What are the responsibilities and job description for the Graduate Assistant Residence Life position at Bethel University?
Graduate Assistant Residence Life
ID : 2025-2097
Category : Residence Life
Type : FLSA Status :
Benefit Eligible : Not Benefit Eligible
Location : St. Paul, Minnesota
Office Location : 3900
Job Summary
Position Summary : The Graduate Assistant- Resident Director (GA-RD) position assists with supervising and leading a residence hall community with the goal of fostering a robust living and learning environment. GA-RDs do this through staff and student development, resident outreach, community building, attention to facilities, emergency response, and administrative organization.
Responsibilities
Primary Responsibilities
- Community Engagement & Student Support
- Foster a vibrant community through social events, educational programs, and an active presence in a freshman residence hall.
- Connect with students to support their holistic growth and development.
- Supervision & Leadership
- Supervise Resident Assistants, including hiring, one-on-one meetings, and team development.
- Provide leadership and mentorship to student staff.
- Crisis Management & On-Call Responsibilities
- Serve in the on-call rotation, respond to emergencies, and advise students as needed.
- Conduct administrative follow-up for student concerns and incidents.
- Administrative & Operational Management
- Oversee residence hall operations, including budget management and housing logistics.
- Participate in meetings with the Assistant Dean for Residence Life and the Residence Life team.
- Summer Housing Oversight & Special Projects
- Serve as Summer Housing Staff, managing housing processes and student support.
- Engage in special projects as assigned to enhance residence life programs and services.
Additional Responsibilities : Bethel's mission is to educate and equip students to lead lives of impact through transformative academics in a Christ-centered community. Bethel's employee community plays a central role in developing our students as whole and holy persons. To carry out this mission, Bethel uses the foundation of our guiding documents, the Affirmation of Faith, Community Covenant, and Key Policies. Bethel expects all employees to actively participate in creating our Christ-centered community by agreeing with and abiding by our core beliefs in the Affirmation of Faith and supporting all other beliefs as Biblical, responsible, and thoughtful approaches while avoiding dissension and divisiveness. Employees teach and mentor students and help one another uphold our Community Covenant commitments. As a result of these expectations, all University employees act as ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ by actively partnering with the University to carry out its mission and foster Bethel's Christ-centered covenant community.
Other Duties : The essential functions, tasks and responsibilities of this position may change from time to time. Bethel University reserves the right to add or omit duties and responsibilities at the discretion of the University or its leadership. Additional tasks or duties required of the position, will be communicated to the incumbent with specificity to ensure the employee may perform their role with complete understanding. This job description is intended to describe the general level of work being performed; it is not intended to be all-inclusive.
Required Skills
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Experience
No previous experience is required.
Education
Bachelor's degree required.
Additional Information
Travel : This position requires little to no travel.
Work Environment :
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as desktop and / or laptop computers, photocopiers and smartphones.
This position is required to live on campus.
The work environment involves working for a suburban, Christian university in which all employees are expected to have a demonstrated commitment and personal relationship with Jesus Christ, a commitment to the mission and values of the University, and an agreement to abide by all University policies.
Physical Demands :
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. The job requires extended periods of sitting and traversing the Bethel Campus on a regular basis. Reasonable accommodations may be made to ensure people are able to perform the essential functions.
The mental and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.
Benefits
Bethel is committed to offering meaningful benefits to our employees including health insurance, retirement plans, and a generous time off package. Learn more about these offerings here.
Bethel seeks to recruit, retain, develop, and support a diverse workforce who contributes to our educational and Christ-centered mission. Bethel encourages candidates to apply who can assist the University to develop a faculty that reflects the diversity of people in God's kingdom through a variety of ethnicities, cultures, and lived experiences.
Learn more about our commitment to diversity in hiring .
Bethel University is a leader in Christ-centered higher education with approximately 4,700 students from 50 states and 32 countries enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, seminary, and adult education programs. Based in St. Paul, Minnesota, Bethel offers bachelor's and advanced degrees in nearly 100 fields. Educationally excellent classroom-based and online programs equip graduates to make exceptional contributions in life-long service to God and the world.
Bethel employs qualified individuals regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, familial status, and status with regard to public assistance. Individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
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