NAMI SWI Resource Development & Sustainability VISTA

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Benefits offered by this job

Childcare assistance

Education Award or End of Service Stip

Health Coverage

Living Allowance

Relocation Allowance

Training

Job summary

NAMI Southwest Iowa is seeking a Resource Development & Sustainability VISTA to build and strengthen donor engagement for long-term sustainability. The role focuses on donor stewardship, annual giving systems, data quality, community partner engagement, and storytelling across nine counties in southwest Iowa.

The VISTA will develop tools, templates, workflows, and written procedures, organizing donor data in Little Green Light and creating a year-long engagement plan.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen donor development systems by improving donor tracking, segmentation, stewardship, and follow-up processes.
• Create donor communication templates, impact updates, annual giving tools, and campaign timelines.
• Document procedures and build a donor stewardship calendar for staff year-round.
• Develop systems for collecting impact stories and program data while protecting confidentiality.
• Produce a donor development manual, a 12-month engagement plan, and transition materials.

Skills

Communications

Community Organization

Computers/Technology

Writing/Editing

General Skills

Team Work

Job description

NAMI Southwest Iowa provides free mental health education, peer-led support, family support, re-entry programming, and recovery-related resources across a nine-county region in southwest Iowa. As community need grows, the organization must strengthen donor development systems that support long-term sustainability beyond short-term grants and event-based fundraising. The Resource Development & Sustainability VISTA will help build the infrastructure needed to grow and retain community support. This position will focus on donor stewardship, annual giving systems, donor data quality, community partner engagement, impact storytelling, and sustainability planning. The VISTA will develop tools, templates, workflows, and written procedures that help staff communicate impact, engage donors year-round, and maintain consistent follow-up with individuals, businesses, and community supporters. This is a capacity-building role for someone who enjoys organizing systems, improving communication, telling meaningful stories, and helping a mission-driven nonprofit become more sustainable. The member’s work will help NAMI Southwest Iowa continue providing no-cost programs for individuals and families impacted by mental health conditions, substance use, incarceration, rural isolation, and financial hardship.

Member Duties :

The VISTA member will strengthen NAMI Southwest Iowa’s donor development systems by improving donor tracking, segmentation, stewardship, and follow‑up processes. They will create donor communication templates, impact updates, annual giving tools, campaign timelines, and community partner engagement materials. The member will help organize donor data in Little Green Light, document procedures, and build a donor stewardship calendar that staff can use year‑round. They will also develop systems for collecting impact stories and program data for donor communications while protecting confidentiality. By the end of service, the VISTA will create a donor development manual, 12‑month engagement plan, and transition materials to help NAMI Southwest Iowa sustain these systems after the service term ends.

Program Benefits :

• Childcare assistance if eligible
• Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend
• Health Coverage*
• Living Allowance
• Relocation Allowance
• Training

• For details about AmeriCorps VISTA healthcare benefits, please visit https://americorpsvista.imglobal.com/ .

Terms

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

Service Areas

• Community Outreach
• Children/Youth
• Education
• Ex-Offender Reentry
• Health

Skills

• Communications
• Community Organization
• Computers/Technology
• Writing/Editing
• General Skills
• Team Work

Program Type:

AmeriCorps VISTA

Program

NAMI SWI Resource Development & Sustainability VISTA

Program Start/End Date

01/11/2027 - 01/10/2028

Work Schedule

Full Time

Age Requirement

Minimum: 18 Maximum: None

Program Locations

IOWA

Accepting Applications

From 09/29/2026 To 12/31/2026

Contact

Anna Killpack

202 S 2nd St

Neola IA 51559

712-542-7904

[e-mail]

www.namisouthwestiowa.org