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Please see Special Instructions for more details.
When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:
1. A Resume/Vita
For additional information please contact: Christopher Hughbanks at christopher.hughbanks@oregonstate.edu.
OSU commits to inclusive excellence by advancing equity and diversity in all that we do. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community.
This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per OSU Standard 576-055-0000 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.
OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.
Note: All job offers are contingent upon Human Resources final approval.
Position Details
Position Information
Job Title
Assistant Resident Director (ARD) 2024 - 2025
Appointment Type
Student Employee
Job Location
Corvallis
Position Appointment Percent
100
Appointment Basis
12
Pay Method
Hourly
Pay Period
16th - 15th of the following month
Pay Date
Last working day of the month
Remote or Hybrid option?
Min Hourly Rate
$14.20 (Standard); $13.20 (Non-Urban); $15.45 (Portland Metro)
Max Hourly Rate
$21.00 (Standard); $20.50 (Non-Urban); $21.50 (Portland Metro)
Position Summary
This recruitment will be used to fill two part-time (a maximum of 24 hours per week) Assistant Resident Director positions for University Housing and Dining Services (UHDS) at Oregon State University (OSU).
The Assistant Resident Director (ARD) is an employee of Residential Education, a unit of University Housing & Dining Services (UHDS). Supervised by a Resident Director, the ARD is responsible for supporting a Resident Director in overseeing a residence hall and leading the student staff team to accomplish the objectives of Residential Education and UHDS in creating and maintaining an effective living-learning community within the residence halls and dining centers. The position requires a positive attitude towards their work responsibilities as well as Residential Education, UHDS, and its mission. Overall job effectiveness is tied to the ARD’s ability to establish and maintain credibility and good rapport with residents, the student staff team, and university faculty and staff.
The Assistant Resident Director (ARD) is an employee of Residential Education, a unit of University Housing & Dining Services (UHDS). Supervised by a Resident Director, the ARD is responsible for supporting a Resident Director in overseeing a residence hall and leading the student staff team to accomplish the objectives of Residential Education and UHDS in creating and maintaining an effective living-learning community within the residence halls and dining centers. The position requires a positive attitude towards their work responsibilities as well as Residential Education, UHDS, and its mission. Overall job effectiveness is tied to the ARD’s ability to establish and maintain credibility and good rapport with residents, the student staff team, and university faculty and staff.
Residential Education staff are responsible for creating and maintaining emotionally and physically safe and secure residential communities. The ARD may be called upon to effectively respond to and manage a variety of crisis and emergency situations. They play a key role in the UHDS and Oregon State University (OSU) Emergency Management Plan.
As an employee of Oregon State University, the ARD is a University representative, and is to abide by University policies, state, federal, and local laws, as well as UHDS policies in their relationships and contacts both on and off the campus throughout the duration of their appointment. The ARD, therefore, is expected not to engage in activities on or off campus that jeopardize their credibility as a staff member or activities that make the university legally vulnerable.
UHDS staff members are advocates for an inclusive environment and community through understanding, enhancing, promoting, and celebrating the uniqueness of our student residents and department staff.
OSU commits to inclusive excellence by advancing equity and diversity in all that we do. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer (LGBTQ) community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community.
A personal and professional commitment to providing excellent customer service and creating inclusive environments is a core value of UHDS. UHDS will provide a transformative on-campus experience that will ENGAGE our students in community, ENRICH their lives, and help them flourish and THRIVE. The values of the department as a whole include trust and respect, community, shared leadership, authentic relationships, creativity and innovation, and stewardship.
Position Duties
To meet the objectives of Residential Education, the responsibilities and duties of the Assistant Resident Director position include, but are not limited to the following:
Supervision & Leadership
- Assist with the supervision, training, and evaluation of the student staff team within a designated residence hall, including the Resident Assistants, a Diversity Learning Assistant, and an Academic Learning Assistant (5 -7 staff members).
- Develop close working relationships with student staff members, treating them with courtesy, respect, and consideration.
- Meet one-on-one with hall staff members at least once every other week.
- Meet collectively with the student staff team at least once a week.
