Catholic Charities Volunteer Engagement VISTA – DC

If you are beginning your career or changing careers, in this placement you’ll develop transferable skills in time and project management, relationship development, conducting surveys and using the results to improve practices. If you are looking for a post-retirement position, we will welcome your experience and wisdom! Catholic Charities DC Volunteer Engagement Office (VEO) welcomes members of the community to join our mission by standing in solidarity with the +180K people annually accessing the agency’s services via our 50+ programs and 30+ locations in Washington DC and 5 counties in Maryland.

The VISTA in this role will collaborate with the VEO Team to develop practices around collecting, analyzing and acting on findings of volunteer satisfaction surveys. The program will improve our responsiveness to volunteers’ concerns and enhance their engagement with us. As a VISTA in the VEO, you’ll join a fast‑paced, highly collaborative, and very visible team. In the VEO, VISTA members are warmly welcomed, become part of a tight‑knit team, and are supported to pursue their professional development goals while achieving program goals.

We are a team that makes a difference. If you want to do important work alongside dedicated colleagues at a large not‑for‑profit (side note: CC DC is the largest non‑government social service agency in the region!), this is the position for you. 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.

VISTA members who successfully complete their year of service will earn unique benefits.

• Develop practices to report volunteer engagement using the volunteer database.
• Monitor volunteer satisfaction.
• Use the continuous quality improvement process to adjust practices.
• Monitor volunteer’s impact on meeting client needs/goals.
• Build capacity of Department Deputy Directors to lead volunteer engagement in their departments.
• Increase the capacity of CC‑DC programs to alleviate poverty by engaging volunteers to address homelessness, food insecurity, civil legal entanglements, financial stability and employment, legal migration status, family reunification after separation due to incarceration and migration, English‑speaking ability, and more.

Relocation allowance, living allowance, stipend, health coverage*, training, childcare assistance if eligible, choice of education award or end‑of‑service stipend, education award upon successful completion of service.

Permits working at another job during off hours. Permits attendance at school during off hours.

Community outreach.

• Writing/Editing
• General skills
• Team work
• Communications
• Public health
• Computers/technology
• Recruitment
• Leadership

Program Type: Ameri Corps VISTA

Program: 25‑26 Catholic Charities Volunteer Engagement VISTA – DC

Program Start/End Date: 03/09/2026 – 03/08/2027

Work Schedule: Full Time

Education level: Some college

Age Requirement: Minimum: 18, Maximum:
None

Program Locations: District of Columbia, Washington/Baltimore

Accepting Applications: From 06/12/2025 To 06/01/2026

Contact: Zhaybel Cardenas, 924 G St NW, Washington DC 20001, (202) 280‑5250, (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)., https://.org

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