Our programs focus on four impact areas: 

• Environment: Volunteers focused on environment serfve to promote sustainable systems in our local community. This includes service in community gardens, wilderness restoration, and urban sustainability. Students are empowered to learn about environmental justice issues affecting marginalized communities including regulatory policy and climate change. 

• Health & Wellness: Volunteers focused on health and wellness serve to increase community access to healthcare resources. This includes service with organizations that focus on seniors, mental health, and nutrition. Students are empowered to learn about social justice issues affecting health and wellness including equitable access to healthcare resources for marginalized communities. 

• Housing & Food Insecurity: Volunteers focused on housing and food insecurity serve to meet immediate community needs and address systemic issues of poverty. This includes service with food pantries and shelters. Students are empowered to learn about social justice issues affecting poverty alleviation including policy. Includes are longrunning DASH service program

• Youth: Volunteers focused on youth serve to increase the well-being of children and young people. This includes service with schools and organizations that focus on youth wellness. Students are empowered to learn about social justice issues affecting youth including taking action to increase access and reduce barriers to quality education. 

What UNLVolunteers positions are available? 

Service Programs Program Assistants (PAs) – 4 positions

UNLVolunteers PAs work 10 hours/week in our office, and are paid hourly ($13/hr). They work closely with the  Service Programs Coordinator and the other PAs from our other departmental councils. The Service Programs PA position is a great opportunity to get experience planning events/programs, learning about service programs, and working in an office setting. This role is a part of the Coordinator team; but in addition to Coordinator training and opportunities, PAs manage the "behind the scenes" of many of our programs.

Service Programs PAs will be expected to program 2 events a month (September through November and February through April) as they rotate through the 4 different impact areas. Along with programming the 2 programs, PAs can expect to also program monthly General Meetings open to all UNLV students to attend. General Meetings are an opportunity to showcase our upcoming service programs, program activities for students to participate or program outside speakers to come speak to UNLV students.

PAs will also coordinate and assist in the development of our once-a-semester signature event, Service Day. Service Day is a big day of service that has UNLV students go out into our Las Vegas Valley to do 3 hours of service with a multitude of various community partners across Clark County. PAs are expected to facilitate a site for Service Day, attend a training for Service Day and be a site leader at one of our Service Day sites.

PAs will meet once a week with their supervisor and once a week with the whole team for weekly professional development opportunities. 

Service Programs PA Responsibilities & Projects:

• Meet all requirements of a Service Programs Program Assistant (listed above).

• Market/advertise UNLVolunteers service programs via social media and other online platforms, print media materials, the Involvement Center, UNLV Calendar and the weekly SLL newsletter.

• Assist with program logistics, including room reservations; food orders and pick ups; program shopping; set up and clean up; etc.

• Manage the serve@unlv.edu e-mail address, including clear and timely responses to program inquiries and RSVPs. 

• Facilitate content (activities and icebreakers) for weekly Coordinator meetings and semesterly training days. 

• Assist, coordinate and facilitate UNLVolunteers's semesterly Service Days