VISTA Volunteers - Girl Scouts - Illinois Crossroads Council

VISTA Volunteers Positions

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.
Adult Recruitment Partner: Supports the Ambassador by encouraging recruitment of long-term and episodic (short-term) adult volunteer members to work with girls or other adults in a particular VISTA community; Family Involvement partner and the registration partner forwards membership registration forms and membership registration fees to Registration Ambassador; calls and verifies four (4) references; forwards registration information to Learning Opportunities Ambassador.
Community Coordinator Partner
Community Field Trip Coordinator
Community Sponsorship Ambassador: Coordinates with council's community partnership campaign staff manager to give organizational presentations (women's groups, Rotary, collaborators); becomes very familiar with all six recruitment and service delivery options that occur in all communities within the VISTA.
Community Sponsorship Partner: Supports the Community Sponsorship Partner and assists during organizational presentations (women's groups, Rotary, collaborators); becomes very familiar with all six recruitment and service delivery options that occur in all communities within the VISTA.
Cookie Program Ambassador: This volunteer is the point person to the council Product Program Group and has ultimate accountability for the Cookie Program with the VISTA. She/he supervises the Motivator, Order Coordinator, and Site Coordinator Partners for each community with the VISTA.
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.
Cookie Program Order Coordinator Partner: This volunteer is responsible for administrative tasks associated with the Cookie Program.
Cookie Program 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 Ambassador: This volunteer is the point person to the council Product Program Group and has ultimate accountability for the Fall Product Activity within the VISTA. She/he supervises the Motivator and the Order Coordinator Partners for each community within the VISTA.
Fall Product Activity 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 Fall Product Activity.
Fall Product Activity Order Coordinator Partner: This volunteer is responsible for administrative tasks associated with the Fall Product Activity.
Fall Product Activity Partner: Formerly Fall Product Sale Specialist. Supports the Ambassador; oversees troops/groups’ Fall Product Activity Motivators and Order Coordinators; encourages non-parent volunteers (friends, grandparents, aunts, uncles, other episodic volunteers) to assist with these positions at the troop/group 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/groups in a particular VISTA community; encourages fathers, grandparents, and friends to oversee the presentations at troop/group 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 recordkeeping 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/groups; 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/groups; 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 director of volunteerism and communication.
Internal Communications Partner (Webmaster): Responsible for distributing to the appropriate Ambassador, via email, questions and comments submitted at the VISTA Web site. The Webmaster will also cross-train with the Internal Communications Ambassador to provide temporary coverage of the VISTA Web sites.
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.
Learning Opportunities Partner: Combination of Orientation Specialist and/or Trainer. Supports the Ambassador; coordinates, conducts, and/or assists with trainings (age-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 age=level through informal study groups at VISTA meetings; promotes blended learning opportunities.
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.
Multicultural Partner: Supports the Ambassador; monitors potential and overlooked population groups in a particular community; 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 Ambassador; requests translated materials for non-English speaking groups through Ambassador; gets involved with community groups through community events.
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.
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 (preferably entered at the troop level); verifies VISTA membership records with council records.
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.
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.