East Georgia State College provides more than 1,700 students access to affordable, quality higher education. Students can pursue associate degrees, career-focused bachelor's degrees, and transfer pathways to other institutions. The main campus in Swainsboro offers a tight-knit community with residential options. The beautiful 400-acre pine forest campus has two small lakes, a challenging 18-hole disc golf course, and an active apiary, and is one of only 115 Bee Campuses across the nation. EGSC also operates instructional sites in Statesboro and Augusta that allow students to benefit from the small class sizes and affordability of EGSC while experiencing the vibrant student life of the large universities with which the College shares space.

East Georgia State College (EGSC) prepares traditional and nontraditional students to meet the career demands of the twenty-first century. Through undergoing the rigorous learning process that EGSC provides, students gain the wisdom they need as leaders, parents, and community members. To sustain our students, goals to thrive in a competitive workforce, EGSC promotes academic excellence through fostering critical thinking skills, nurturing cultural awareness and upholding academic honesty. Maintaining academic honesty protects the value of EGSC's degrees and ensures that our students and graduates are desirable candidates for university transfers and career advancement. Thus, all members of EGSC's community (students, staff and faculty) should have a personal interest in and dedication to fortifying EGSC's reputation for academic integrity and excellence.

The Resident Assistant (RA) position is a student leadership/hourly employment position that serves to develop individual relationships with residents, provides engagement opportunities for residential students, and maintains a safe and welcoming environment in the residence halls. RAs focus on helping residents in a number of areas included in the life skills-based student engagement model. This model includes initiatives such as programs that address the developmental needs of college students, maintaining purposeful and meaningful connections with residents during their stay in the halls, and helping residents overcome obstacles to personal and academic success that most impact their ability to retain and persist. An RA is also a relationship builder who helps his/her residents connect to one another, to the campus, and to the Swainsboro community. RAs additionally assist in an administrative capacity by covering desk hours within the residence halls during the business days and on weekends, assisting with lock outs, answering the duty phone as part of an overnight on-call rotation, logging maintenance work orders, registering visiting guests, and reporting issues of safety and security concern.

• The student must be registered for at least 12 credit hours with EGSC at the start of the employment term.
• Resident Assistants must live in campus housing during employment term.
• Student must be willing and able to work non-traditional hours (primarily evenings, overnight on-call, and weekends).
• Students must not have a record of serious conduct infractions. A records check with the Office of Student Conduct will be conducted prior to employment offer being extended.

Training will be provided, but applicants who have held leadership positions in the past are strongly encouraged to apply. RAs are required to live in on-campus housing. Basic computer skills are needed, including the ability to answer emails and modify basic excel spreadsheets. The ability to provide good customer service is essential.

Every member of the USG community is required to adhere to the USG Statement of Core Values - Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect - that form and guide the daily work of the organization.

Individuals who need reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application process should contact the Office of Human Resources at 478-289-2035. Deaf and Hard of Hearing callers may access our campus phone numbers by utilizing your state relay service (such as the Georgia Relay Service) or by utilizing Video Remote Services. East Georgia State College is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity, and Tobacco-free Institution, Federal law requires ID and employment eligibility verification prior to employment. Georgia is an Open Records state. East Georgia State College (EGSC) is an associate and baccalaureate degree granting, residential, liberal arts state college of the University System of Georgia, providing its students access to academically transferable programs of study, collaborative programs in occupation-related fields, and targeted baccalaureate level degrees. East Georgia State College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award certificates, associate degrees and baccalaureate degrees. Contact the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of East Georgia State College.