5:00 pm. Occasional weekends and evenings

Work Environment: This position works out of the HQ office in Sacramento or Sacramento School Sites, Central Valley HQ (Stockton Office) or Stockton School Sites, or Bay Area School Sites

Travel Frequency: Travel is required for organizational wide events and trainings

Physical Requirements: This role is in a stationary position 50% or more of the time

Benefits of Service:

When you become a Service Coordinator with IYT you also become part of the AmeriCorps Volunteer Network and the Employers of National Service jobs network. This connects mentors to over 600 employers across every sector that highly value and recruit AmeriCorps service members after their year of service.

• Biweekly Living allowance amount:
  • Sacramento and Central Valley
    • $1,250.21 Biweekly for 40 hours per week (1700 hours total)
  • Bay Area
    • $1,275.00 Biweekly for 40 hours per week (1700 hours total)

• Earn an Education Award upon completion of program requirements
  • Eligible to earn up to an additional $5,176.50 towards student loans and college expenses.
• Student Loan Deferment, (for all loans that qualify)
• Leadership Development training that prepare fellows to be leaders in their communities
• Wellness workshops designed to support fellows’ mental health, wellness, and personal empowerment.

*Mileage reimbursement will be provided for any travel outside of the assigned region.

Term of Service: March 2026 – December 2026

Disclaimer

This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.