Student - Resident Assistant

3 weeks ago


Olds, Canada Olds College Full time

**RESIDENT ASSISTANT POSITIONS AVAILABLE AT OLDS COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE & TECHNOLOGY**

**Consider becoming a Resident Assistant with Olds College.**

**Benefits to being an RA**:

- Get paid to have fun and meet people
- Gain networking and leadership skills
- Flexible Schedule (approximately 6-8 hours per week - we work around your course requirements)
- Olds College apparel & swag
- Free parking pass or campus gift card (at the same value)
- Team Building day-trips such as; Drumheller, Banff, and more

Want to be part of a team that is **FUN, CARING, CREATIVE and SUPPORTIVE?**

RA’s regularly plan, facilitate and report the success of programming (events, bulletin boards, etc). As a member of the Residence Services team, RA’s get to plan, execute, and of course, join in on all the fun of campus housing programs, events and initiatives. As a student leader, you will have the opportunity to be both mentored and challenged in a way that will set you up for success in your future career - whatever that may be. Time management, leadership, communication, and conflict mediation skills are among some of the transferable competencies you will gain from this experience - not to mention being a part of a tight knit team who looks out for one another and builds each other up.

Interested? Review the job description below:
**Key Job Functions**:
Community Member
- Acts as an upstander in the campus community
- Understands and upholds the community living standards and OC code of conduct
- Knowledge of residence operations, able to inform and direct students to the appropriate residence services team members
- Knowledge of campus and community resources/referrals
- Bring feedback from students forward to inform decision making and operational planning
- Community and relationship building
- Assists residents in making connections on campus and making them feel part of the community
- Bringing forward student concerns, feedback etc.
- Participate in the wider campus community such as, attending and helping with events that are outside residence.
- Approach or work collaboratively with departments outside of residence.

Team Member
- Being a team player and displaying balanced leadership
- Able to collaborate and problem solve
- Flexibility and willingness to both ask for help and to assist team members on short notice at times
- Is accountable, reliable, and open to engaging in conflict mediation when needed
- Strives to see the team excel and in turn the wider campus community
- Planning, executing and attending programs
- Bulletin boards/passive programming
- Responsible for contributing ideas for the programming calendar - can be tailored to your skills, passions and interests
- Weekly team meetings and 1:1s with Residence Life Coordinator
- Office hours when scheduled
- Provides front desk services such as; making keys, check-ins and outs, answering questions and queries, admin tasks that relate to residence services, etc.
- Assists with the move-in and move-out process

**Requirements**:

- You must be an Olds College student
- You must plan to live in residence to be an RA
- Positive attitude approach to challenges
- Must maintain at least a 2.3 GPA and prioritize their schooling
- Growth mindset
- Approachable and personable
- Takes initiative
- Is a problem solver
- Cares about their community
- Previous experience working in a team or leadership role is an asset
- Willing to drive the OC van and obtain a drivers abstract is an asset to support residence life trips and

events for RA’s and Residents
- Is good with technology or willing to learn

**First Semester**
- RA Training: Sunday August 20th - Friday September 1st

(RA training is full 8 hour days)
- September Move In: Sunday September 3rd
- Orientation Week: September 4th-9th
- LEAD Conference: October 20th-22nd

(Christmas Break: December 18th
- January 5th; RA’s off)

**Second Semester**
- Winter Retreat: January 4th & 5th (off 6th)
- January Move In: January 7th
- Frost Week January 8th-12th

Last day: April 21st

**_ We thank all individuals for their interest in Olds College, only those selected for interviews will be contacted._**:



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