This is a great opportunity for someone to join a small collaborative, supportive team, working intelligently, individually, and diligently. A successful VISTA candidate is flexible, self-motivated, detail-oriented, and emotionally intelligent.
As a result of VISTA’s efforts, United Way of Northeast Kentucky will better understand what combination of income services are currently available to the target community, where service gaps are, what best practices can be adopted to enhance program impact, and how to leverage United Way of Northeast Kentucky’s resources to better achieve our goals and assist the community.
In coordination with the BankOn advisory board, volunteers and in collaboration with United Way staff, specific VISTA responsibilities include:
- Program Assessment: evaluating the effectiveness of the individual programs as well as the collective portfolio of programs.
- Service Mapping: identifying geographical service gaps.
- Research: identify best practices and make recommendations for improved program effectiveness.
- Volunteer Recruitment: ensure programs have access to volunteers to expand and sustain programming.
- Outreach: help, plan, execute and support volunteer recruitment for two episodic volunteer events that create a greater awareness in the community about the struggles of people living in poverty.
Salary: Less than $20,000 per year