Communications and Engagement Associate VISTA

Through our programs, we offer access to a safe place to live, counseling, legal assistance, wellness activities, and so much more. Womankind is an expert in serving Asian communities, yet our services are valuable and available to all. Whether in our services or in our increasing advocacy and policy work, Womankind first centers the survivor by uplifting them to control their own lives and narratives. In addition to promoting healing and safety through service provision, Womankind promotes gender justice through research, coalition building, policy analysis, and community education and mobilization. All services are rooted in Womankind’s philosophy of supporting survivors’ rights to self-determination and self-sufficiency in building their futures (i.e., their own agency). Womankind is one of the largest Asian-focused domestic violence organizations in the United States and is a leader in providing innovative and award-winning multilingual and culturally responsive services. Womankind offers a wide variety of services in 18+ Asian languages and dialects, including: a toll-free 24/7 multilingual helpline, safe and confidential emergency residences (shelters), counseling, family law and immigration legal assistance, wellness activities, creative arts therapy, support groups, and economic empowerment workshops. The VISTA will work with the Development team, which is tasked with raising funds to support the entirety of Womankind’s programs, operations, and infrastructure; increase visibility for Womankind as a leader in the gender-based violence field; and develop external partnerships that support resource building for long-term sustainability.

The VISTA will work to increase the capacity of the development and communications department to reach and engage with new, varied audiences with increased frequency and depth. With assistance from the Communications Manager, make an assessment of Womankind’s current communications plans. 2. Produce communications materials and plans to support assessment findings 3. Assess agency communications needs at Womankind’s three community offices and two confidential residences. 4. Increase Womankind’s working knowledge of communications audiences.