Marketing and Recruitment Coordinator (Full-time VISTA position)

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Are you moved to help youth transition out of foster care with necessary resources and ease? Join CASA and help create sustainable social capital for this program helping foster youth! Create an effective marketing and recruitment plan that strongly brands CASA in the community and allows the organization to reach new sources of potential volunteers in order to increase our capacity to serve abused and neglected children in foster care.

The following position is a one year (April 2017-March 2018) AmeriCorps VISTA position at Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) in Prince George’s County (Riverdale, MD) and sponsored by Strong City Baltimore. Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)/Prince George’s County works with children who have been deemed Children in Need of Assistance (CINA) due to the severity of abuse or neglect they have experienced and, as a result, are living in foster care.

The VISTA will:
 Serve as brand ambassador, making 3-4 presentations to community organizations
 Advertise all volunteer opportunities through a variety of sources
 Write and disseminate communication pieces
 Coordinate training with CASA’s Training Facilitator for an average of 25 volunteers once per quarter
 Create a database of potential recruitment resources
 Create and implement volunteer appreciation/retention activities and events
 Review demographics of current volunteers and interview Program Staff to determine profiles of successful volunteer archetypes
 Create an exit interview process for exiting volunteers
 Make recommendations about the most effective way to implement the marketing and recruitment plan

AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) is not a job per se, but a full time national service opportunity. Benefits include: living allowance, relocation assistance, health allowance, monthly travel reimbursement, choice of an education award or cash stipend, and non-competitive eligibility for federal employment upon completion. Preferred candidates will have a college degree or equivalent work experience, leadership potential, and motivation to serve.
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