Title: Resident Hall Assistant
Department: TRiO
Reports To: Director TRIO Programs
Position Type: Staff
Position Summary: To assist the Resident Director in providing a safe, living, learning environment to students (minors) enrolled in the Upward Bound Summer Program.
Essential Functions: - Assist the Resident Director with providing a safe learning and living environment for Upward Bound Students, share supervision.
- Training and evaluation of RA staff, along with the Residence Hall Director.
- Conduct weekly scheduled staff meetings.
- Attend all training and meetings.
- Document and report all incidents within a reasonable amount of time.
- Assist with the development and implementation of staff training.
- Assist with the coordination and delivery of programming efforts.
- Serve as a resource and referral agent for students and staff.
- Serve as a mediator when conflict between students and staff arise.
- Oversee the arrival and departure of students on Sundays and Fridays.
Additional Functions: Transport students from one class location to another in a timely manner, ensuring proper supervision and safety of students.
Prerequisite Qualifications: - Strong interpersonal, written and verbalcommunication skills.
- Bachelor's Degree or higher.
- Previous experience in aresidential housing facility, preferable at a college/university.
- Leadershipand supervisory abilities.
- Required to live in the residence hall for theduration of the summer program.
- Must be able to perform in an on-callenvironment.
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects andresponsibilities.
- Ability to exercise initiative and sound judgement.
- Completea background clearance check.
- Ability to plan, organize, develop and conduct acomprehensive instructional tutoring program for students enrolled in theUpward Bound Program.
- Experience working with minority and disadvantagedstudents at the middle school, high school or post-secondary level.
- Atthe university's discretion, the education and experience prerequisites may beexempted where the candidate can demonstrate to the satisfaction of theuniversity, an equivalent combination of education and experience specificallypreparing the candidate for success in the position.
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Part-Time