Jobs & Internships

Community-Academic Partners in Service (CAPS) office connects the LLU community and the local community, serving as a resource for each, by developing and supporting programs that combine knowledge with action and address the needs of both communities. Through CAPS, LLU students have the opportunity to engage in service-related activities that enhance the quality of life of the local community while also enriching their own learning experience. Our ultimate goal is to build reciprocal and sustainable relationships between LLU students, faculty and the local community in order to achieve social change, improve health outcomes and eliminate health disparities in the San Bernardino community.

We have 2 job openings!

1. Kids ROCK! (Reaching Out in Christ to Kids) Coordinator

Kids ROCK is a Saturday afternoon ministry aimed towards introducing local kids to Jesus. The Kids ROCK! Coordinator provides children of San Bernardino a safe, fun place to play and learn about the love of Christ.  The Coordinator organizes Saturday afternoon crafts, games, and Bible stories and also recruits volunteers and local churches to participate.

 Requirements: Spanish speaking, good with kids, loves God, friendly, enrolled as a LLU student and eligible for Federal Work Study.

Primary responsibilities:

• Recruits weekly short and long term volunteers from LLU and Community to attend and lead out the weekly Saturday program at the SACHS Norton Clinic.
• Recruits youth from the local community to attend (mostly ages 5-12).
•  Creates curriculum and coordinates weekly outreach program on Saturdays, including singing, biblical stories, games and artistic activities.
• Organizes a weekly program and quarterly community events.
•  Informs families regarding upcoming events.
•  Provides orientation to volunteer groups.
•  Coordinates weekly/monthly orientation for upcoming groups who plan to lead out.
•  Maintains weekly logs for yearly report.        
•  Provides support for CAPS special events.
• Other duties, as necessary

Hours: 15-20 hours per week M-F, and Saturday afternoons 1:30-4:30pm

Interested? Go to the LLU Human Resources page to apply or contact our CAPS office at 909-651-5011 or tpruna@llu.edu  for more information

2. Community Parents Connection Coordinator

The CPC Coordinator works with families from the San Bernardino SACHS Norton area, and seeks out resources and learning opportunities.  Acts as a liaison between LLU and the community as well as coordinates quarterly classes and monthly meetings for the parents.

Requirements: Spanish speaking, good with adults and kids, loves God, friendly, enrolled as a LLU student and eligible for Federal Work Study.

Primary responsibilities:

• Serves as the primary community liaison for the Healthy Neighborhoods Projects at the SACHS Norton Site; interacts with families, students, youth, community-based organizations, churches, etc.        
• Connects with parents from the San Bernardino community through phone calls and face to face interaction.
• Plans and implements monthly parent meetings, quarterly SACHS partner meetings and attends evening classes as a host when possible.
• Plans quarterly workshops and classes to be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5- 6:30pm or during the same hour of tutoring.
• Coordinates LLU students or community organizations to come and share their services to the families (calling, setting up work plan, sign in sheets, follow up resources).
• Promotes and presents service learning opportunities to all LLU school departments, faculty and staff.
• Serves as a liaison for LLU students, faculty, staff and HNP coordinators to connect to the families out in the community
• Collaborates and shares resources with the Kids Rock Program Coordinator in order to promote more family involvement in child programs.
• Identifies areas of needs and determines what resources should be used or allocated.
• Supports CAPS with community events throughout the year. 
• Identifies and confirms speakers, presenters, and translators when needed
• Performs other tasks, as necessary.

 Hours: 15-20 hours per week. 

Interested? Go to the LLU Human Resources page to apply or contact our CAPS office at 909-651-5011 or tpruna@llu.edu  for more information.

Just want to volunteer? Check out our volunteer opportunities.

Interested in doing an internship with CAPS?  contact Tina Pruna at tpruna@llu.edu or 909-651-5011 .

 

 

 

Past the seeker as he prayed came the crippled and the beggar and the beaten. And seeing them, he cried, 'Great God, how is it that a loving creator can see such things and yet do nothing about them?' God said, 'I did do something. I made you.' -Sufi Teaching