- Provide ongoing job performance and other feedback to the student staff.
- Assist with orientation and training of Residence Hall Staff.
- Participate in the recruitment and selection processes for Residential Education and their respective community.
- In consultation with supervisor – establish objectives for and provide guidance and assistance to the Residence Hall Staff.
- In consultation with supervisor – coordinate and ensure participation in ‘in-service’ training for Residence Hall Staff. In consultation with supervisor – coordinate training sessions in skills areas (such as leadership, assertiveness, mediation, negotiation, diversity awareness) for student staff to enhance their performance.
- Participate in Residential Education Staff meetings, departmental training sessions, planning sessions, and other meetings – as directed by supervisor and as class schedule allows.
Community Development
- Execute and support the Community Development Plan as directed by your supervisor, including but not limited to engaging in role modeling, having individual conversations with residents, planning community connections, creating bulletin boards and door decorations, promoting and upholding community living expectations, and implementing hall specific educational programing.
- Assist the Resident Director in setting community development goals for each academic term.
- Serve as a resource and consultant to residential staff in developing and maintaining connections with their floor, wing, and student leadership groups.
- Ensure that the student staff team develop and exercise skill in the establishment of a sense of community at the floor and hall levels.
- Role model academic success and engagement through resident interactions.
- Promote academic initiatives in the community and refer residents to academic resources.
- Promote and role model the values of social justice, equity, and inclusion.
- Support and meet the needs of all historically underrepresented student(s) (e.g., international, Muslim, LGBT students, and others) and assist student staff to do the same.
- Recruit student leaders to represent their peers to community, departmental, and campus leadership.
- Promote, attend, and support initiatives by other UHDS staff, Residence Hall Association (RHA), National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH), and Area Councils.
- Support and promote health and wellness strategies for yourself and the residents in your community.
- Help keep hall facilities functional for the use of all residents, present and future.
- Create and maintain strong positive relationships with the community, treating residents with courtesy, respect, and consideration.
- Assist in promoting good morale and constructive attitudes with residents.
- Be aware of student community issues, needs, and concerns through general contacts with students, student leaders (RHA, Area Council, e.g.), and staff members.
- Develop and maintain positive relationships with hall residents in order to be an approachable and credible leader and resource person.
Care & Community Standards
- Understand, abide by, and philosophically support the guidelines for student behavior in the UHDS Policy Guide and the OSU Code of Student Conduct, role modeling appropriate behavior at all times.
- Serve in on-call duty rotation for weeknights and weekends throughout the school year.
- Confront and report potential policy violations and behavior that is disruptive to the community.
- Communicate any incidents and student concerns to supervisor.
- Understand and implement emergency response protocol and procedures.
- Communicate with the professional staff member on call during crisis response.
- Refer students to appropriate support services as needed.
- Provide duty and desk coverage as assigned.
- Be alert to early signs of potential problems and work with other residential staff to institute preventive and remedial measures.
- Ensure that appropriate follow-up conversations take place with students who go through the UHDS and/or University Conduct process, expressing care, support, or concern as needed.
- Educate the residence hall community about university policies and regulations, assisting students with developing strategies on how to respond to conflict, safety practices, and the appropriate action to take in the event of an emergency.
- Schedule RA on duty rotation with the supervision and input of the RD.
- Coach and train student staff in their interactions with students who may be violating university policies and regulations.
- Work with student staff to mediate and/or help resolve roommate or suitemate issues directly.
- Check-in on students who have experienced crisis, provide resources, and refer to other offices to provide continued support to the students.
- Act as resource person and referral agent for University and community agencies and programs that assist students with personal, academic, and career goals and interests.
Administration & University-Wide Support
- Be thoroughly familiar with policies in the Residential Education Handbook, the University’s "Student Conduct Regulations’, and the Housing contract.
- Be present and take a leadership role in pre-service training program sessions held during and prior to Fall Term, departmental in-services, and other scheduled training events.
- Be present and take a leadership role in Hall transitions.
- Follow all protocols related to inventory, damage, billing, keys, fire safety, and building security. Assist students with their housing-related problems as appropriate.
