Opportunities Available With New York City Civic Corps - Help The City & Develop Your Professional Skills!

You Tube Video of Mayor Bloomberg Swearing In 2009 NYC Civic Corps

Received the following message from Paul Berg, Mayor Bloomberg's co0rdinator for the NYC Civic Corps:

The NYC Civic Corps – the nation’s first municipal service corps – is now accepting applications for the 2010-11 service year. Please help us by informing Roosevelt Islander readers about this exciting opportunity to help New York City while developing professional skills.

An initiative of NYC Service and the Mayor’s Office, the NYC Civic Corps is a diverse group of individuals - from recent graduates to experienced professionals - who dedicate one year of service to New York City. Corps members are dispatched in small teams to local non-profit organizations and City agencies with the charge of developing sustainable volunteer programs and expanding organizational capacity.

In return for their service, members of the NYC Civic Corps earn a monthly living stipend, health and commuting benefits, and an end-of-service education award. Corps members also receive monthly professional development and support from NYC Service.

Applications are available at www.nyc.gov/service. Only online applications will be accepted, and the application deadline is June 30, 2010. To be eligible to join the NYC Civic Corps, individuals must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents with a Bachelor’s degree, and they must be willing to commit to a full-time (40 hours per week) position starting in late August, 2010.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said it best: “You can be a recent college graduate, a mother who’s looking to get back into the workforce, or someone who was recently laid off. It doesn’t matter. If you’re passionate about New York City and have a willingness and ability to serve your city for a year, then we want you.”

You can read more about the NYC Civic Corps in our press coverage from the past year:

New York Times City Room Blog (7/30/09)

Huffington Post (7/30/09)

New York Daily News (8/9/09)

New York Times (1/17/10)

Thank you for helping us spread the word in Roosevelt Island about the NYC Civic Corps!

Sounds like a good program. Why not give it a try?