This VISTA position is a part of Catholic Charities USA’s Family Strengthening Program, a national intermediary project. As a member, you will meet virtually with VISTA Leaders and other VISTAs serving throughout the country, all focused on alleviating poverty.

This Marketing and Communication VISTA assignment will service at Catholic Charities of Kansas City – St. Joseph (CCKCSJ) who provides services to 27 counties within northwest Missouri. Our offices are located in Kansas City, MO and St. Joseph, MO, with two food pantries – located in south Kansas City and Cameron. This position is 50/50 Hybrid, working remotely two days each week and two days in office, at 4001 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Suite 250, Kansas City, MO 64130. Our office hours are Monday through Thursday, 8:00 am to 5:30 pm. Our offices are closed every Friday. This is a full-time position; 38 hours per week, serving during business hours for 12 months from initial start date.

Position Objective

CCKCSJ currently offers families over 30 programs to help them on their path to self-reliance. The Marketing and Communications VISTA will help us spread the word on programs and services to both families in need and those that want to help by volunteering or donating. The VISTA will focus on video production and editing of our services and success stories. These videos will be on social media platforms, as well as eBlasts, and on our website. We also wish the VISTA to increase the blog updates on our website. This will make sure the content is fresh and accurate. We ask the VISTA to create a new eBlast template and begin a set schedule of eBlasts. The VISTA will also be asked to help write articles for our Hope Matters Newsletter, which mails to almost 50,000 addresses every quarter. Lastly, we would like the VISTA to research more organizations in the community that may want to assist in a Food or Baby Drive to help stock our new Serve and Lift Pantries.

Member Essential Duties

• Create general videos of our services to educate donors and people seeking help. These videos will help reach more clients and be additional tools for increasing their skills and improving lives.
• Generate blog posts highlighting our services and events, keeping new information on our website.
• Assist with researching and developing new outlets to reach people interested in food or diaper drives to support our new Serve and Lift Centers.
• Create email marketing drafts, deploy email performance reminders, and maintain subscriber lists.
• Coordinate and design projects such as emails, newsletters, appeals and website blogs promoted through social media.
• Brainstorm and create content for our quarterly newsletter.

Required Skills

• Social media
• Video editing
• Teamwork
• General office skills
• Communications
• Writing, editing

Other Requirements

• Must be 18 years or older
• Languages: English fluent; Spanish preferred
• We’re accepted applications May 8, 2023 through July 28, 2023. Must be able to fulfill a 12-month assignment under the AmeriCorps VISTA grant. Assignment start dates can be any of the following- June 20, 202

• July 17, 2023
• July 31, 2023
• August 14, 2023
• August 28, 2023

AmeriCorps VISTA Program Benefits

• Relocation allowance
• Children assistance, if eligible
• Health insurance coverage*
• Education award upon successful completion of service
• Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend
• Training
• Living allowance

• Note: For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare insurance benefits, please visit http://www.vistacampus.gov/healthcare.

AmeriCorps VISTA Terms

• Permits working at another job during off hours
• Permits attendance at school during off hours

AmeriCorps VISTA Service Areas

• Community outreach
• Technology
• Community and economic development