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