VISTA Volunteers
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VISTA Vacancies
- Adult Membership Ambassador
- Directs recruitment of long-term and episodic (short-term) adult volunteer members to work with girls or other adults; works closely with the girl membership ambassador, family involvement ambassador, and the registration ambassador; forwards membership registration forms and membership registration fees to registration ambassador; processes background check forms to council; calls and verifies four (4) references; forwards registration information to learning opportunities ambassador.
- If Interested:
- Contact: VISTA 3 Manager/United Way Ambassador.
- Family Involvement Ambassador
- Formerly Family Partnership Ambassador. Manages family partnership campaign; encourages fathers, grandparents, and friends to oversee the presentations and process working to make goals; coordinates plans with staff individual campaign specialist; encourages troop committees, shared leadership, and family participation.
- If Interested:
- Contact: VISTA 3 Manager/United Way Ambassador.
- Multicultural Ambassador
- Monitors potential and overlooked population groups; compares local data to potential (outlined in Adult Pluralism Action Plan); keeps alert to community changes through various media outlets (newspaper, chamber, school newsletters); reports diversity to staff Hispanic initiatives specialist; requests translated materials for non-English speaking groups through staff Hispanic initiatives specialist; gets involved with groups through community events.
- If Interested:
- Contact: VISTA 3 Manager/United Way Ambassador.
- Cookie Program Motivator Partner
- This volunteer is responsible for implementing motivational strategies on goal setting, parent/guardian involvement, and expressing the importance of contact with girls during the Cookie Program.
- Positions Available In:
- Palatine: contact VISTA 3 Manager/United Way Ambassador.
- Rolling Meadows: contact VISTA 3 Manager/United Way Ambassador.
- Cookie Program Order Coordinator Partner
- This volunteer is responsible for administrative tasks associated with the Cookie Program.
- If Interested:
- Contact: VISTA 3 Manager/United Way Ambassador.
- Finance Management Partner
- Formerly Treasurer. Assists in the VISTA recordkeeping process and helps create reports on a timely basis.
- If Interested:
- Contact: VISTA 3 Manager/United Way Ambassador.
- Learning Opportunities Ambassador
- Combination of orientation specialist and/or trainer. Coordinates, conducts, and/or assists with trainings (age-level and special topics) within a VISTA; assesses volunteers' training needs, and keeps records; facilitates "e-groups" (e-mail groups) to answer or re-direct questions; addresses face-to-face training questions through informal study groups at VISTA meetings; identifies and reports trends to staff adult training coordinator; promotes blended learning opportunities.
- If Interested:
- Contact: VISTA 3 Manager/United Way Ambassador.
- Public Relations Ambassador
- Formerly public relations/publicity. Reports communities' activity news to local newspapers and radio, following a monthly theme calendar; shares same information with staff director of public affairs and external relations so that feature stories and press releases can be developed and reported to the board of directors; becomes VISTA spokesperson in the various communities.
- If Interested:
- Contact: VISTA 3 Manager/United Way Ambassador.
- Registration Partner
- Formerly Registrar. Supports the Ambassador; oversees a community’s troops' membership data entries (preferably entered at the troop level); verifies VISTA membership records with the Ambassador.
- If Interested:
- Contact: VISTA 3 Manager/United Way Ambassador.