THE BIG EVENT OPERATIONS STAFF APPLICATION WHAT IS THE BIG EVENT? The Big Event is a citywide service learning opportunity for the entire University of Nebraska-‐Lincoln community. The event was started at Texas A&M in the early 1980’s as a way to give back to the College Station community. Ten years ago, the event was started at UNL for the same purpose. The tenth annual Big Event will take place on April 18, 2015. Volunteers will be located at not-‐for-‐profit agencies and private residences and students, faculty, and staff will have the opportunity in the spring semester to participate in every type of service project. The event has grown each year and this year will be no exception! WHAT WILL YOU DO AS A MEMBER OF THE OPERATIONS STAFF? • • • • • You will be the main line of communication between jobsites, volunteers and group leaders, and the executive committee of TBE. You will be in charge of approximately 4-‐5 job sites for the day of the event, traveling to each site to ensure that the job is running smoothly, seeing if more supplies are needed, helping volunteers, etc. Prior to the event, for each job site, you will meet with the contact person to establish what jobs will be done the day of the event as well as fill out necessary documents. Operations staff members attend several meetings throughout the spring with the operations staff heads and communicate with both volunteer sites and group leaders ensuring that every participant knows what is going on the day of The Big Event. The major time commitment for operations staff is in March and April. IMPORTANT DATES: • Friday, December 5th: Applications are due to the ASUN office by 4:00 p.m. • Sunday, January 25th OR Monday January 26th: First Operations Staff Meeting at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, April 18th, 2015: THE BIG EVENT! • If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this position or application, please email the Operations Staff Heads: Jared Thomsen and Kady Billam UNLOpStaff@gmail.com THE BIG EVENT OPERATIONS STAFF APPLICATION Name: _________________________________________________________________________________________ Phone Number: (________)________-‐________________ NU ID #:_________________________________ Email Address: _______________________________________________________________________________ Year (please circle): Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior Graduate Do you have access to a car? (check one) Yes _______ No ________ Have you done Operations Staff in the past? Yes _______ No ________ Please include the name of one reference person: Name: _______________________ Email: ______________________ Phone: (_____)______-‐____________ T-‐shirt size (please circle): S M L XL XXL Return to the ASUN Office (136 Nebraska Union) Deadline: 4:00pm on Friday, December 6th Please attach a resume of involvement and previous community service experience with this application and include typed-‐answers to the following questions on one additional page. 1. Why do you want to be an Operations Staff member? 2. The Big Event Operations Staff position requires good time management skills. Please provide examples of how you exemplify this quality. 3. Operations Staff requires monthly meetings as well as individual meetings and a time commitment the day of The Big Event. What are your major time commitments for the spring semester?