Student Employment Opportunities

Clean up the River Students in Service AmeriCorps

Center For Small Towns

Position Description:

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Center for Small Towns and the Office of Community Engagement is participating in an AmeriCorps program called “Students in Service.” This is a part-time AmeriCorps program that offers scholarships to college students who participate in community service. Clean up the River Environment (CURE) is one of the project sites that the Center for Small Towns will be overseeing. CURE is looking for two students to assist CST in evaluation work and CURE in the implementation of the Friendship Tour Training Project activities. A project designed to foster friendly relationships between upstreamers in the Minnesota River watershed with down streamers from the Mississippi River and Lake Pepin area has received the most votes in a statewide on-line contest to promote collaboration. Travel to Montevideo is required. These positions will start in Spring 10 hours a week and continue 40 hours a week for 10 weeks of the summer

PAY RATE/HOURS
Two $500 stipends will be to the student from the University. At the end of the Service term (the completion of 300 hours) the student will receive a $1132 educational award that will go to their student accounts from AmeriCorps. At the end of the 300 hours there would be opportunity to continue on for the remainder of the summer as a paid employee.

DURATION
10 hours a week Spring semester and 40 hours a week during the summer

ELIGIBILITY
Full time UMM student work-study or non work-study eligible
Must be a US Citizen to participate in an AmeriCorps program

HOW TO APPLY
1. Find our online application at: centerforsmalltowns.org
2. Complete the application online, or print out a hard copy and bring it to the Center for Small Towns, 200 Welcome Center. Contact Jessica Beyer at 589-6451 or jbeyer@morris.umn.edu with questions.

Qualifications/Additional Comments:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Tasks may include:
• Writing PR materials
• Development of marketing materials
• Communication among multiple campus and community groups
• Document design
• Research skills
• Collecting and documenting various forms of data
• Assist with the implementation of research

SKILLS NEEDED
• Highly motivated and well organized
• Excellent interpersonal communications and writing skills
• Strong project management skills
• Fluent with word processing, spread sheets, and internet/email
• Must have data base knowledge/experience
• Interest in water quality/environmental issues
• Understanding of rural MN and farming is helpful
• Willing to travel

Hours Per Week:

10 for spring 40 hours for summer

• Preferred Application Procedure(s): on line

Number of Positions Available