College Internship Opportunities
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Through close partnership with Wycliffe Bible
Translators and others, JAARS provides quality technical support
services and resources to speed Bible translation for all people.
JAARS is interested in providing internship opportunities for
college students who have an interest in technology and Christian
missions.
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Purpose:
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To provide an opportunity for college students interested in missions
to:
- Continue to develop their skills and knowledge.
- Contribute to the work of God’s Kingdom.
- Broaden their vision of the needs of the Bibleless people of the
world.
- Learn how they can fit into missions long term.
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Qualifications:
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- A personal relationship with Christ.
- In agreement with the Wycliffe doctrinal statement.
- A serious interest in missions.
- Studying in the field of the internship.
- Eighteen years old or older.
- Adequate health insurance coverage.
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Areas of Opportunity:
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Aviation Maintenance—Mechanics
with an FAA Airframe & Powerplant certificate can gain practical
mission aviation experience assisting JAARS Aviation in inspecting,
servicing, and repairing aircraft and engines being used at the
JAARS Center and our overseas operations. (Read testimonies of
Aviation Interns.)
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Construction and Maintenance—Masonry,
electricity, carpentry, automobile maintenance, plumbing, air
conditioning.
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Information Technology—examples
of past intern projects:
- Assisting in the development of CBT training modules.
- Research on various Intranet Providers, evaluation and
analyses on vendors’ responses to our RFPs.
- Building web front-ends for database projects.
- Access programming for business systems.
- C++ and C# programming for linguistic-related software
development.
- Setup/Testing/Check-out of new computers bound for the
mission field.
- Research/evaluation of various Internet-based computer
training sites.
- Work on the On-Line Donation site that you see on the
www.jaars.org website and to make it functional.
- Phone/email/walk-in computer support.
- Research and development for Speech Analysis Tools in the
wavelet decomposition field.
- IT/Enterprise Architecture modeling.
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Intern Responsibilities:
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The responsibilities of interns are these:
- Work a 40-hour week.
- Fulfill the assignment as outlined in the job description to
the best of his/her ability.
- Take advantage of opportunities to expand his or her knowledge
of missions by participating in events and relating with
field-experienced personnel at JAARS.
- Submit periodic progress reports to his or her supervisor.
Length of internship — Normally 8 weeks
during the summer. Aviation internships may be any time during the
year for longer periods of time.
Location — Most intern opportunities are
at the JAARS Center in Waxhaw NC, but occasionally there may be
opportunities at the Wycliffe centers in Orlando and Dallas (IT only)
or overseas.
Remuneration — Interns will be paid minimum
wage.
Intern candidates who do not need remuneration (e.g., they may
be sponsored by their church) may be invited to come as
volunteers.
Non-U.S. citizens, please note: JAARS cannot offer compensation
or subsidies of any kind to a non-U.S. citizen who is not legally
allowed to work in the U.S.
Housing — Interns are responsible to cover
the cost of their own housing, which is available on the
JAARS Center.
The most economical housing arrangement is to spilt the cost of a
multiple-bedroom apartment with roommates. For stays of less than 90
days, a 7% North Carolina sales tax applies.
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How to apply:
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Send the following items to
HR_Group_Coordinator_jaars@sil.org or to
JAARS Human Resources Department
Box 248
Waxhaw NC 28173-0248
- Internship Application,
Word Template or
Word or
PDF.
- For Aviation, please complete and return the Aviation Mechanic
Technical Questionnaire,
Word or
PDF.
- For Construction and Maintenance, please complete and return
the Construction and Maintenance Technical Questionnaire,
Word or
PDF.
- For Information Technology, please go to
https://skills.jaars.org
and follow the instructions.
- Your resume
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Questions?
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Email us at
HR_Group_Coordinator_jaars@sil.org or call us at 704-843-6150
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