What are the responsibilities and job description for the HR - Staff Housing and J1 Student coordinator position at Nantahala Outdoor Center?
This is a seasonal role that will operate between March and October of 2025
JOB SUMMARY
This is a seasonal position that lives within the HR department and is primarily responsible for helping with two divisions of the department (staff housing and J1 visa students). This company has staff housing and this role will be responsible for monitoring and resolving issues in housing as well as some maintenance as needed. This company hires students from all over the world on J1 visas and the students are here throughout our main season. This role will help them get to places like the grocery store, banks, government offices and to go explore and do fun things in town while they are here. The best person for this role is ideally someone who is willing to live in our staff housing.
Responsibilities
- Communicate and address housing issues that include but are not limited to: lockouts, small maintenance requests, inventory of supplies
- Coordinate and help with move ins and check outs for staff
- Reset codes/locks for doors any time a new tenant takes a room in staff housing
- Act as the ‘mayor’ of one of our housing developments
- Assist other mayors as needed and act as interim mayor when they are not on site
- Maintain great communication with other mayors, tenants, and the manager of HR.
- Coordinate times to take J1 students into town as needed
- Drive students to the necessary places whether it is wants or needs
- Maintain a reasonable timeframe for how long the J1 students are gone off site
- Pick up and drop off J1 students at the airport upon arrival and departure into the country
Qualifications
- Excellent ability to maintain multiple communication channels
- Ability to prioritize tasks and set schedules appropriately
- Ability to live in our staff housing for the season
- Available from early March to the end of October
- Valid driver’s license and the ability to be on our companies vehicle insurance
- Ability to drive for extended periods at a time
- Prior knowledge of J1 visas or staff housing is not required but it is helpful
The above noted job description is not intended to describe, in detail, the multitude of tasks that may be assigned but rather to provide a general sense of the responsibilities and expectations of this position. As the nature of business demands change, so too may the essential functions of this position.
Please note that as an employer with over 100 employees, NOC will be required to comply with any OSHA Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard should that standard be enacted.
The Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC) is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity in any and all terms, conditions or privileges of employment including hiring, promotions, termination, training and compensation. The NOC does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of age, race, sex, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic condition or any other status protected by federal, state or local law, where applicable. Furthermore, the NOC is committed to a work environment free of discrimination and harassment through respecting and valuing the diversity among employees and all those with whom the NOC does business.
