Elon Volunteers! Leadership Positions

Elon Volunteers! (EV!) is a student run organization with many leadership opportunities available. Typically, a smaller number of positions open up during the fall semester that start in the spring.  During the spring semester, applications are open for many of our leadership positions for the following academic year. Additionally, EV! leadership positions are a great opportunity where you can potentially earn your leadership or service ELR, or potentially both. If you have any questions, please contact elonvols@elon.edu.

Click on a position below to learn more and apply!

Leadership Roles
Leader roles within Elon Volunteers! are a great way to grow in your leadership skills and make a positive impact in our local community.  We ask students in these roles to facilitate ongoing experiences for peers and work in tandem with other student leaders and pro-staff advisors.

Note: For anyone applying for a leadership role, you are asked to submit and application and an informal interview will be scheduled with current leaders as part of the selection process.

Habitat for Humanity Build Shift Coordinator (multiple positions available)
Habitat for Humanity Fundraising and Events Coordinator
Engage Program Coordinator (multiple positions available)

Alternative Spring Break Participant (separate application – click here to apply!)


Membership Role
Member roles are a semester by semester opportunity within Elon Volunteers! and a great way to get more involved and to make a positive impact in our local community.  Member roles are opt-in and do not require an interview.  For anyone who indicates interest in being a member we ask you do the following:

  • Attend member on-boarding training
  • Volunteer at least 3 times throughout the semester
  • Attend at least 1 Institute for Civic Engagement

Benefits of being a member include:

  • Meet other students who are interested in getting involved
  • Get connected with an Elon Volunteers! leader peer mentor
  • Gain new skills that can set you up to hold a future leadership position
  • Get to know more about the local community and organizations that are making make an impact
  • Elon Volunteers! swag bag at the end of the semester once you complete membership requirements

Special Olympics Spring Games Committee

Special Olympics is looking for interested students who can help play an important role in planning this year’s spring games, which will be held in early April.  Students on the committee will help plan the event with our coordinators, and then play an important role on the day of the event.

If you are interested in being on the committee, click below to fill out the interest form.


America Reads America Counts Tutors

America Reads America Counts is a Federal Work Study program designed to not only educate youth, but to also provide college students with an outlet to fulfill their work study requirements and delve deeper into the community around us. America Reads America Counts Elon student tutors are placed at local elementary schools or after school programs and work with teachers or community partner staff to help enhance reading and math skills of local children.

We are currently accepting applications for the America Reads Tutors!  Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis.  Apply through the Elon Job network (Job ID #113751).  For more information about America Reads, click here.


Leaders In Collaborative Service (LINCS) Positions

The Leaders in Collaborative Service (LINCS) program connects community partner organizations in Alamance County to Elon University through impactful and ongoing volunteer opportunities.  Organizations that are selected as sites are given the opportunity to host a student coordinator.  The role is a unique hands-on paid position where coordinators work a maximum of 7 hours a week during the academic year, with hours split between host sites and campus. Coordinators support their site by recruiting Elon student volunteers to support projects identified in conjunction with their site supervisor.