ABOUT:

Bringing over 100 years of library service to the Estes Valley and surrounding communities, the Estes Valley Library was begun in 1916 by the Estes Park Woman’s Club. The first library was opened in the schoolhouse with 262 volumes. Now with over 40,000 traditional collection items, and over 600,000 digital items, the library serves over 12,000 local residents, hundreds of seasonal residents, and many thousands of visitors to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. Gather. Learn. Grow at the Estes Valley Library. The Estes Park Library provides services, resources, and events for folks in the community; this contributes to creating better financial and social outcomes and community engagement and development. The Library invests in the overall success of the community as a space for growth and accessible resources. Estes Park, just 90 minutes from Denver, is located at the eastern entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park. A majestic mountain destination known for outdoor adventure, watchable wildlife and scenic beauty, Estes Park is Colorado’s quintessential mountain town.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Resource Development VISTA with Estes Park Library will focus on 1) Grant Writing: The VISTA will generate and prepare proposals. Develop proposal by assembling information and build trackers. Write, revise, and edit drafts including executive summaries, conclusions, and organization credentials. 2) Donor Research and Recruitment: Create systems for monitoring development activities including gift processing, donor relations, and donor cultivation. Motivate and identify donors and prospects to make major gifts. Establish a variety of donor appreciation activities, programs, and mailings. 3) Marketing: Create fundraising materials that describe and promote brand. Update social media as well as newspaper communications. Promote mission to donors in the community via communication plans. 4) Systems Building: Research best practices for record retention. Create system for retaining human resource records. Document procedures for new records system.

Requirements:

• Car recommended
• High School Diploma/GED

Working conditions: 40 hour work weeks

Program Benefits : Discounted Housing , Living Allowance , Childcare assistance , Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend , Professional Development , Training , Health Coverage* , Relocation Assistance .

Service Term : 40 hours per week for one full year

Application Requirements : To apply, please visit:

This Program is available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, disability, age, sex, political affiliation, or religion.

It is against the law for organizations that receive federal financial assistance from the Corporation for National and Community Service to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, sex, age, political affiliation, or, in most cases, religion. It is also unlawful to retaliate against any person who, or organization that, files a complaint about such discrimination. 45 CFR 2522.100 (f)