SoNYT Residence Housing Assistant Director

Job Title: Residence Hall Assistant Director (RHAD), Pre-College

Organization: BrandEd

Department: The School of The New York Times

Reports to: Residence Hall Director (RHD), NYC Summer Academy

Program Information

Highly innovative, The School of The New York Times (The School), a collaboration between The New York Times and Cambridge Information Group, provides a comprehensive set of educational offerings for pre-college aged students. Drawing on unequaled expertise and unrivaled access, The School provides seminal formative experiences, giving students expanded vision and focus, while serving as the foundation for success in their future studies and in life itself.

Held in New York City, Summer Academy (SA) provides students with an immersive environment during 2-week terms over the course of the summer, in which they learn, investigate, and explore while having fun and discovering friends, mentors and instructors who share their passions and interests.

About BrandEd

Knowledge is our passion. We thrive at the intersection of business and education and have built a global reputation for developing world-class learning programs to nurture the industry leaders of tomorrow.

Our mission is to empower lives through education. We seek to understand the passions of a new generation of students to help transform those passions into meaningful and fulfilling career trajectories. We do this by delivering relevant, experiential courses taught by industry experts from the world’s best brands.

BrandEd has been operating for two decades beginning with the acquisition of the London campus of Sotheby’s Institute of Art in 2003. Over the years we have built a portfolio of world-class academic programs with iconic brands including Sotheby’s Institute of Art, The School of the New York Times (est. 2016), City Football Leadership Institute (est. 2022) and Conde Nast College of Fashion & Design (acquired in 2023). BrandEd is owned by Cambridge Information Group (CIG), a family-owned investment firm since 1971 focused on long-term and meaningful ventures in education, technology, and information services.

Position Description

The Residence Housing Assistant Director (RHAD) is responsible for creating residential life programming for pre-college students participating in The School of The New York Times. The RHD will manage and supervise a team of Program Counselors which oversees approximately 150 students per term. The RHAD has broad supervisory and leadership roles, for both staff and participants and is expected to establish community norms and ground rules, to lead meetings with both students and staff, and to serve as a role model for response. The RHD is considered a member of the professional staff. This is a live-in position, working up to 40 hours per week with housing provided.

Position Duties and Responsibilities

The RHAD is a key leadership position for The School of The New York Times pre-college program and will play a vital role in ensuring the program’s success. This is a live-in position with specific duties and responsibilities which include but are not limited to the list below:

• Supervise the a ‘House’ designated of around 150 students and 16 Program Counselors

• Assist in all administrative details including:

• Residential Check-In and Check-Out

• Key Inventory

• Staff evaluations

• Community Building

• Facilitate training during Student Orientation;

• Lead weekly residence life staff meetings for your team;

• Meet with staff who display behavior concerns and facilitate conduct meetings as necessary;

• Attend weekly leadership meetings and manage all on-going development for residence staff and will relay pertinent information on these topics to the students in a suitable and timely manner;

• Attend co-curricular events and activities;

• Manage student interactions using student management software;

• Act as a mentor and role model to PCs, students and staff through everyday actions and good decision-making;