Position Type: VISTA
Service Commitment: August 25, 2025 – August 24, 2026
Final Application Deadline: July 15, 2025
Car required? Recommended
Driver’s License Required? Yes
Position Summary:
The Office of Sustainability at the University of Montana facilitates and supports a campus culture of environmental stewardship in keeping with the mission of inclusive prosperity and ‘resourceful stewardship of the land that sustains us.’ Working with partners across campus, we aim to improve our students’ literacy of sustainability issues and proactively develop policies and initiatives that bring us closer to that goal.
The VISTA member will add capacity to the Office of Sustainability (OoS) at the University of Montana by building relationships, systems, data collection tools, processes, and documentation that aid program goals of addressing the environmental footprint of the campus, engaging students, and building a culture of sustainability across all areas and operations.
The VISTA will build UM’s capacity to feed food insecure students who are served by ASUM Bear Necessities, the food pantry and resource center. The project aims to address the cycle of poverty, by specifically addressing food insecurity, which can prevent these students from finishing their degree.
Montana Campus Network for Civic Engagement (MCNCE) serves as the intermediary for this project. MCNCE is a CEO-led coalition of colleges and universities that support civic engagement, service learning, and volunteerism across the state. Every year we place cohorts of full-time, part-time, and summer AmeriCorps members with schools, colleges, nonprofits, and government agencies in Montana. The AmeriCorps projects we facilitate increase educational equity, break down barriers between higher education and community organizations, and address the root causes of poverty in communities across the state.
Professional Skills You Will Gain
- Communications
- Event Planning
- Intercultural Relations
- Leadership
- Marketing
- Partnership Development
- Partnership Management
- Program Development
- Public Speaking
- Community Outreach
- Teamwork
- Time Management
- Volunteer Recruitment and Management