Work for Department of Student Involvement

About Our Organization:

We are the Department of Student Involvement (DSI), and we work to engage students in events and opportunities outside of the classroom. We have seven areas in our department:

• ASUI Student Government
• Student Orgs.
• Leadership Programs
• Center for Volunteerism and Social Action
• Vandal Entertainment
• Student Media
• Fraternity & Sorority Life

Our purpose is to empower students to "get involved" so they find their passion, purpose, and community, elevating their University of Idaho experience personally, professionally, and academically. This means each day we are busy supporting and serving students and their organizations as well as creating fun, educational, and impactful programs and events.

Our values include: Integrity, Authenticity, Inclusive Community, Well-being, and Empowerment.

About the Team:

DSI employs a team of student leaders that operate as an interactive support team which aids the professional staff in all areas of the department while promoting involvement opportunities to all students on UI’s campus. They are called Involvement Specialists!

Our Involvement Specialists play an important role in our department’s mission of “Empowering students to challenge their standards, grow as independent thinkers, seek the truth, build inclusive communities, and have fun while doing it.”

While all our Specialists’ work focuses in a specific area of the department, they are each responsible for providing ongoing consultations to UI students and represent the entire department in various ways outlined here:

• Table at involvement fairs or presenting at prospective student events.
• Meet with prospective and current students to share various involvement opportunities available to them at UI.
• Conduct trainings and workshops to aid in sharing information about involvement to students, staff and faculty.
• One-on-one consultations with students to provide a brief overview and connect student to their new involvement opportunity.
• Maintain, utilize, and regularly promote our platform Engage UIdaho, Corq App and DSI programs.
• Attend UI recruitment events or classroom visits to promote DSI to potential and current students.

This position is for students who have accepted Work Study as part of their financial aid packages. Please reach out to the Office of Financial Aid with questions regarding the Work Study Program and any scholarship/loan questions.

Overview of Position:

• One Days of Service Coordinator will be hired to work for the academic year of 2021-2022.
• Generally hours worked will usually be 10-15 per week depending on funds available.
• 10% of hours will be evenings and weekends, 90% of hours will be 8 a.m. through 5 p.m.
• This position will report to the Program Coordinator for the Center for Volunteerism and Social Action.
• Starting pay is $10.50/hour for new employees.

Job Duties:

• Planning and executing programming for days of service: Make a Difference Day, MLK Jr. Day of Service and Saturday of Service.
• Maintaining and updating the GivePulse volunteer database.
• Serving as liaison between the Center for Volunteerism and Social Action, U of I students and our community partners.
• Visiting sites, assessing agencies, volunteer needs, maintaining regular contact with the agencies, and recruiting new community partners for student volunteers.
• Planning, recruiting, budgeting, marketing, executing and assessing events.
• Completing administrative assistant tasks as assigned.
• Attending UI recruitment events or classroom visits to promote DSI to potential and current students.
• Participating in one-on-one meetings with the supervisor, the monthly student coordinator meetings, as well as any other required professional development training.
• Performing other duties as assigned

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This position is for students who have accepted Work Study as part of their financial aid packages. Please reach out to the Office of Financial Aid with questions regarding the Work Study Program and any scholarship/loan questions.

Overview of Position:

• Up to two Office Specialists will be hired to work for the academic year of 2021-2022
• Hours worked will usually be 10 per week depending on amount of work available and availability of your remaining work study funds.
• 20% of hours will be evenings and weekends, 80% of hours will be 8 a.m. through 5 p.m.
• Majority of hours will be in the DSI office, but there will be several hours per week conducted outside of the office (but on campus).
• This position will report to the Assistant Director.
• Pay range is $10.50-$11.50/hour

Job Duties:

Office Management Role (33%)

• Provide excellent customer service on behalf of our office, answer phones, email, and in-person inquiries from students, staff, departments, and prospective students and their parents.
• Communicate and assist student organizations with their questions, print requests, and other ways they may use the office space and equipment.
• Learn and use Engage UIdaho platform.
• Support our student organizations during fall renewal process.
• Keep office organized and complete administrative and office management tasks as assigned.

Involvement Specialist Outreach Role (33%)

• Table at involvement fairs or presenting at prospective student events.
• Meet with prospective and current students to share various involvement opportunities available to them at the U of I.
• Conduct trainings and workshops to aid in sharing information about involvement to students, staff, and faculty.
• Plan and execute special events and programs in collaboration with professional staff, student organizations, etc.
• One-on-one consultations with students to provide a brief overview and connect the student to their new involvement opportunities.
• Participate in one-on-one meetings with supervisor, small team meetings, monthly Involvement Specialist meetings, as well as, complete all required professional development training.

Assist DSI’s 7 Areas (33%)

• Assist with organizing events for DSI general, Vandal Entertainment, Vandal Food Pantry, Greek Life, Leadership programs, and Student Organizations.
• Network with the 7 areas and collaborate on projects as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

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