Career Pathways Future You Volunteer Navigator

Volunteer Opportunity:
Work with our educated, resilient, self-directed, and motivated adults by helping them to set and achieve realistic education and career goals to facilitate their economic and personal growth.


What You’ll Do:

As a Future You Navigator, you’ll provided personalized guidance to program participants by:

  • Supporting, job, education, or entrepreneurial goals.

  • Help build resumes, practice interviews, and explore business opportunities.

  • Refer participants to community resources when appropriate.

  • Work with another adult as a mentor, coach, and accountability partner.

Qualities to Bring with You:  

  • Passion to help qualified immigrants achieve their educational and career goals and become thriving, contributing members of our community.

  • Strong verbal communication skills

  • Fluent in English and American culture

  • Resourcefulness 

  • \Motivator, supporter, and mentor.

Time Commitment: Between 2 to 4 hours per week for a minimum of 4 months.  May work with up to 2 adult learners at a time depending on their individual needs.

Other: Ideal volunteer opportunity for individuals who are looking to make a positive impact on adult learners in our community. Individuals with flexible schedules, working from home, recently retired, and college students looking for volunteer hours in the human services or adult education fields. 


Training:  Training for this volunteer opportunity is provided.


Call Today!

Call or email Susan Bergstrom, Program Director, at 941-955-0421 or sbergstrom@sarasotaliteracy.org.  We’re happy to answer any questions you have.

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