Part-time Housing Assistant

**Regular/Temporary** - Regular **Job Title** - Part-Time Housing Assistant - 10 Bay **Job ID** - 70153 **Location** - Central Campus **Open Date** - 06/23/2025 **Job Type** - Limited Term (>12 months) **Close Date** - 07/08/2025 **Employee Group** - Unifor Unit 1, Staff **Favorite Job** **Department** - Housing Residences Central Adm **Salary Grade/Band** - Grade 3 **Salary Range** - $23.86 - $30.11 (hourly) **Contract Duration** - 12.1 Months **Hours per Week** - 30 **Posting Details** **Schedule** Monday: 7am - 3pm Tuesday: 7am - 4pm Wednesday: 7am - 4pm Thursday: 7am - 3pm **Education Level** - Secondary school **Career Level** - Mid-level; Requires 18 months of relevant experience **Hours Per Week** - 30 The anticipated start date of this position is **July 1, 2025**. This job is in the Unifor Local 5555 Unit 1 Bargaining Unit. This currently a contract position for **12.1 months**. Housing and Conference Services (HCS) directly supports the University’s goal of advancing human and societal wellbeing and McMaster’s overriding vision of ‘educating for capability’. We provide a distinctive living and learning experience for students focused on key educational priorities including community development, personal growth and wellness, academic excellence, and inclusion. HCS concurrently drives a positive McMaster experience for guests, alumni, staff, faculty and student by providing accommodation and event coordination, which meet the highest standards of service excellence. HCS is a proud and significant ancillary contributor to the financial health of the University and the core academic and research mission of McMaster. HCS is poised to expand our capacity by 66% over the next 5 years. Moving from 4000 to 6500 bed spaces across 15 buildings. This expansion will diversify the housing operation dramatically, from a traditional focus on the housing needs of first year undergraduate students, to the introduction of upper year, graduate, and family housing, in addition to a constantly diversifying internal and external client base. The annual budget for HCS is currently (pre-expansion) approximately $31 million and we employ 125 full-time and 250 part-time staff. HCS reports directly to both the divisions of Student Affairs and Administration. The Housing Assistant will act as an ambassador of Housing and Conference Services. This position provides a visible and accessible front line presence in order to anticipate, understand and act upon all guest, resident and stakeholder needs at the **Graduate Residence Building at 10 Bay Street.** **We are currently hiring for the following schedule**: - Monday: 7am - 3pm - Tuesday: 7am - 4pm - Wednesday: 7am - 4pm - Thursday: 7am - 3pm The Housing Assistant must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and be willing to commit their efforts to delivering an outstanding experience for all guests at McMaster University. This position requires an individual who is self-motivated, takes intiative and is capable of functioning both independently and in a team setting. The Housing Assistant is professional, communicates effectively with others, and has a positive attitude. They are organized, detail oriented, and demonstrative creativity and sound problem solving skills. This role acts as a support to residents, hotel & conference guests as well as our many partners at McMaster. An understanding of privacy and security are a necessity of the position. **Job Summary**: Performs a range of administrative duties and acts as primary contact for Housing and Conference Services. Responds to inquiries and provides information to students, parents and guests, or refers them to appropriate departments. **Purpose and Key Functions**: - Receive and resolve student and guest concerns. - Provide information to students and guests on filling out various forms and sign-in sheets. - Gather and compile support materials for residence students and guests. - Assemble and prepare outgoing mailings and packages. - Write a variety of documents such as correspondence, guides, directions and instructions. - Gather information and input data regarding requests for maintenance, repairs, and cleaning for residence facilities. - Issue security access cards and keys to appropriate users based on established safety and security requirements. - Monitor inventory of access cards and keys and references moving records to confirm accuracy. - Deactivate reported lost or stolen cards. - Monitor alarms and contact security services to report issues. - Monitor and reconcile cash transactions and prepare daily fund deposits. - Calculate fees for guests and students attending conferences and staying in residence accommodations. - Attend and participate in a variety of meetings. - Inspect student rooms for damages. Track student damage charges. - Use a voice recorder to transcribe information. - Maintain filing systems, both electronic and hard copy. - Conduct web sea