- Assist in the coordination of hall room change process as directed.
- Maintain administrative recordkeeping as assigned and in a timely manner, including but not limited to roommate agreements, incident reports, Integrated Pest Management Reports, duty logs, and resident interactions.
- Perform administrative tasks as assigned including but not limited to checking staff mailboxes, completing bulletin boards, and displaying hall signage, flyers, and program advertisements.
- Assist RD with documenting and reconciling budget expenditures as directed.
- Assist with the recruitment and selection of new student staff members.
- Participate in all trainings and orientations.
- Facilitate University assessment activities as required.
- Attend and participate in a weekly staff meeting, regular meetings with your supervisor, and any other assigned meetings as directed.
- Maintain timely communication with supervisor and other staff, including responding to emails, phone calls, and other forms of communication.
- Check out items to residents at the front desk.
- Set up an organization system at the desk to include checking out items to residents and inventorying and requesting supplies as needed.
- Represent Residential Education and UHDS at university programs and events as directed.
- Work as support staff during campus and/or UHDS programing including but not limited to: University programs, Second Year and Above Kick Off, and OSU Welcome events.
- Participate in Hall transitions including room inspections, building cleaning, leading health and safety room checks, and student staff checkout as assigned by the Resident Director. This often requires ARD staff to be the last live-in staff to leave their buildings.
- Complete other tasks and duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Full Employment Eligibility Requirements can be found here: http://fa.oregonstate.edu/stu-manual/500-employment-eligibility-requirements
- Must be academically enrolled in a high school, community college, or university and pursuing a program or course of study
- Must meet Academic Standing Requirements; students on academic suspension are not eligible for employment
- Must meet the applicable minimal enrollment standard
- High School student: Regularly enrolled in a high school or participating in a home-schooling program
- Undergraduate and post-baccalaureate student: 6 credit hours per term
- Undergraduate international student: 12 credit hours per term*
- Graduate student officially admitted to Graduate School: 5 credit hours per term
- Graduate international student officially admitted to Graduate School: 9 credit hours per term*
- International students may be allowed to carry fewer hours than specified above and still be considered “full-time” by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). A reduced course load is approved by the Office of International Services (OIS), and must be provided to the Student Employment Center.
Additional Required Qualifications
- Be a current full time OSU student or degree partnership student with OSU with a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.5 or higher.
- Maintain good academic and conduct standing with both OSU and UHDS.
- Successfully pass a Criminal History Check upon hire.
- Demonstrate understanding of social justice principles and concepts.
- Experience developing and supporting a community of university students
- Demonstrated ability to plan and implement social, community building, and/or educational programs, activities, or events.
- Demonstrate the ability to manage conflict and engage in difficult conversations with students and staff.
- Demonstrate the ability to balance multiple priorities through effective time management.
This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per OSU Standard 576-055-0000 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.
Preferred (Special) Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree, with a preference for those enrolled and in a Graduate Program at Oregon State University.
- Experience working within university housing & residence life as a live-in student staff member.
- Demonstrated commitment to promoting diversity and advocating for social justice issues on campus or in the community.
- Demonstrate crisis management skills.
- Demonstrate prior experience in a leadership role with direct responsibility for guiding or motivating a team to achieve a goal or task.
Working Conditions / Work Schedule
TERMSANDCONDITIONS
In addition to the duties outlined in this position description, ARDs must abide by the following terms and conditions. Failure to abide by any term and condition may result in termination:
The ARD position is a one-year student leadership opportunity. The anticipated employment period last for this position includes the full academic year from Monday, August 26, 2024, through Sunday, June 15, 2025.
GPA and Student Status:
- The ARD is required to meet full time student status. Given the time commitment needed to complete job responsibilities, enrolling in more than 16 credit hours requires prior approval from your supervisor.
- All UHDS student staff members are expected to stay in good academic standing (2.5 term and cumulative GPA or higher) with Oregon State University. Failure to do so may result in employment warning, probation, or removal from the position.
