LKC: Start at Zero - Volunteer Program VISTA

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LKC: Start at Zero - Volunteer Program VISTA

Start at Zero's mission is to partner with parents and caregivers to promote healthy early childhood development. Start at Zero (SAZ here forward) works closely with schools, community organizations, and families of children prenatal to kindergarten entry to deliver programming focused on increasing kindergarten readiness and parent agency. . SAZ is a sub-site of the Literacy KC VISTA Program. The Literacy KC VISTA Program seeks to address illiteracy through a concentration on traditional literacy as well as health literacy, financial literacy, and digital literacy. The VISTA members and organizations that participate in the Literacy KC VISTA Program take a holistic, collaborative approach to literacy, building the organizations' capacity to serve their clients, and addressing poverty in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Further help on this page can be found by clicking here.

Member Duties : The volunteer engagement specialist will work to support Start at Zero's mission by organizing, recruiting and engaging volunteers. The selected candidate for this role will communicate with prospective and current volunteers, schedule volunteers to serve at events, and develop new volunteer opportunities for the organization.

Program Benefits : Living Allowance , Health Coverage* , Childcare assistance if eligible , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Education award upon successful completion of service , Training , Relocation Allowance .

Terms :

Permits attendance at school during off hours , Permits working at another job during off hours , Car recommended .

Service Areas :

Community Outreach , Ex-Offender Reentry , Housing , Education , Entrepreneur/Business , Homelessness , Children/Youth , Neighborhood Revitalization , Community and Economic Development , Technology , Hunger , Environment , Health .

Skills :

Recruitment , Non-Profit Management , General Skills , Leadership , Communications , Community Organization , Conflict Resolution , Public Speaking , Social Services , Counseling , Education , Team Work , Teaching/Tutoring , Writing/Editing , Youth Development .