We are hiring passionate, dedicated, hard-working young adults to serve on our summer staff, running ASP’s volunteer hosting program in over 15-20 locations each year.
ASP Summer Staff
Applications for Summer Staff 2025 Now Open!
Responsibilities
ASP summer staff members work in teams of four, running the volunteer program at an ASP summer center. Each week, summer staff welcome a new group of volunteers and make sure that they provide quality home repairs to Appalachian families.
Summer staff members help volunteers develop meaningful relationships with those families, while making sure the volunteers’ needs—from food to tools and materials to rest and encouragement—are being met.
Every evening when the volunteers gather at the center tired and fulfilled, summer staff lead spiritual programs to help them volunteers unpack their experience while learning more about Appalachia and themselves.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage construction projects
- Empower volunteers to succeed and provide excellent customer service
- Serve the community as a representative of ASP
- Ensure that a spiritual environment is fostered at the center
- Actively contribute to the staff team
- View full list of Collective Staff Responsibilities
- In addition to the collective responsibilities, each staff member is assigned one of the following positions:
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- Center Director (1+ years experience required)
- Operations Coordinator
- Finance Coordinator
- Volunteer Coordinator
Your summer staff experience can fill internship credit for your school. Let the hiring team know if you would like more information.
Full Job DescriptionRequirements
- Must be 18 years old and at least one year removed from high school
- Willing to obtain CPR and First Aid certifications
- Valid driver’s license and driving record that is acceptable to ASP’s insurer
- Excellent communication skills
- The desire to serve volunteers, homeowners, your staff and God
- Be able to work the entire summer mid-May through early August. Some exceptions can be made and should be indicated on the application.
Hear Why You Should Apply
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“Do it – it is going to be a fantastic experience and provide you with highly marketable skills for future careers”
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“[Summer Staff] teaches you to be humble, to understand the greater needs within our communities, and provides you with paths to understand these greater needs. Additionally, it teaches us to live in harmony with each other.”
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“It’s really hard, but unbelievably rewarding and worth the struggle. You’ll grow a lot and learn a ton both about yourself and God’s greater creation. You’ll meet so many super cool people and form a very special connection with the place you live. It is an awesome experience that I would very much recommend.”
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“It’s worth a go- especially if you want a working environment that changes every day and presents fun and interesting challenges.”
Where & When
Where
ASP works in more than 20 communities throughout Central Appalachia each summer. ASP serves in Eastern Kentucky, Western North Carolina, East Tennessee, Southwestern Virginia, and Southern West Virginia.
ASP summer staffers live and work in one community along with their staff. Staff’s live and work at an ASP summer center, which are often schools, churches, or community centers.
When
- Mid-May – Summer Staff training in Jonesville, VA
- Last week of May – Staffers set up their centers and select projects in their assigned counties
- First week of June through last week of July – Staffers host 7 weeks of volunteers
- First week of August – Staffers close out projects in their counties and return to Jonesville, VA
Application Process
- Step 1 – Complete the online application
- Step 2 – Initial virtual interview with one of ASP’s Hiring Managers
- Step 3 – Group interview during a Staff Applicant Workshop (SAW)
Staff Applicant Workshops
If extended an invitation, the final step of the application process is a Staff Applicant Workshop, or SAW. SAWs are half-day long, group-interview style events held primarily on Saturdays between October and March. Applicants meet each other and ASP’s hiring team to participate in activities designed to simulate the summer staff experience.
All SAWs are held virtually.
Warmer. Safer. Drier.®
Relationship Ministry
Transformation
Who is ASP?
Warmer. Safer. Drier.®
ASP volunteers provide high quality home repair for Appalachian families
Relationship Ministry
ASP volunteers and families develop life-long relationships
Transformation
Everyone who comes into contact with this ministry is transformed
What it's like to be on ASP Staff:
Staffer in Training Week
Shadow an ASP staff for a week to see if Summer Staff is right for you
Learn MoreCollege Alternative Break Trips
Serve with a group of volunteers from your school for an alternative break trip
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