What are the responsibilities and job description for the Summer 2025: TRIO Student Support Services Summer Bridge Assistant Residence Hall Coordinator position at St. Olaf College?
Job Description
Position Title: Summer 2025: TRIO Student Support Services Summer Bridge Assistant Residence Hall Coordinator.
Department: Student Support Services.
Classification: Non-Exempt.
FTE: 1.0.
Work Schedule: Eight (8) week cycle consisting of 4 days on, 4 days off, 4 days on, 3 days off, 5 days on, 3 days off (x3), 5 days on, 4 days off, 4 days on, 3 days off; travel up to 1% of work schedule, which includes local (Twin Cities metro area) and national travel; overnight trips average 1 trip per year.
Hourly Rate: $18.00.
Position Overview
The Assistant Residence Hall Coordinator will assist the Summer Bridge Residence Hall Supervisor in administering the residential living component of the Summer Bridge Program. Their primary responsibility will be creating and safeguarding healthy quality of life in the SSS residence hall while serving as a resource person for SSS staff and students. General qualifications, duties, and responsibilities are listed below.
Essential Job Duties
Who We Are:
Founded in 1874, St. Olaf College is a residential, coeducational liberal arts college with approximately 3,000 students and 800 faculty and staff. The college is located on a picturesque 300-acre campus in Northfield, Minnesota, a vibrant, historic river town of 20,000 located 45 minutes south of culturally rich and diverse Minneapolis and St. Paul.
The college offers an academically rigorous, nationally ranked liberal arts education that fosters the development of the whole person in mind, body, and spirit and emphasizes learning in an inclusive and globally engaged community. We encourage applications from candidates committed to multicultural understanding and the enrichment of our diverse community.
The college offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a 9% retirement match, contributions to eligible employees' health savings accounts, a significant tuition discount (up to a 90% reduction) at ACM, GLCA, and ELCA colleges and universities for employees' children, and generous paid time off. For a full review of the college's benefits, please see the summary of our benefits here: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/benefits/
To provide a safe and secure educational environment, St. Olaf College verifies the accuracy of all credentials presented by applicants and conducts a criminal background check on every new hire.
A summary of the Flexible Work Policy for staff: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/flexible-work-policy/
A link to our Community and Belonging page: https://wp.stolaf.edu/equity-inclusion/
A virtual campus tour: https://www.stolaf.edu/multimedia/play/?p=483
An overview of Northfield: https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/northfield/
An overview of the Twin Cities: https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/twincities/
For Staff Application Assistance
hrstaff@stolaf.edu
507-786-3068
For Faculty Application Assistance
facultysearch@stolaf.edu
507-786-3356
Nondiscrimination Policy
St. Olaf College does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, creed, national origin, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, marital status, veteran status, or status with regard to public assistance. St. Olaf College prohibits discrimination and harassment based upon these and any other legally protected status in any education program or activity that it operates, including in admissions and employment.
Inquiries about this nondiscrimination policy may be referred to St. Olaf College's Director of Equal Opportunity, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or both. St. Olaf's Director of Equal Opportunity (who serves as the College's Title IX, Title VI, and Section 504 Coordinator) is Pamela McDowell, Tomson Hall, mcdowell@stolaf.edu , (507) 786-3465.
Position Title: Summer 2025: TRIO Student Support Services Summer Bridge Assistant Residence Hall Coordinator.
Department: Student Support Services.
Classification: Non-Exempt.
FTE: 1.0.
Work Schedule: Eight (8) week cycle consisting of 4 days on, 4 days off, 4 days on, 3 days off, 5 days on, 3 days off (x3), 5 days on, 4 days off, 4 days on, 3 days off; travel up to 1% of work schedule, which includes local (Twin Cities metro area) and national travel; overnight trips average 1 trip per year.
Hourly Rate: $18.00.
Position Overview
The Assistant Residence Hall Coordinator will assist the Summer Bridge Residence Hall Supervisor in administering the residential living component of the Summer Bridge Program. Their primary responsibility will be creating and safeguarding healthy quality of life in the SSS residence hall while serving as a resource person for SSS staff and students. General qualifications, duties, and responsibilities are listed below.
Essential Job Duties
- Reside in the residence hall.
- Help facilitate move in and move out for student staff and Bridge participants.
- Establish and maintain a safe, positive educational environment for program participants.
- Interact with and assist the Residence Hall Supervisor with supervision of students as well as peer staff in an academic and residential setting.
- Consult on a regular basis with the Writing, STEM Course, and SSS staff.
- Introduce and orient students to the residential community and its services, facilities, staff, and functions.
- Encourage a positive community living environment in support of academic achievement.
- Foster an environment that embraces diversity and celebrates differences within the community.
- Notify residents of the existence of and rationale for college residence hall policies, including the potential consequences for violation of policy.
- Model behavior and values that are appropriate for a member of the St. Olaf College community.
- Supervise and participate in academic, social, and recreational activities.
- Assist in the organization and planning of academic, social and recreational activities.
- Provide crisis intervention, personal adjustment counseling, and disciplinary action as needed.
