Student: Community Care and Support Intern 2025-26

Augsburg University is committed to helping our student explore their vocation. As a University with a calling, we welcome the unique gifts that each of our employees brings to our collective work, and we are committed to supporting our students as they seek to match those gifts with the needs of the University and our larger community.   

Student employment with Augsburg is more than a job - it is an opportunity for Augsburg students to gain meaningful work experience in a supportive setting that promotes professional growth, personal accountability, teamwork, collaboration and quality work that lives up to our mission of educating students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.  

Student employment is managed by Augsburg Human Resources in partnership with student supervisors from across campus.

 

The Riverside Innovation Hub (RIH) and the Sabo Center for Citizenship and Democracy (Sabo), in collaboration with the Brian Coyle Center, are seeking to hire two students for the 2026 spring academic year. This position is scheduled to work 10 and 20 hours a week respectively. 

This collaboration aims to support the Brian Coyle Center’s basic needs programs – primarily the food shelf – and other programs as needed (youth programs and public health). 

The Sabo is Augsburg University’s center for community engagement. Sabo connects Augsburg’s campus with community members and organizations to build meaningful learning opportunities that support the everyday work of building and sustaining communities.

RIH invites Christian congregations to imagine their own thriving as intimately tied to the thriving of their local community. RIH orients people’s curiosity and sense of call to be rooted in God’s vision of flourishing for all, understood through the specific realities of the local community and in relationship with local neighbors. 

The Brian Coyle Center is among the city’s busiest social service centers with a continuum of programs designed around the neighborhood’s rapidly changing immigrant communities. Brian Coyle is a part of Pillsbury United Communities, an organization of community builders co-creating enduring change toward a just society by imagining thriving communities where every person has personal, social, and economic power.

Responsibilities

• Work with Brian Coyle Staff, Sabo and RIH to build systems to support food distribution for residents of Cedar-Riverside. 
• Build relationships with Brian Coyle staff and patrons.
• Coordinate volunteers from local churches and the Augsburg University community. 
• Meet regularly with Sabo staff supervisor, one hour per week.

Scheduling & Hours

Work hours are flexible with some required hours at Brian Coyle Food Shelf:

• Monday: Noon - 5:00
• Tuesdays: Closed
• Wednesday: Noon - 4:00
• Thursday: Closed
• Friday: Noon - 4:00

Work location: Hybrid- Sabo Center (Oren Gateway Center, Suite 115), Brian Coyle Center and remote.

Compensation and Benefits

• Rate of Pay: $16.45/hour
• Minnesota Sick and Safe Time
• Not eligible for health insurance benefits
  
   

• Students must be currently enrolled at Augsburg.
• Able to lift at least 25 pounds

Preferred 

• Familiarity with the Cedar-Riverside community 
• Somali language skills. 
• Social Work students are encouraged to apply, however the role is not limited to any major.

If you have questions, please consult your financial aid award letter or contact Student Financial Services: [email protected]

 

What You’ll Gain

• Learn about and develop community organizing skills, networks of mutual aid, administrative and relational skills.
• Grow intercultural and interfaith competency.
• Fulfill Augsburg Experience General Education requirement. 

All student applicants must attach the following for consideration: 

• Resume
• Cover Letter (optional)

Augsburg University is an Equal Opportunity employer.  We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, military service, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete our application process, please contact the Human Resources department by phone at  612.330.1058 or email at [email protected].  Human Resources is located at 20 Memorial Hall.