Catholic Charities Parish Outreach and Volunteer Manager

Catholic Charities of Southwest Louisiana (CCSWLA) works to serve the poor in the five-civil parish region of the Diocese of Lake Charles. This area faces many challenges including low income and education levels, a large homeless population, rural communities, devastation from natural disasters, and food insecurity. CCSWLA strives to offer programs to help those in our community thrive and to expand and adapt programs as needed to meet these needs. This growth and expansion of programs are dependent upon volunteers, communications, donations (both monetary and in-kind), partnerships and collaborations to ensure success. This program will strengthen and create tools and processes for volunteer recruitment, onboarding and training, and community engagement. The program will further build up community relationships and partnerships to secure resources and funding for CCSWLA to operate successful programs. The goal of this project is thereby to build capacity and stabilization of processes for long-term growth and sustainability. This VISTA position is a part of Catholic Charities USA¿s Family Strengthening Program, a national intermediary project. As a member, you will meet virtually with VISTA Leaders and other VISTAs serving throughout the country, all focused on alleviating poverty.