- Provide student staff with training in mental health first aid and trauma-informed advising during training week.
- Provide conflict management during confrontations involving student staff and student participants.
- Assist and provide feedback during student’s poster evaluations.
- Host and provide supervision on all off-campus excursions.
- Coordinate off campus Target and Cub food runs.
- Attend all Pro Staff meetings throughout the week.
- Monitor residence hall front desk and take note of students leaving the building after hours (9pm to midnight).
- Be available to be on call after hours to assist students with any emergencies if they arise.
- Complete other duties as assigned.
- Complete appropriate records and close out of the Summer Bridge Program procedures.
- Reports to the Sergeant, Associate Director of Public Safety, Director of Public Safety.
- This position does not supervise staff or students.
- Recent SSS graduate required.
- Background in Residential Life.
- Be sensitive to the needs of first-generation college students and represent diverse ethnic/cultural backgrounds.
- Possess a high level of maturity, the ability to work on a team, self-discipline, and experience in supervision of students.
- Exhibit professional and personal qualities necessary for working with students and staff.
- Understand the mission and objectives of the Student Support Services Program.
- Carry experience in residential life programs.
- Be approved to drive St. Olaf vans is REQUIRED by the start of Summer Bridge. If you are at least 18 years of age, you are strongly encouraged to become an approved driver. This is completed by passing a motor-vehicle background check and completing/maintaining the SafeColleges Online Driving Course certification that must be renewed every two years.
- B.A. Degree.
- Available to attend Summer Bridge orientation during the spring semester (April- date TBD).
- Available to work the Summer Bridge program from late July through end of August.
- The RA position provides a significant learning experience. Quality personal and professional development is provided through training as well as hands-on experience working with the TRIO Student Support Service team. The RA position provides an array of skills transferable to other career or leadership positions and is a great resume- builder.
- Financial benefits include a competitive pay rate as well as room and board (21 meals/week) at no cost for the 5 week Summer Bridge program. RAs will receive a private room on a resident floor with no students participating in the program. RAs will also have access to their own bathrooms that will not be shared with any students or student staff. RAs will receive 2 days off alternating throughout the weekdays and both RAs will be required to work during the weekends.
- Employment in this position is conditioned upon successful completion of a background check which may include: criminal background checks, reference checks, verification of work history, verification of any required academic credentials, licenses, and/or certifications, a motor vehicle check, verification of DOT certification, a credit check, employment eligibility verification, and/or a pre-employment physical. Whether a background check is deemed successfully completed will be at the sole discretion of St. Olaf College. Please note, St. Olaf College reserves the right to conduct periodic background checks at its sole discretion.
- This position may require you to report early, stay late or work different shifts depending on staffing levels. It may also require you to perform all essential job functions whenever needed and during campus emergencies when necessary.
- This job description is for general information purposes. It is not intended to list all duties and responsibilities of the position. This job description is subject to change at any time by St. Olaf College, with or without prior notice.
- Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the hire is complete. We accept only online applications.
Who We Are:
Founded in 1874, St. Olaf College is a residential, coeducational liberal arts college with approximately 3,000 students and 800 faculty and staff. The college is located on a picturesque 300-acre campus in Northfield, Minnesota, a vibrant, historic river town of 20,000 located 45 minutes south of culturally rich and diverse Minneapolis and St. Paul.
The college offers an academically rigorous, nationally ranked liberal arts education that fosters the development of the whole person in mind, body, and spirit and emphasizes learning in an inclusive and globally engaged community. We encourage applications from candidates committed to multicultural understanding and the enrichment of our diverse community.
The college offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a 9% retirement match, contributions to eligible employees' health savings accounts, a significant tuition discount (up to a 90% reduction) at ACM, GLCA, and ELCA colleges and universities for employees' children, and generous paid time off. For a full review of the college's benefits, please see the summary of our benefits here: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/benefits/
To provide a safe and secure educational environment, St. Olaf College verifies the accuracy of all credentials presented by applicants and conducts a criminal background check on every new hire.
A summary of the Flexible Work Policy for staff: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/flexible-work-policy/
A link to our Community and Belonging page: https://wp.stolaf.edu/equity-inclusion/
A virtual campus tour: https://www.stolaf.edu/multimedia/play/?p=483
An overview of Northfield: https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/northfield/
An overview of the Twin Cities: https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/twincities/
For Staff Application Assistance
hrstaff@stolaf.edu
507-786-3068
For Faculty Application Assistance
facultysearch@stolaf.edu
507-786-3356
Nondiscrimination Policy
St. Olaf College does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, creed, national origin, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, marital status, veteran status, or status with regard to public assistance. St. Olaf College prohibits discrimination and harassment based upon these and any other legally protected status in any education program or activity that it operates, including in admissions and employment.
Inquiries about this nondiscrimination policy may be referred to St. Olaf College's Director of Equal Opportunity, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or both. St. Olaf's Director of Equal Opportunity (who serves as the College's Title IX, Title VI, and Section 504 Coordinator) is Pamela McDowell, Tomson Hall, mcdowell@stolaf.edu , (507) 786-3465.
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