PowerCorps PHL

Increasing sustainability. Fueling workforce success.

PowerCorpsPHL, launched in September 2013, is an AmeriCorps program designed to support the City of Philadelphia’s environmental stewardship initiatives, youth violence prevention and workforce development priorities.

05/13/2026

💧🌿 We’re hiring a Water Infrastructure & Landcare Management Academy (WLMA) Supervisor to lead hands-on water infrastructure, landcare, and urban forestry projects across Philadelphia while mentoring and supervising WLMA Crew members.

Ready to build with us?
📲 Scan the QR code
🌳 Or head to our Linktree in bio

Come help us build community and opportunity for resilient people and spaces. 💚

05/06/2026

🌿 Now hiring: Landcare Apprentices!

Looking for a paid opportunity to build real skills, work outdoors, and be part of something bigger? Join PowerCorpsPHL as a Landcare Apprentice and help restore and care for the new Scattergood Nature Preserve located behind the while gaining hands-on experience in landcare, urban forestry, and green stormwater infrastructure.

Who should apply?
• Ages 18–30
• Philadelphia residents
• High school diploma or GED
• Current OSHA-10 Certification
• At least 1 year of related experience

Ready to build with us?

📲 Scan the QR code or head to our Linktree in bio to apply

Come build community and opportunity for resilient people and spaces. 💚🌳

04/28/2026

🌎 We’re hiring a Technical Assistance Associate!
PowerCorpsPHL is seeking a Technical Assistance Associate to help share our community-rooted, industry-responsive workforce development model with partners across the country.

This role blends training, coaching, content development, and relationship-building to support communities as they launch and strengthen workforce programs that create real pathways to opportunity. From facilitating workshops to developing tools and resources, you’ll help turn ideas into impact at both the local and national level.

✈️ This role includes travel to partner cities across the U.S. and the opportunity to engage with a growing national network advancing workforce development, climate resilience, and economic mobility.

Ready to build with us?
📲 Scan the QR code
🔗 Visit the application link
🌳 Or head to our Linktree in bio to apply

Come help us grow community and opportunity for resilient people and spaces—nationwide. 💚

04/01/2026

Happy Earth Month, Philly 🌎💚🌳

Our Reforestation shop is officially LIVE 🎉

Pictured here is PowerCorpsPHL alum and Sawmill Manager Freddy Ortiz, sitting on a bench he helped build at our RHUB—crafted from repurposed fallen city trees (and already sold during our fall auction thanks to our incredible community supporters 🙌)

This is the opportunity we seek to create in action: reclaiming what would be waste and transforming it into something useful, meaningful, and built to last—while creating real pathways forward.
For more pieces Freddy has helped bring to life 👀
🛒 Tap the link in bio to shop what’s available now
🌱 Reclaimed wood. Renewed purpose. Community-built.

03/30/2026

Congratulations to the Philadelphia Department of Commerce ( )’s Taking Care of Business (TCB) Cleaning Ambassador Cohort 2 graduates! 🎉👏🔥

Through TCB, Philly neighborhoods stay safe and welcoming, while residents build skills and access new pathways. In partnership with , PowerCorpsPHL delivers trauma-informed training that strengthens both technical skills and emotional intelligence ✨🧤🛠️

Over six sessions, this group showed up with consistency, curiosity, and commitment to building real-world skills in professionalism, communication, customer service, goal setting, and career advancement 💼🧠✨

Special shoutout to Guest Speaker Aaron Kirkland for pouring back into the next generation as a guest speaker! Your story insight, and affirmations made a real impact 🙌🔥

And thank you to Alumni Speaker Amber for grounding us in the deeper purpose of this work. Your perspective reminded us that this is about more than skill-building, it’s about strengthening confidence, building trust, and expanding what’s possible for every participant 💬💙
We’re proud of the growth and community that continues to build with each cohort, and grateful to every Ambassador for trusting us with your time, your goals, and this journey 🌱🫂

Huge thanks to our partners , and for making this work possible 🤝💛
Here’s to continued growth and taking care of business—together 😎😉💪

🔗 Learn more about the Taking Care of Business program: https://www.phila.gov/programs/phl-taking-care-of-business/

03/13/2026

🌿 We’re hiring a Landscape Manager!

