Service Leader Positions and Application

Below are the position requirements and descriptions for Service Leader positions at the SUU Community Engagement Center.

Applications for the 2024-25 school year will open on Monday, March 4 and close Monday, March 25 at 5 pm. Apply today!

Students who are selected to be Service Leaders are required to:

Attend a Service Leader Orientation Saturday, April 13, 9 am-2 pm, 2024
Attend a Service Leader Retreat August 21-23, 2024
Attend weekly Service Leader meeting during the 2024-25 school year, Wednesdays from 6-7 pm
Spend two office hours per week in the Center providing office coverage, preparing for your program, working on projects, familiarizing self with local opportunities, etc.
Represent the Community Engagement Center at Thunder U, Welcome Week, Homecoming events, and other University events
Assist with Center events; club fairs, Volunteer Fair, Thank You Reception, and others
Be an SUU student (at least half time)
Have and maintain a 2.5 or better grade point average
Service Leaders are provided with a $200 bookstore stipend, a couple of cool shirts and a great leadership and personal development experience

Position Descriptions

Coordinate with local middle schools to advertise and identify potential youth participants
Plan and oversee weekly physical activities for middle school aged youth, including advertising to youth, securing location, recruiting SUU volunteers
Provide occasional additional enrichment activities for youth to encourage academic success

Plan and carryout, with the help of the CEC staff and trip advisor(s), all aspects of the alternative break including fundraising, student recruitment, travel arrangements, liability management, on-site activity planning, etc.
May include coordinating with Habitat for Humanity, Via International, IVHQ, Break a Difference, or other service organizations

Plan and carryout, with the help of the ASB advisor(s), all aspects of the alternative break including fundraising, student recruitment, travel arrangements, liability management, on-site activity planning, etc.
May include coordinating with Habitat for Humanity, Via International, IVHQ, Break a Difference, or other service organizations.

Plan and carryout monthly Bread & Soup Nite, including coordinating food, entertainment, location, publicity, etc.
Coordinate with the HOPE Pantry Service Leader to create and distribute information on food insecurity and food resources

Maintain Pantry including shelving and rotating stock, maintaining referral literature
Coordinate with groups interested in helping with “can” or hunger activities
Recruit and oversee Pantry volunteers
Coordinate with the Bread & Soup Nite Service Leaders to create and distribute information on food insecurity and food resources
Assist in planning and providing educational programs including Wecipe Wednesday, Thunderbird Test Kitchen, budgeting/eating on a budget workshops, etc.

In coordination with CEC staff, plan all aspects of three mini-breaks per semester (mini-breaks are one to three-day break experiences done in closer proximity to campus than the longer alternative breaks).
Recruit and oversee SUU volunteer participants

Coordinate with local Paiute Center to assist with reading help/tutoring four afternoons per week, Monday-Thursday, 4-5:30 pm
Recruit SUU volunteers to participate
Assist with incentive programs for Paiute youth

Assist in planning and running leadership retreats and weekly Service Leader meetings
Serve as a liaison for the Service Leaders and the CEC Advisory Council and other campus organizations and offices, such as Athletics, Presidential Ambassadors, SUUSA, SPB, UHS, etc.
Assist in planning one-time events, including Homecoming events, Paint the Town Red, club fairs, Interfaith Thanksgiving, Read Across America Day, Volunteer Fair or Service Carnival, Make a Difference Day, Thank you Reception, etc.
Please note: This position requires prior participation as a Service Leader

Coordinate with Iron County Holiday Assistance to oversee Sub for Santa programming on campus, including Angel Tree, fund raising events, etc.
Coordinate community-based Angel Trees
Coordinate one to two community-based fund/toy-raisers

Coordinate with the Cedar Public Library to arrange a weekly story hour geared toward pre-k through 3-grade aged children.
Plan weekly age-appropriate stories/activities
Recruit SUU volunteers to assist

Recruit club members
Coordinate weekly service activities, including opportunities to participate in on and off-campus events

Coordinate with East Elementary to schedule time/location and advertise to East families and youth
Recruit and oversee SUU student volunteers
Plan and oversee weekly dance activities for elementary school aged youth
Offer additional enrichment activities or opportunities to youth/families as needed

Coordinate with the area Head Start preschool and the SUU pool to arrange swimming lessons
Advertise to Head Start parents
Recruit SUU student volunteers, Red Cross certified swim instructors and others
Provide three to four six-week sessions during the school year