Meeting, Duty, and Training Requirements
- The ARD is required to successfully complete required training sessions, including in-person trainings prior to the start of each term, supplemental trainings during the academic year, and online trainings.
- Fall Training may begin as early as August 26, 2024 and lasts until first day of classes on September 25, 2024. The ARD is expected to participate in fall training in its entirety. Students interested in taking summer courses will be expected to plan their schedule around all training sessions.
- Winter Training may begin as early as January 3, 2024 and may last throughout the winter term during regular schedule staff meetings. Students should expect to return early from winter break to participate in winter training sessions and duty.
- UHDS live-in student staff may not schedule classes or other commitments on Tuesday evenings from 5:30-9:00 pm to allow for team meetings and in-service training sessions. If a class during this time is absolutely needed to complete graduation requirements, please consult with your supervisor as soon as possible for approval.
- The ARD may be assigned to duty shifts while classes are not in session, and on holidays when OSU is closed (Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, Spring Break, etc).
- The ARD is expected to be present for University Move-In days in the Fall, Winter, and Spring term.
- The ARD is expected to be available for hall transition and closings at the end of each term. Staff should expect to stay on campus until noon on the Saturday after finals for Fall and Winter Terms, and may be asked to stay as late as noon on Sunday after Spring Term finals.
The university allows student employees to work on campus for 24 hours per week. The ARD position is classified as a 20-hour-a-week commitment on average. Therefore, the ARD may be permitted to work up to 4 hours per week on campus outside of the RA role. Other employment, assistantships, and/or campus involvement requires and advance discussion and approval from supervisor, and should be considered secondary to the ARD position.
The ARD position requires that students maintain a presence within the community and reside in their rooms overnight to be available to students and respond to emergencies. Supervisors may require advance notice or approval of overnight absences away from campus.
The ARD may be expected to be on campus and on duty during all-campus event weekends, as assigned by the Director of Residential Education, including but not limited to:
- Welcome Week and the weekend before first full week of Fall Term
- Halloween Weekend
- Homecoming Weekend
- Fall & Spring Family Weekends
- The weekends prior to Finals Week (all terms)
- Beaver Open House Day
- Home football game vs. University of Oregon
- The weekend after Finals Spring Term
Exceptions to the above responsibilities of the Position Description may be approved at the discretion of the Director of Residential Education or the Residential Leadership Team.
WORKINGCONDITIONS
Typically, RAs work in a positive residence hall environments. While there are routine commitments, the RAs often encounter unpredictable and dynamic work schedules. The RA position routinely works indoors and most often during evenings and weekends. Occasionally, RAs encounter the following circumstances:
- Addressing high-level medical and emergency situations.
- Experiencing periods of high stress when responding to student crises with a potential to cause secondary traumatic stress.
- Communicating with members of the OSU community and the public, some of whom may be antagonistic or argumentative.
COMPENSATION & BENFITS
The ARD receives a residence hall room. UHDS live-in student staff may be assigned roommates on a temporary basis as part of the UHDS Temporary Housing Plan.
The ARD receives a Student Staff meal plan for Fall Term (15 weeks including Training and Welcome Week), Winter Term (11 weeks), and Spring Term (11 weeks).
The ARD receives a $750 stipend each month.
Please Note: The ARD position could affect your financial aid package. Check with your financial aid counselor for information on your specific circumstances.
The ARD is an “At Will” employee. As such, the employee or UHDS may terminate the position at any time.
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number
P10645SE
Number of Vacancies
2
Anticipated Appointment Begin Date
07/01/2024
Anticipated Appointment End Date
06/15/2025
Posting Date
01/22/2024
Full Consideration Date
Closing Date
03/31/2024
Indicate how you intend to recruit for this search
Competitive / Student - open to ALL qualified/eligible students
Special Instructions to Applicants
When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:
1. A Resume/Vita
For additional information please contact: Christopher Hughbanks at christopher.hughbanks@oregonstate.edu.
OSU commits to inclusive excellence by advancing equity and diversity in all that we do. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community.
This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per OSU Standard 576-055-0000 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.
OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.
Note: All job offers are contingent upon Human Resources final approval.
