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Systems Change VISTA
 
 
 
The Community Opportunity Alliance is a national nonprofit that builds the community development field. We are committed to creating conditions where residents can shape the destiny of their neighborhoods, securing their long-term prosperity. The Alliance strengthens the field of 6,000+ local community development organizations working to develop affordable housing and commercial space, support small business development, and provide social services. The VISTA will help us provide more useful and engaging communications to practitioners in several ways: improving our social media presence, which has not gotten significant focus to date; using open rates, click-through rates and other metrics to evaluate engagement in our mass emails, website, and social media; organizing meetings with stakeholders to get feedback on content and format; segmenting our database to target relevant information to specific audiences. By communicating better with community developers, we can provide them with better access to funding and other resources. Our research has found that social media is particularly important in reaching smaller organizations with fewer resources, so that will be a particular focus. In October 2025, we will co-host People & Places Conference, a peer-learning event for 500+ community developers nationwide. The VISTA will help develop a coordinated way to publicize the conference with our 3 cohosts. The VISTA will use stakeholder input, metrics, and our improved database to help us publicize the conference and all of our other convenings more effectively. The VISTA will improve administrative processes for our Community Development Voice initiative, which amplifies local practitioners' insights on how current events affect their work and their communities. The VISTA will refine our processes for conducting town hall meetings and polls, segmenting the media list, distributing press releases, and recruiting and orienting the next cohort more efficiently.
 
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Member Duties : The VISTA will develop systems and practices to 1) communicate more effectively and efficiently with local practitioners about funding opportunities, technical assistance, thought leadership, and other resources that can assist them in their work to alleviate poverty. 2) promote a national peer-learning conference for community developers as well as other smaller convenings and produce printed materials for them. 3) improve social media engagement by identifying best practices for cultivating audiences, developing content, creating graphic images for posts, and posting more frequently. 4) administer the Community Development Voice cohort, recruit the next cohort, and facilitate media outreach. 5) better organize our membership management database. 6) use metrics and testing to improve our communications, member engagement, and field engagement.
 
Program Benefits : Living Allowance ,  Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend ,  Training ,  Education award upon successful completion of service ,  $1000 monthly housing allowance . 
 
 
*For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorps.gov/members-volunteers/vista/benefits.
 
Terms :
Permits working at another job during off hours ,  Permits attendance at school during off hours . 
 
Service Areas :
Community and Economic Development ,  Housing ,  Neighborhood Revitalization ,  Community Outreach ,  Environment . 
 
Skills :
Communications ,  Non-Profit Management ,  General Skills ,  Community Organization ,  Writing/Editing . 
 
 
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SUMMARY
Program Type:
AmeriCorps VISTA
Program
Systems Change VISTA
Program Start/End Date
02/10/2025  -   02/09/2026
Work Schedule Full Time
Education level
Some college
Age Requirement
Minimum:  18    Maximum:  None
Program Locations DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA   Washington/Baltimore  
Languages
English
Accepting Applications
From  11/11/2024  To  01/15/2025 
Contact Edward Socker
727 15th St NW
Washington   DC   20005
2027450902
vistalleader@cnhed.org
https://cnhed.org/vista/
Listing ID 124497

       

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