VISTA Volunteers Positions
- Adult Recruitment 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.
- Cookie Program Activity Ambassador
- Oversees communities’ Cookie Program volunteers; encourages non-parent volunteers (friends, grandparents, aunts, uncles, other short-term volunteers) to assist with various positions or various other duties to ensure a successful financial and learning opportunity.
- Cookie Program Activity 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.
- Fall Product Activity Order Coordinator Partner
- This volunteer is responsible for administrative tasks associated with the Fall Product Activity.
- Fall Product Activity Partner
- Supports the ambassador; encourages non-parent volunteers (friends, grandparents, aunts, uncles, other episodic volunteers) to assist at the troop level or various other duties to ensure a successful financial and learning opportunity.
- 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.
- Family Involvement Partner
- Formerly Family Partnership. Supports the ambassador by managing family partnership campaign for troops in a particular VISTA community; encourages fathers, grandparents, and friends to oversee the presentations at troop meetings; encourages troop committees, shared leadership, and family participation.
- Finance Management Ambassador
- Formerly Treasurer. Keeps necessary records for VISTA; reports information to council staff accounting manager on a timely basis.
- Finance Management Partner
- Formerly Treasurer. Assists in the VISTA record keeping process and helps create reports on a timely basis.
- Girl Membership Ambassador
- Formerly Director of Organizers/Recruiters. Plans for recruiting new girl members through various school and community family recruitment events (utilizing the six recruitment and service delivery options); coordinates work of many partner school organizers/recruiters and liaisons; sees girls are placed in existing and new troops; forwards membership registration forms and membership registration fees to registration ambassador; monitors activities of local community events coordinators.
- Girl Membership Partners
- Formerly Organizers/Recruiters. Supports the ambassador by recruiting new girl members through various school and community family recruitment events (utilizing the six recruitment and service delivery options) within a particular VISTA community; sees that girls are placed in existing and new troops; forwards membership registration forms and membership registration fees to registration ambassador; monitors activities of local community events coordinators.
- Internal Communications Ambassador
- Becomes VISTA spokesperson relaying VISTA, council, and GSUSA information through a "blended communications" plan (VISTA web pages, VISTA meetings, VISTA newsletter for those without Internet access); works closely with Brand Management and Communications Group.
- Internal Communications Partner (Webmaster)
- Responsible for distributing to the appropriate ambassador, via email, questions and comments submitted at the VISTA website. The webmaster will also cross-train with the internal communications ambassador to provide temporary coverage of the VISTA websites.
- Learning Opportunities Ambassador
- Combination of orientation specialist and/or trainer. Coordinates, conducts, and/or assists with trainings (grade-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.
- Learning Opportunities Partner
- Combination of orientation specialist and/or trainer. Supports the ambassador; coordinates, conducts, and/or assists with trainings (grade-level and special topics) within a particular VISTA community; assesses volunteers’ training needs, and keeps records for a particular age-level; facilitates age-level leader “e-groups” (e-mail groups) to answer or re-direct questions; addresses face-to-face training questions for a particular grade level through informal study groups at VISTA meetings; promotes blended learning opportunities.
- 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 Brand Management and Communications Group so that feature stories and press releases can be developed and reported to the board of directors; becomes VISTA spokesperson in the various communities.
- Public Relations Partner
- Formerly Public Relations/Publicity. Supports the ambassador; reports communities’ Girl Scout activity news to the ambassador (who will work with the media), following a monthly theme calendar.
- Registration Ambassador
- Formerly Registrar. Oversees troops’ membership data entries; verifies VISTA membership records with council records.
- Registration Partner
- Formerly Registrar. Supports the ambassador; oversees a community’s troops’ membership data entries; verifies VISTA membership records with the ambassador.
- VISTA Manager/United Way Ambassador
- Each VISTA Manager/UW Ambassador oversees a VISTA "cabinet" and reports to the director of membership and program. A staff membership specialist assists. VISTA Manager/UW Ambassador; creates meeting agendas; collects current information from each ambassador; coordinates the work of the cabinet.
