Position Type: AmeriCorps VISTA
Service Commitment: August 25, 2025 – August 24, 2026
Final Application Deadline: July 15, 2025
Car required? No
Driver’s License Required? Yes
Position Summary: Develop professional relationships with VISTA members and their project supervisors. Conduct regular check-ins with VISTA members to answer their questions and support them during the service year. Facilitate bi-monthly solidarity calls for VISTA members. Accompany the VISTA Director on service site visits. Contribute to the planning of service projects, such as for Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service. Support the team in planning VISTA training events, including activities such as coordinating travel plans for members and delivering educational presentations. Learn more by visiting Apply Today!
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. The AmeriCorps VISTA Leader will contribute to the successful functioning of our AmeriCorps VISTA program by ensuring that VISTA members have the resources and support they need to have positive and productive service experiences in Montana. This position requires applicants to have completed a prior year of AmeriCorps service or term of Peace Corps service.
Professional Skills You Will Gain
- Communications
- Community Organization
- Conflict Resolution
- Event Planning
- Leadership
- Negotiation
- Partnership Management
- Public Speaking
- Teamwork
- Time Management
- Volunteer Management
- Writing/Editing