PowerCorpsPHL is seeking a Landscape Manager to help lead the stewardship, restoration, and maintenance of natural lands and green stormwater infrastructure at the new Scattergood Nature Preserve in Northeast Philadelphia.

Ready to build with us?

📲 Scan the QR code
🌳 Or head to our Linktree in bio to apply

📝 Interviews for this position will take place the week of March 30.

Come help us build community and opportunity for resilient people and spaces. 💚🌳

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02/27/2026

Big news for the PowerCorpsPHL family!✨

We’re excited to share that ’s Accelerator cohort has officially begun! 🎉

Accelerator Fellows Devin Hamilton and Julia Hillengas will be representing PCPHL to strengthen pathways for young adults across Philadelphia who are building new futures.💡

Through REDF’s Accelerator, they’re focused on growing and refining our social enterprise and fee-for-service ventures to ensure they remain deeply community-rooted while expanding sustainable revenue that directly fuels paid training, career exposure and long-term opportunity 💵🔧

The first gathering in Denver earlier this month marked the beginning of this next chapter, where strategy meets mission, and enterprise strengthens impact. 🎯❤️

Rooted in community. 🌿
Focused on opportunity. 🚪
Building resilient people and spaces. 💚

02/25/2026

✨PowerCorpsPHL is seeking a Director of Advancement ✨

We’re looking for a strategic, relationship-driven leader to help grow the partnerships and resources that power career pathways for young adults and strengthen community resilience, in Philadelphia and beyond.

Ready to build with us? Review position and apply through:

📲 Scanning the QR code
🔗 Visiting the application link
🌳 Heading to our Linktree in our bio to apply

Applications reviewed on a rolling basis through March 1, 2026.

Join us in building community and opportunity for resilient people and spaces. 💚

02/06/2026

Huge congrats to these graduates from the Philadelphia Department of Commerce ( )’s first-ever, program-wide Taking Care of Business program (TCB) Cleaning Ambassador training! 🎉👏🔥

TCB keeps Philadelphia’s neighborhood commercial corridors clean, inviting places to shop and work, while creating job opportunities for residents. PowerCorpsPHL is the training provider for TCB, delivering inclusive, trauma-informed training that builds both technical skills and emotional intelligence for Cleaning Ambassadors. ✨🧤🛠️

Over six sessions, these Cleaning Ambassadors showed up with focus, curiosity, and grit to build real-world skills in professionalism, communication, customer service, goal setting, career advancement, and more. 💼🧠💡

On January 21st, they officially crossed the finish line, taking care of business as per usual. 😎 😉💪

We’re incredibly proud of the growth, confidence, and community that took shape along the way, and grateful to each Ambassador for trusting us with your time, your goals, and this initiative. That trust means everything. 💙🌱🫂

Huge thanks also top partners and for believing in this work and making it possible. 🤝 🫶 💛

Learn more about the Taking Care of Business program: https://www.phila.gov/programs/phl-taking-care-of-business/

01/09/2026

Happy 2026, Philly! 🎉

As we closed out a year of growth and change, PowerCorpsPHL staff came together for a 2-day Professional Development Retreat, creating a moment to pause, reflect, and reinvigorate ourselves for all that lies ahead.⏸️🔋

From analyzing models of change, strategic planning, and debriefing our programs, to celebrating our collective wins and enjoying one another’s company, this time together reminded us why we do this work. 🔄 🎊🧠

We’re building community and opportunity for resilient people and spaces, and it starts with investing in the people doing the work. 💚🫂

Feeling grounded, energized, and ready to grow into 2026. Let’s get to it. ⚡🌱

Address

2300 W Master Street
Philadelphia, PA
19123

Website

http://www.PowerCorpsPHL.org/

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